Take One: Big story of the day
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Groww took the growth out of Zerodha. But can it really take it on?
The seven-year-old financial services platform usurped the bootstrapped startup to become the largest brokerage in India in terms of the number of active investors. The change in pecking order is significant, but Zerodha is still miles ahead when it comes to revenues
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Cricket in the Olympics: Why it's a win-win
The International Olympic Committee and the LA28 organisers can leverage the subcontinent's obsession with the sport to command higher media rights and brand interest, while the game will grow from exposure on the global stage
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Skoda Auto's next big India push
Entering more mass-market segments, an aggressive EV plan and fully utilising its India base seem to be at the core of the carmaker's plans
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India Inc sees alarmingly high unresolved sexual harassment cases at workplace
The number of pending sexual harassment cases at workplaces in India's largest ESG complaint companies shows a rise of 101 percent in the year ending March 2023, indicating a huge backlog of complains, and companies' inability to resolve such cases in a timely manner
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Questions, Answers & Under the Hood: Can Jasveer Singh make it big?
For over a decade, a serial entrepreneur from a nondescript village in Uttar Pradesh has been relentless in his pursuit of success, and his tussle against 'bad timing.' As his pseudonymous social media platform starts to monetise, will Hood turn out to be Jasveer Singh's redemption?
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First General Motors, Citibank and now Disney; why do MNCs fail in India?
Exit from the India market by multinationals is often on account of problems in home territory or failure to segment the Indian market correctly
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Q2 earnings possibly skewed, consumer demands pick-up eyes World Cup & festivals
An erratic monsoon and delayed festive season made recovery in rural demand difficult while relief in a few commodity prices may help in margin expansion
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Delhi's iconic Bahrisons is expanding its footprint in the business of books
The family-run business, which turns 70 in October, remains bootstrapped as it expands to more cities and revives its publishing vertical
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Why are FIIs fleeing Indian stocks? Blame it on bonds
As bond yields in the US start to rise, investors switch out of foreign markets, especially emerging markets, to hunt for better opportunities at home, which pressurises equities. Are Indian stock markets prepared to face the FII exodus?
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The Slice-NE SFB merger shakes up banking landscape
The merger could chart the course for other fintechs who seek to become banks. The small finance banking model has worked, and RBI could ill afford to see a weak SFB fail
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CDIL has led the way in semiconductor manufacturing for six decades. What's next?
The family-run company introduced silicon semiconductor technology in the country and recently became the first Indian firm to manufacture silicon carbide components