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Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Topic: start-ups

The secret to startups like Uber, Airbnb succeeding is in their playbook

Shira Ovide -
Startups such as Uber, Airbnb and Gojek are armed with centralised knowledge as opposed to smaller players who are dependent on fragmented expertise.

In hunt for next big campus start-up, govt wants institutes to allot 1% budget, relax rules

Kritika Sharma -
AICTE’s new start-up policy also wants institutes to allow faculty & staff to mentor and work on such projects, and grant students various exemptions.

How a Newton-apple moment in South Africa led Ashish Hemrajani to start BookMyShow

Sidharth Rao -
In the pre-smartphone era, BookMyShow's work involved physical delivery of tickets and COD. It was a logistical nightmare.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant surprised that Delhi-NCR has more start-ups than Bengaluru

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
A report by entrepreneur network TiE has revealed Delhi-NCR has 7,039 start-ups while Bengaluru has 5,234. Amitabh Kant urged the city’s rich to invest in them.

India’s start-up scene isn’t as sexy as China’s, but it’s growing

Tim Culpan -
Contract management & food delivery may not be as chic as electric cars or AI, but India is about to prove you don’t need to be hip to be hot.

What slowdown? Global funds are chasing India’s start-up boom with a spree of deals

Saritha Rai -
The rising interest in India occurs as investment in China’s recently start-up sector faces a steep drop-off & India assures political stability.

This Bengaluru-based startup is helping save India’s soldiers on the frontlines

Sandhya Ramesh -
Axio Biosolutions, which produces a cheap haemostat, is the first Indian company to receive US FDA clearance for a wound dressing.

Govt spells out defence industry vision: $5 billion exports by 2025, leader in AI, cyberspace

Manu Pubby -
Rs 1,000 crore startup funds, 3 million jobs in defence ministry’s plan for next seven years.

K. Vaitheeswaran’s new book has many lessons for Modi’s Startup India

Divya Narayanan -
K. Vaitheeswaran co-founded India’s first e-commerce website, Fabmart.com and his book speaks of how it collapsed.

Only 20% of startups used single-window facility for approvals: NITI Aayog survey

Kaveesha Kohli -
First ‘ease of doing business’ report, published by NITI Aayog, says only 41 percent of industry experts are aware of this facility
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Opinion

How economic planning stifled India’s growth and talent

Shamika Ravi -
The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

India’s gallantry awards system needs reform in standoff era. Operation Sindoor shows why

World doesn’t need another China. Modi’s Swadeshi call shows why India holds the key

Economy

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

Sampurna Panigrahi -
The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Defence

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Javaria Rana -
Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

National Interest

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Shekhar Gupta -
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.

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