Google Pay looks beyond distribution, wants to create a credit ecosystem
Mumbai: Google Pay has been distributing personal loans on behalf of its lending partners for several years and has now...
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GST-cut led lower premiums aren’t enough to drive health insurance sector growth: Insurers
Mumbai: The recent exemption of retail health insurance from the goods and services tax regime has helped reduce premiums. But...
Why the insurance bill 2025 marks the industry’s biggest reform in decades
The bill seeks to amends three core laws—the Insurance Act, 1938; the LIC Act, 1956; and the IRDAI Act, 1999—to...
Why India’s foreign tourist numbers are set to disappoint in 2025
It is shaping up to be another difficult year for India’s tourism industry. Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) have struggled in...
Why is India’s natural gas consumption falling despite the government’s push?
Despite the government’s stated policy goal of increasing the share of natural gas in India’s energy basket, consumption of the...
Why your next appraisal won’t be better than the previous one
Like this year, 2026 is likely to remain an employer’s market, with outliers being those in the pharmaceutical and consumer...
SIM binding rule splits tech firms and telecom companies down the middle
Days after the department of telecommunications (DoT) directed communication apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal to bar users without...
Saregama invests in filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s company as M&E industry sees growing consolidation
Bhansali Productions is known for films like Gangubai Kathiawadi and Padmaavat, besides web shows such as Heeramandi. With this fund...
Hotels, buses, rail and AI in the fight for second place
“The debate about the number two position is finally over," declared Ixigo’s chairman and group chief executive Aloke Bajpai, in...
How and why is the government promoting homestays in India?
MUMBAI : Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, India's Union minister for tourism and culture, on 15 December informed the Lok Sabha, through...
