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Saturday, March 7, 2026
TopicIndian corporates

Topic: Indian corporates

Before McKinsey, Bain, India had its own management gurus. Now daughters are taking the lead

The new-age women management gurus like Purvi Sheth and Jigisha Lulla started their career with support from their fathers. But they are different from the earlier generation in many ways.

A caste-shaped hole in India Inc’s affirmative action policies & menace of ‘digital arrest’ scam

Other global media reports discuss Modi's Nigeria & upcoming Guyana visit, and the advantages and disadvantages of Gujarat's GIFT city.

Ratan Tata mettle revealed in 1980s’ PepsiCo battle. Shook up fuddy-duddy business practices

Ratan Tata’s political naiveté and his complete inability to engage in the ‘deal-fixing’ culture of Indian businesses made him a great ally during the PepsiCo battle of the 1980s.

The pressing need to improve R&D in India & why it can’t emulate the East Asian model

Unlike its East Asian neighbours, India has scale manufacturing in only handful of sectors. Our trading success may lie more with value-added exports for which R&D becomes crucial.

Capex trend of corporates likely to grow at 10-12% in FY24, says Fitch Ratings

Capex was flat over FY19 to FY21 and grew 16% in FY22. The forecasts are for 8 state owned enterprises and 21 privately held Fitch-rated corporates in India.

On Camera

A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US

Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.