Take One: Big story of the day
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Blanket ban unlikely, keep calm and crypto on
India's policymakers sent local crypto trade into a spin with reports of a proposed bill to ban private cryptocurrencies. Trade has stabilised and so have intermediaries, but the uncertainty on the road ahead
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Why the Sputnik V vaccine never took off
The use of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine in India remains less than 1 percent due to reasons ranging from yield issues to supply constraints. Will Sputnik Light make any difference?
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Move over Whatsapp video calls, it's showtime for live shopping
A clutch of companies is offering live commerce services to merchants for a monthly fee as well as a cut of their sales. Do they hint at the future of retail?
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Will Vodafone Idea manage to stay in the game?
Vodafone Idea's Q2FY22 earnings brought some relief for the debt-ridden company, but raising funds and Arpus are critical for its survival as focus shifts towards 5G technology
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Finally, PE and VC firms are selling assets to each other at record high numbers
Alternative asset fund managers have returned $38.7 billion in 2021 by exiting 229 deals. Exits through secondaries hit $12.9 billion, signalling a deepening of an alternate asset market in India
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Forbes India study: Where are the women in Indian PE/VC?
Women remain a minority in India's private equity and venture capital sectors. But the ones in the game are ensuring opportunities and access to others
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Small to Mall: How CarDekho is giving a new-car experience to used-vehicle buyers
The recently-minted autotech unicorn has opened India's biggest used-car mall in Jaipur and plans to replicate more such outlets across India. Can its offline gambit pay off?
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Decoding the continuing frenzy around cryptocurrency trading
Even as India considers reining in crypto advertisements, the government is unlikely to go the China way and ban trading in cryptocurrencies. As it gains popularity in India, intermediaries say imminent regulations and minor curbs could boost crypto trading volumes and further mainstream adoption
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How Meesho's big, bold bets took it close to $5-billion valuation at lightning speed
The speed of app downloads has been equally matched by the startup's pace of funding. Can the internet commerce platform maintain the momentum?
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COP26: Will India commit to or cop-out of climate obligations?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2070 is set within today's reality of increasing reliance on coal, new carbon-based infrastructure, amendments to forest protection laws, and concrete-based development in India's biodiverse hotspots
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Gender and climate change: Meet the women of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Aarey, and beyond
An important goal of the UN climate summit in Glasgow that starts on October 31 is to curtail deforestation. In India, including at the 'Save Aarey' movement in Mumbai, women have been at the forefront of resisting threats to biodiversity in the name of public transport and other infrastructure projects