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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicIndian companies

Topic: Indian companies

India’s record net FDI plunge reveals a troubling trend—outward FDI beats investing at home

The government must find out what constrains Indian companies from exploring the domestic market for investment with the same zeal as they are showing with regard to outward FDI.

A pick-me-up for India’s lithium dreams: How urban miners are spinning e-waste into white gold

The Indian market in lithium-ion battery recycling recovers critical minerals such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt from used batteries for reuse in production again.

When Medimix management pawned gold to pay employee salaries

In 'You Turn', AV Anoop tells the success story of Medimix, the world's largest-selling Ayurvedic bath soap for over four decades.

India Inc far from meeting clean energy, decarbonisation goals, finds think tank

Over 35 Indian firms have committed to climate action since Paris Agreement but analysis by CRH finds 'massive gap between companies’ renewable energy commitments & actions'.

R&D intensity nearly 3 times more in global companies than Indian ones — analysis by non-profit

Research & development also primarily limited to tier-1 firms in India. However, R&D intensity has been growing 1.2 times faster in Indian firms compared to global ones.

Google cracks down on Indian apps over service fee dispute, matrimonial sites most affected

Matrimony.com dating apps Bharat Matrimony, Christian Matrimony, Muslim Matrimony and Jodii were deleted Friday. Founder Murugavel Janakiraman described it as a ‘dark day.’

Dust tea to turmeric latte — how 104-year-old tea giant Wagh Bakri is juggling growth with legacy

Wagh Bakri, founded by Narandas Desai, first rose to fame in the early 20th century among Gujarat mill workers. But its expansion beyond the state is fairly recent.

Competition watchdog creates incentives for whistleblower firms to give up information on cartels

New draft rules allow the Competition Commission of India to reduce the penalty it imposes on companies in cartels if they also come forward with information about others.

Indian companies want green-skilled professionals. But education system is yet to catch up

The global shift towards green economies means that companies are offering more ‘green jobs’. But academics say that India’s educational institutions aren’t meeting the demand. 

Indian businesses more advanced at using AI than those in US & UK, says report

The findings of the report by artificial intelligence company Peak are based on a survey of 3,000 ‘senior decision makers’ in firms across the US, the UK, and India.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.