Take One: Big story of the day
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Loaded, and reloaded: How BlackBuck turned into a trucking unicorn
The B2B trucking platform built muscle, shed fat and focussed on SMEs to scale rapidly. It leveraged technology and offered solutions that addressed the typical pain points for both truckers and shippers
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Betting on beauty: What's driving sudden investor interest in the business
The beauty and personal care space saw $264 million in funding in the seven months to July 2021 compared to $106 million in all of 2020. While the returns are higher, awareness among investors about the attractive category is increasing too
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Meet Anita Kishore: The firm hand behind Byju's global acquisitions
The maths teacher has been driving acquisitions, managing investor relations and framing strategies for Byju's
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ASHA workers: The underpaid, overworked, and often forgotten foot soldiers of India
While doctors and nurses have been lauded during the pandemic, ASHA workers, who have been battling Covid-19 in rural India, are neglected. Will the overworked and underpaid health activists get the acknowledgment and respect they deserve?
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India has been promising a lot of Covid-19 vaccines. Where on Earth are they?
Achieving an ambitious vaccination target requires ramping up manufacturing, enabling universal access to vaccines across geographies, tenacious micro-planning, and transparency in vaccine use and supply data, all of which is still a work in progress in India
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Why India's consumption spending may remain weak even post-pandemic
The pandemic came in the middle of the formalisation of the economy, which has impacted the unorganised sector disproportionately. The reopening of economy may not automatically lead to spending recovering, say experts
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How companies are leveraging AI to personalise experiences
Once considered a differentiator, customisation has become an existential requirement for businesses
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How the Adani Group became India's largest airport operator
After becoming India's largest private port operator, the Gautam Adani-led Adani group has turned all its attention to its airport business, which it forayed into barely a year ago
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IPO Frenzy: Loss-making Indian tech startups are emulating their US counterparts, but that's not enough
From Zomato to Paytm, loss-making ventures are getting listed by opting for scale over profit in the short-term. Wooing investors on the premise of a promising future, however, needs to be backed an expanding topline and profitability in the long term
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Tearing through India's sex paradox: Rising infertility, less condoms, more babies
The country is grappling with rising infertility rates and stagnant growth in condom usage. Is there a way out?
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Health tech in a backpack
From standard vitals checks to early cancer detection in women, modern medical devices are becoming small and affordable enough to reach remote villages. With cloud connectivity and the internet, they are revolutionising health care delivery