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Monday, October 13, 2025
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Topic: Alibaba

Why Jack Ma the ‘Communist’ shouldn’t surprise anyone

China has given its tech giants, Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu, space to grow, but never ceded all control.

How Jack Ma made rich capitalists acceptable in communist China

Ma showed that an innovative private enterprise could thrive under a Communist regime once hostile, and still at times suspicious, of ambitious capitalists.

Trump’s ‘unpresidential’ Twitter activity & why Saudi Arabia arrested a man over breakfast

Scores of migrants have died off the Libyan coast, and Alibaba's new venture in Russia.

Alibaba’s co-founder Jack Ma on leadership: Intelligent people need a fool to lead them

The billionaire who has dispensed Yoda-like wisdom over the years has become a role model in China.    

Mukesh Ambani leaves Jack Ma behind to become Asia’s richest person

Ambani's wealth overtook Ma's after the surge in Reliance's share prices.

Go to Pakistan: Mega oil-pipeline set to complete by 2019

Here is what’s happening across the border: 2,000-km oil pipeline set to be completed next year, and Pakistan is an 'underachiever' on the Lowy Institute Asia Power Index.

With Trump’s Iran pullout, has the rule-maker of the world become the rule-breaker?

The combination of China’s rapid reemergence as a global power and a US led by an unstable president are increasing geopolitical risks, but India is too immersed in fighting internecine battles.

Thanks to Flipkart, India now a battleground for Walmart vs Amazon

Walmart has bid $15 billion for Flipkart Online Services Pvt, which could seal a triumph over Amazon.com Inc., which has been trying to take control of Flipkart with a competing offer.

Our payments bank is more secure than PSU banks — Paytm chief Vijay Shekhar Sharma

India's youngest billionaire spoke in Mumbai about taking on the big banks, Aadhaar, privacy and the NPA debate.

On Camera

China shut down cyber scam centres on its borders. For India, the pressure will only grow

From 2023 to 2024, there was an estimated increase of 200 per cent in financial fraud, with reported losses of over Rs 22,000 crore. But the concern for India is deeper.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.