FM Nirmala Sitharaman has acknowledged the debate around capital gains tax and securities transaction tax, but experts say a tax reset could improve investor sentiment without necessarily reversing foreign outflows driven by global yields, currency weakness and Indian equity valuations
Fairfax’s proposed acquisition opens up opportunities to expand its banking business, but resolving the CSB Bank overlap, managing employee concerns and sustaining IDBI Bank’s earnings will test its plans
As stakeholders of tech in India boast the application layer as India’s AI advantage, do the numbers match the narrative?
The ₹5 and ₹10 FMCG pack is running into a cost problem. Rising input prices, expensive packaging and shrinking margins are forcing companies to rethink price points that have long served as entry gates to branded consumption
From creator-led video to premium scripted series, YouTube is moving deeper into long-form entertainment. Its global push into television screens and advertising-led monetisation is bringing it closer to the business built around Netflix, Prime Video and JioHotstar
Foreign selling, elevated US bond yields, high crude prices and a weak rupee have battered large-caps, even as domestic liquidity keeps mid- and small-caps relatively resilient
India’s spacetech start-ups are making big breakthroughs and taking off after a long lull. Can they become world beaters?
The remarks came hours before a strong endorsement he received from US President Donald Trump, who publicly expressed his support for Netanyahu's re-election bid days before the country goes to the polls
How Ambanis, Adanis and Tatas are pursuing different strategies to dominate India’s new-energy landscape
Tata and Hero face different challenges but raise a shared question: as companies grow, where should power sit and who should be accountable?
Harshavardhan Chitale spearheads two-wheeler king Hero MotoCorp’s quest to conquer new territories and defend its market leadership
Harshavardhan Chitale, chief executive, Hero MotoCorp, talks to Yuthika Bhargava and Fazal Rahim about the two-wheeler maker's growth strategy—multi-brand electric vehicle (EV) bets via Vida and Ather, the push into premium motorcycles and scooters
Deloitte India's Rajat Mahajan and Atul Jairaj say that for legacy automakers, success will depend on converting core capabilities into new sources of competitive advantage
A boardroom rift at Tata Sons exposes tensions around leadership, control and a potential listing, putting its unusual ownership and governance model under scrutiny
Jio Platforms has allotted shares worth Rs 8,109.85 crore to 212 anchor investors at Rs 1,119 apiece, after institutional demand exceeded Rs 2.5 lakh crore ahead of its October 21 IPO opening
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
Inflation risks are rising because of a confluence of food, fuel and imported price pressures, and testing monetary policy’s ability to engineer a soft landing
