Take One: Big story of the day
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Six (and more) degrees of fakery
How inaction against the rash of fake universities across the country may be incentivising the mushrooming of more such institutions
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Covid-19: India's second wave is here. And the world's largest vaccination programme may just not be enough
As India sets out to vaccinate people above 45, Forbes India takes stock of the pace of vaccinations, candidates under regulatory approval, vaccine-hesitancy, and the demand-supply dynamics
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CityMall wants to change how small-town India buys groceries
Founders Angad Kikla and Naisheel Verdhan are building a network of micro-entrepreneurs in smaller cities and towns, and aim to touch 400 cities
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How long will the IPO fever continue?
Initial Public Offerings are the latest stock market darlings. Their dream run could be on its last legs
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Handa's new Funda: From Academy to Unacademy
How IITian Ravi Handa scaled up his seven-year-old online venture for MBA preparation, and eventually sold it to an edtech major
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SPACs: The hottest party in investment town
A current rage on Nasdaq, they offer a quicker way for new-age Indian companies to list in the US markets, tap fresh investors, and raise capital
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Cryptos as an asset class could be India's middle path: Nandan Nilekani
Even as the clamour for bitcoin, the most popular crypto currency, rises, governments around the world are wary of its volatility. Figuring out its benefits will help build consensus on its regulation and adoption, says the Infosys co-founder
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This entrepreneur wants India to make its own lithium-ion cells for electric vehicle batteries
Rajat Verma already recovers raw materials from used cells at his venture, Lohum Cleantech. He wants to close the loop by making cells in India as well
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The commodity cycle has turned. Will the momentum sustain?
After collapsing during the pandemic, commodity prices have bounced back quickly, but don't show signs of a super cycle as yet
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Bhavish Aggarwal wants to change India's automotive landscape. Can he?
Ola Electric is setting up a two-wheeler manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu with 10 million-a-year capacity to herald an EV revolution that is likely to make it a frontrunner in the segment
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Can traceability and end-to-end encryption co-exist? Here's the legal view
In the first part of our deep dive into the government's new IT rules, we examined, from the technological point of view, why implementing traceability on end-to-end encrypted social media platforms will erode privacy and increase misinformation. In the second part, we now look at the legal challenge of implementation and the potential contradictions