Take One: Big story of the day
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RBI monetary policy: Deviates from other central banks, keeps rates on hold
The central bank projects lower FY23 inflation, saying its characteristics are different from the West. Equities and bond markets are cheering the bank's calibrated moves. Economists say a rate hike is quite some time away
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McDonald's weathers Covid storm, rakes in highest quarterly sales
Twenty-five years after launch in India, QSR chain builds on omni-channel strategy and digital for future growth
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RBI monetary policy: Too much at stake
In the backdrop of rising inflation and global central banks' liquidity tightening, calls for the RBI to act similarly and start raising interest rates have grown. Meanwhile, India's pace of growth post-pandemic remains patchy. All these, and an aggressive government borrowing programme have raised bond market concerns further
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Home interiors startup Livspace turns unicorn
Series F round sees $180 million from KKR, but comes as the company struggles with execution issues
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How Micro Labs struck gold with Dolo-650 during Covid-19
The company has sold 350 crore tablets since the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, and earned revenues of Rs 400 crore in a year
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His father built a vaccine empire. Adar Poonawalla is now busy diversifying it
The CEO of Serum Institute of India is finding newer frontiers to invest the family wealth. And he ensures these companies have the potential to complement the world's largest vaccine maker
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The perils of 'Horn Ok Please': Noise, speeding and rash driving
The Maharashtra government recently doubled the fines on honking. Reducing noise from traffic is important to ensure road safety in India which has the highest numbers of road accident deaths in the world
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How can India prepare for all the waves and variants ahead?
The focus firmly needs to be on Covid-19 vaccinations, precautionary doses, testing, genome sequencing, and following Covid-appropriate behaviour
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David, Goliath & the Unicorn: How Darwinbox got its HR box seat
From being a pariah to becoming a darling of the big enterprises, India's newly-minted unicorn Darwinbox took on big daddies of enterprise software—SAP and Oracle—to disrupt the HR tech space
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Inside TCS's cloud strategy: How the IT giant is consolidating its hyperscaler alliances to tap an 'unbounded opportunity'
CEO Rajesh Gopinathan is sharpening TCS's focus on partnerships with Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Google, deploying an army of engineers to transport some of the world's biggest companies to the era of ecosystems
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Why sovereign funds are lapping up tech IPOs
During 2021, three sovereign wealth funds—GIC, CPPIB and ADIA—made it to the top ten anchor investor list in India, a reflection of trends like internet penetration, the increasing size of IPOs and their belief in the India story