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How Brand Rohit Sharma leads the pack
Despite being removed as Mumbai Indians captain and the occasional inconsistent form, the Indian cricket captain remains a sought-after brand, with close to 30 brand endorsement deals
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The 2024 Lok Sabha election: A mandate for accountability and better checks and balances
Who would've thought that a government coursing through an economy growing at 8.2 percent would have to buckle to an electoral reverse? As capricious as the Indian monsoon, the Indian voter collective has delivered its verdict in Lok Sabha polls 2024, tossing up surprises that have made a laugh riot out of far-off-the-mark exit pollsters. The message: Local livelihood concerns and food inflation are paramount, not communally coded messaging or pan-national issues
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Will the government switch to a more populist form of spending?
It could strain the path to fiscal consolidation that the government had embarked on. And any slippage from its fiscal deficit target would be likely punished by the bond markets
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How India Eats: Veg thali continues to pinch hard, cost of non-veg one falls again in May
Crop damage, blight and low water reservoir levels drove prices of a few key food items, impacting thali prices last month. Food inflation has stayed above 8 percent for six months now
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Why Amul is investing heavily in international cricket teams like USA Cricket
The dairy giant is also the primary sponsor for the Sri Lankan and South African teams in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The collaboration is proving to be a win-win situation for both—the company and the sport. Here's how
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The last steps of the great Indian ballot
The seventh and last phase of the country's weeks-long electoral process has ended. Surmounting treacherous terrains and an extreme summer, the election personnel - an estimated 15 million polling staff and security personnel - have ensured that 970 million voters have exercised their franchise in a show of the world's largest exercise in democracy. The 44-day-long electoral process will conclude with the counting of the votes on June 4. Here is a tribute to the resilience and the spirit of the vote
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Big trading days: Online brokers disappoint
A surge in volumes puts to test the systems and processes of brokers. Users have little recourse
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From Grip Invest's securitised debt instruments to the legacy of Zardozi: Our most-read stories of the week
Upcoming 5G technology spectrum auctions, Chef Virgilio Marinez's cooking philosophy, Aditi Dugar's entrepreneurial journey are some of the stories that piqued the interest of our readers this week
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At 8.2 percent, India's GDP growth continues to surprise
Numbers for FY24 came in above expectations while the fiscal deficit reduced
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Petcare brand Heads Up For Tails launches its first store in Singapore
Founder Rashi Sanon Narang speaks to Forbes India on the anticipated challenges of this new market, dealing with competition, and further global expansion plans
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More Indian women in senior roles, but their elevation to leadership positions still slow: Report
While there is a relatively higher representation of women at the entry levels, a drop occurs as they progress to higher managerial roles or as vice presidents, and other C-suite positions, according to a LinkedIn and The Quantum Hub report