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For investors, edtech is the darling of the day: Kaizen's Sandeep Aneja

By 2025, estimates indicate the sector will touch $12 billion. Last year saw a higher amount of total investments in the sector compared to investment of $1.7 billion in the last 10 years combined

Global retail banking: A particular breed heading for extinction

When HSBC and Citigroup were expanding, they were offering best-in-class consumer banking. As technology improved, local rivals have overtaken them

Severe container shortage pushing up exporters' cost of doing business

This is an unusual imbalance caused by the lag in the revival of domestic demand following the Covid-19 lockdown

GST rate rationalisation: The larger objective

Besides merging the rate slabs of 12 per cent and 18 per cent, the GST Council could consider phasing out exemptions to those commodities that were subject to VAT duty by the States

French auto maker Citroën's challenging debut in Indian SUV market

The success of the storied French car brand, which enters the crowded Indian SUV market next month, will depend on its agility and speed to market

Explained: Why is a rise in bond yields a concern for everyone?

A rise in sovereign bond yields means a rise in the interest rate in the economy

Aggregate annual PE deal value has doubled, count up over 60% in last 5 yrs

With the exception of sectors like telecom and utilities, PE investments have outperformed capital markets with an average IRR of 29 per cent

Beyond the pandemic: The crisis of revenues

Once the pandemic is over, the states need to garner more own revenues to spend more on meritorious heads such as education, health and infrastructure

Consumer sentiment in India's recovery

Growth that bounced back from -23.9 per cent in the first quarter to -7.5 per cent now seems poised to return to the positive zone in the third quarter

Want new factory to make car chips? That'll be $4 billion, please

It takes approximately $4 billion to set up a fab for the types of chips carmakers need

Small loans, big stakes: Why MSMEs are banking on fintech lenders

Speed and flexibility to cater to a wider segment of small borrowers are tilting market in their favour

Statsguru: Seven charts explain India's tryst with cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin, which commands more than $50,000 on any exchange today, was founded anonymously in 2009

Kolkata Port sails on asset monetisation, intends to expand portfolio

India's oldest port has been leasing its vast land bank for decades. With the Budget announcing plans to monetise public assets, it intends to expand its portfolio and extend to non-land assets, too

How to revive PMC Bank

Mired in corruption, politics and with a history of suicides by its hapless depositors, PMC Bank's revival is a challenge very different from Yes Bank and LVB, both for the regulator and the rescuer

Oiling the recovery

Private players struggle against excessive regulation. The result is loss of investment and employment opportunities in India

India's visa curbs for Chinese workers hurting Taiwan tech giants

India has been slow to issue visas to Chinese engineers, who are needed to help Taiwanese companies set up factories in the South Asian nation

A long jump for IIFCL as DFI tag to support financial needs, growth

Its planned incorporation into a larger development finance institution could present challenges for a company with a founding covenant that restricted its scale of operations

Elon Musk should come clean; Tesla's carbon emissions are rising

A company that thrives on the power of the sun shouldn't hide the footprint of its own operations in shadow

When we will buy grocery and watch movies with cryptocurrencies

Experts believe we are not too far from those days

Auto part makers shift to top gear as industry's growth accelerates

After being stalled by the economic slowdown and the pandemic, growth is accelerating rapidly for the industry