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Influencing the influencers

Why is ASCI asking social media influencers to flag that they are paid when a celebrity is featuring in an ad but is not disclosing that s/he is a paid endorser?

Pvt cos may issue e-invoice: Fintech see scope in data, access to biz users

While e-invoicing alone may not generate high revenues, the key lies in the way fintechs leverage the data of enterprises to offer other products such as credit or supply chain finance

Second Covid-19 wave leads to sharp dip in PE volumes and value in May

Overall deal values halve to $3,194 million in May from a month earlier

Plummeting RE tariffs edge out small players even as bigger ones expand biz

The sharp drop in renewable energy tariffs is encouraging smaller players to exit even as larger ones look to innovative financing methods to expand their portfolios

Employment rate continues to fall

Employment has been falling since January 2021 when it had touched a recent peak of 400.7 million. It has fallen in each of the four months since then

Rocket Learning aims to change academic fate of kids at bottom of pyramid

How Rocket Learning is laying the foundation of education for children from low-income families

Statsguru: A decline in growth poses risks to govt's fiscal forecast

While tax collections provided some reprieve, the government seems to be consistently underperforming on the disinvestment side.

5G, made in India: What key domestic telecom equipment makers are doing

A clutch of domestic companies is developing equipment and software solutions for this upcoming next-gen telecom technology

Meet Alapan Bandyopadhyay, a 'good boy' in the Centre's bad books

Bandyopadhyay was recently in the midst of a political storm. At the heart of the controversy is a review meeting by PM Modi for which Bandyopadhyay and CM Mamata Banerjee arrived late

A monetary policy of continuity with change

This time, RBI's rate-setting body is not only talking about sustaining growth but also reviving it

Covid-19 pandemic: PEs pour $584 million into healthcare in 2021

Highest investment in the sector in last 5 years; pandemic expands opportunities

As Covid-19 vaccination slows down, insurers insist customers take jabs

Only 3.2% of India's population has been fully vaccinated with two shots

With direct-to-customer model, Mercedes-Benz in the retail driving seat

The luxury car maker offers a new marketing template that reorients its relationship with dealers, customers

Cognizant learns an HR lesson as people shortage impacts business momentum

A challenging strategy to accelerate growth has ironically dragged the former IT racehorse into bigger troubles over people management

Decoded: Who can get antibody cocktail for Covid-19 and how it works

Used to treat only mild to moderate disease in high-risk Covid-19 patients, doctors feel the treatment can bolster the fight against severe disease

Build more Scorpene subs while waiting for Project 75-I: Rahul Shrawat

Rear Admiral (Retd) Rahul Shrawat, who heads Naval Group India, talks to Ajai Shukla about Naval Group's ambitions

Need better containment strategy, ramping up of infra: Dharminder Nagar

One day you were planning surgeries and doing oncology and the next day, you had converted half the hospital into a Covid facility

Status check: Are there enough charging points to make EVs viable?

With one-fourth the range of gasoline powered vehicles on a full tank, EVs have seldom been the primary vehicles of choice and evoke, what is called, "range anxiety"

Explained: Why tax is a dilemma for start-up founders in India

After the abolition of the dividend distribution tax, the taxability of salaries and dividends in the hands of a founder of a bootstrapped start-up will be broadly similar, says Ritesh Kumar, IndusLaw

Has RBI legitimised cryptocurrencies? Traders, banks think it has

Central bank goes beyond saying that its April circular banning virtual currencies is no longer valid.