Take One: Big story of the day
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Srikanth Bolla: First overseas blind student at MIT, entrepreneur who employs the disabled, and subject of a new bollywood film
The founder and CEO of Bollant Industries wrote his own destiny after his parents were advised to get rid of him because he was visually impaired at birth. The Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 alumnus gives rare insights into his journey of fighting economic and sociological barriers, and his biopic, Srikanth, starring actor Rajkummar Rao
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Post RBI's action against Kotak, lenders could become more cautious: Analysts
The regulator's action against the digitally focussed bank will see its quarterly earnings growth getting impacted. The RBI needs to have a deeper engagement with banks before cracking the whip. Banks, on the other hand, need to scrutinise their internal security and technology mechanisms more closely instead of just chasing growth
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The RBI is doing the right stuff: Oliver Prill
It's rare to spot a fintech honcho who roots for the work done by RBI. It's rare to meet a chief executive officer who brutally admits that a section of old and new players, across the world and in India, didn't play by the book. And it's rare to meet a foreigner who confesses that 'Indian Chinese' is way better than authentic Chinese food. Meet the global CEO of Tide, a UK-based fintech platform for SMEs
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Inside the 2024 elections: Policy complacency risk or is it too optimistic?
Unemployment, extension of welfare schemes, inflation, youth, women, farmers, the poor and the minorities, and development are some of the key themes. But what does the poll bring for us?
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From Bihar to California: Rubrik, NYSE, and the American Dream
Born into poverty, Bipul Sinha fought formidable odds to make it to IIT Kharagpur. The engineering graduate from Bihar discerned that his salvation lay in pursuing the American Dream, and started Rubrik in 2014. A decade later, the Microsoft-backed cyber security unicorn is all set to get listed
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Philanthropy for mental health should focus more on community-led models
A new report by the Centre for Asian Philanthropy India analyses the funding landscape towards mental health in the country, and how knowledge and resource gaps can be bridged to mobilise donors
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Vodafone Idea FPO: Is Rs 18,000 crore enough to save a wreckage?
Will the FPO improve the fortunes of VI only in the short-term? Shrinking market share and high debt may make revival challenging, despite network expansion
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Novartis: Innovating for the world, from India
How Vasant 'Vas' Narasimhan is readying India to play a bigger role in its medicines pipeline as the company becomes a pure-play innovative firm
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Why Adidas is betting big on Indian cricket
The German sportswear behemoth is looking to build a jersey culture and capture the merchandising market on the cusp of explosive growth
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5G expansion: Sluggish and silent
Lack of compelling use cases for 5G from consumers is a reality telecom companies need to deal with. Even as a fresh tariff hike is on the cards, the monetisation of 5G is becoming a real concern for them
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Zomato's Blinkit has a great durable competitive advantage over Flipkart: Sanjeev Bikhchandani and Deepinder Goyal
The food tech platform's investor-founder duo believes the company's quick commerce business is well-positioned to beat competition and drive massive growth for Zomato in the next decade