UpFront
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Are foreign investors bailing out on India or is it just a blip?
Slowdown in FDI raises concerns if India is really gaining prominence as an alternative to China. Will foreign money inflow continue to stay unimpressive as slowdown in FDI flows continues largely due to rise in repatriation of equity capital, global economic slowdown and reduced venture capital funding at startups?
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Daryaganj Vs Moti Mahal: Amit Bagga's unique journey to redemption
A failed restaurateur was hunting for his moment of redemption, and a doting grandson was yearning to pay rich tribute to his grandfather. The result is Daryaganj, a north Indian cuisine brand, which is in the midst of a bone-rattling legal fight with Moti Mahal
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Liquidity risks or valuations: What's boiling in mid and smallcap stocks?
The bull run in mid and smallcap stocks made valuations expensive, trigging a liquidity risk concern. But has a deeper cut in mid and smallcap stocks been avoided by the stress tests in mutual fund schemes?
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73 percent of IPL 2023 viewers tuned in to cricket league digitally: Glance report
As per 'The Cricket Playbook for Growth Marketers' report, smart lock screen insights based on the 128 million users that tuned in for periodic updates of India's cricket tournament in 2023. The platform received 2.6x higher engagement on video with a distinct surge in activity in the second half of the day, and 35 percent of cricket content engagement came from vernacular languages
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Fried & tested: KFC tops the pecking order
A boom in the fried chicken market post-Covid, the absence of formidable rivals and an insatiable appetite of Indian consumers for meat have unfurled the chicken wings of KFC and put it on the top of the QSR pyramid. Can it continue with its dream run?
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Former P&G India CEO Gurcharan Das on life, leadership and doing business in challenging times
Gurcharan Das believes that reliving your life is better than living it. In his memoir 'Another Sort of Freedom', he reflects on 80 years of his life. The author talks to Divya Shekhar about how he fled his home during the Partition, stumbled through various academic disciplines—from engineering and literature to philosophy and Sanskrit—survived doing business during the License Raj and scaled the corporate ladder, only to let go of it when he reached the top, all because he wanted to find his life's purpose
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RBI: The tough regulator
In the last two to three years, it has sent a clear signal that no financial institution will be spared in the case of governance lapses and non-compliance. A build-up in SME lending and fresh concerns in pockets of microfinance lending could be where the RBI is looking next
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Flip the pages of the 2024 W-Power Self-Made Women issue
The Forbes India W-Power list of Self-Made Women has achievers of all hues: Business founders, professionals who've worked their way to the top; authors; bureaucrats bringing change via technology and infrastructure-creation; those driving social good and social change as well as those standing up for the oppressed and the underdog, and a few underdogs themselves
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Humans answer to intuition, not probability: Anand Damani
While humans are creatures of habit, what propels us towards change? How do we perceive risk and make decisions? In a journey of unlearning and discovery, behavioural scientist Anand Damani navigates these questions
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Despite late start, can India make gains in global chip race?
Industry executives are exultant that global semiconductor companies will see the India advantage, but a large local demand holds the key
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Can the Bitcoin revival reshape the future of finance?
In the current bull run bitcoin prices have been largely driven by retail investors globally, and though trading has gone up, India still lags due to regulations