Why are PE investors biting into India’s snacks market?
What deal is Temasek stitching up in India?Balaji Wafers, a major competitor to Pepsico’s Lay’s, is attracting Temasek’s attention for...
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New highway concession pact to woo private investors likely by month-end
The new model—approved post inter-ministerial consultations and awaiting legal vetting—envisages a plan where the investor could take up the entire...
Direct-to-digital movie releases dwindle but big studios still gain
While video streaming platforms have mostly gone slow on premiering films directly online, insisting that all movies go to theatres...
AI celebrities in ads are still not perfect. But they aren’t going anywhere
“While not yet the industry standard, the practice of shooting brand ambassadors separately and compositing them together is becoming increasingly...
India’s coking coal imports to jump 42% by 2030 on steel demand, says report
New Delhi: India’s coking coal imports are expected to rise nearly 42% to 115 million tonnes by the end of...
How India’s richest are fuelling a wealth management frenzy
A few months ago, I experienced just such an epiphany. Thanks to some cunningly cultivated friendships back in kindergarten, I...
Law firms ramp up tech, media and telecom hiring amid regulatory churn
The race to hire senior partners specialized in the TMT space is fueled by India’s rapidly evolving data protection framework,...
After cars and trucks, government initiates work on fuel efficiency norms for two-wheelers
The ministry of road transport and highways, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), and...
Companies highlight divide between policy wonks and industry
Vietnamese EV firm VinFast said it became ineligible for incentives designed to attract foreign carmakers because it started investing in...
HIRE Act may not pass muster; to hurt US firms more than Indian IT if approved
The proposed Halting International Relocation of Employment (HIRE) Act, aimed at making outsourcing costlier and reducing reliance on cheap foreign...