After decades of building fortunes in steel, power and infrastructure, Indian conglomerates are making big bets on coffee, cosmetics, groceries, jewellery and other consumer businesses
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India’s skills shortage, beyond being a policy failure, is also a failure of how companies design jobs, hire workers and invest in building talent
The next semiconductor war may not be won by whoever builds the most factories. As AI pushes chip design to the centre of the value chain, India has a chance to compete where its engineering talent already gives it an edge
Tata Trusts has argued that its two nominee directors were required to provide affirmative support for the resolution under Tata Sons’ Articles of Association, and that a casting vote cannot cure the failure of that condition
The September 17 boardroom spat between Noel Tata and the Tata Sons board has brought a long-standing question about Tata Group’s governance into the open. Where does the authority of the Tata Sons board end? And where do the special rights of the Tata Trusts begin?
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Garg’s claim that the Indian government manipulated GDP figures has triggered a flurry of political and economic reactions, after his views began circulating widely on social media earlier in the day. While some backed his argument, others dismissed it as an economic error
Rohan M Ganapathy, co-founder of Bellatrix, one of India's earliest venture capital-funded spacetech start-ups, discusses why stronger domestic demand can help India’s space industry scale and capture a larger share of the global market
Donald Trump has signed a law expanding sanctions on Russia, extending Iran sanctions and giving his administration authority to impose tariffs of up to 100% on goods from major buyers of Russian oil and gas
India's real advantage in agriculture is not choosing between tradition and technology. It is the ability to combine them
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India’s spacetech sector has grown from one start-up in 2014 to over 450 now. It’s time policymakers looked beyond legacy champions and backed India’s new space companies
India’s spacetech start-ups are making big breakthroughs and taking off after a long lull. Can they become world beaters?
Pawan Kumar Chandana, co-founder, Skyroot Aerospace, discusses the spacetech start-up’s journey, fundraising challenges, India’s space reforms and the future of the private space sector
Raghu Mahajan, assistant professor, physics, ICTS Bengaluru, says India’s ambitions in AI, quantum tech, space and robotics require sustained basic-science funding, global collaboration and research-friendly institutions
Awais Ahmed, co-founder of spacetech start-up Pixxel, talks about building domestic space capabilities, government demand and India’s ambition to compete in the global space industry
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Among the 30 Sensex firms, HDFC Bank, Titan, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank were the major laggards.
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Pronab Sen, in an interview with Outlook Business, says the bigger concern with the new GDP series is not just the sharp downward revision to past growth estimates but the lack of transparency over the data and methodology behind it
AI is lifting productivity and compressing effort-based billing, challenging the growth model behind India’s $224-billion IT industry
