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Companies must enable young talent to become decision makers. It isn’t optional anymore

Growth models that depend on innovation and consumer insight cannot succeed while sidelining the cohort most attuned to emerging technologies and cultural changes.

Why healthcare must move from expenditure columns to investment portfolios

Poor health costs the global economy approximately 15% of GDP every year. Meanwhile, healthcare systems waste 20-30% on ineffective interventions. These are not abstract...

Adani Group & Brazilian aerospace company Embraer sign agreement to manufacture aircraft in India

Both groups said collaboration is aimed at strengthening India's domestic aerospace industry while expanding the country's technological and manufacturing capabilities.

Indian oil refiners are weaning away from Moscow. Just 3 bought Russian crude in January

Crude imports are expected to average around 1.2 mbpd in January—a 35 percent drop from November 2025 and broadly in line with December 2025 levels.

Davos: Mumbai development body MMRDA signs 10 MoUs worth $96 billion at World Economic Forum summit

The agreements are expected to generate about 9.6 lakh jobs in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, spanning infrastructure, logistics, fintech, education, sustainability and urban tech.

Why companies that embrace social innovation have a competitive advantage

Social innovation provides a pragmatic bridge. It aligns commercial objectives with measurable societal outcomes, and shifts the conversation from ‘giving back’ to ‘creating shared value’.

India’s debt fund managers are turning tactical as returns get harder

India’s top debt fund managers are turning cautious in what could be a tough year for returns, as the central bank nears the end...

Five questions about money to ponder in 2026

Are stablecoins the best possible money? What role will money play in geopolitics? What will the future look like? And more…

How bots, banking and stablecoins will dominate fintech in 2026

Crypto firms are trading state licenses for national charters, payments giants are rewiring their rails for blockchain settlement, and AI agents are inching closer to autonomous payments.

$22 billion-capital: How 2025 became the year of the Indian IPO

More than 200 companies either received approval to list from the securities regulator or lodged prospectuses for IPOs this year — the highest tally in 27 years.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.