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“AI NOT A THREAT, BUT A FORCE MULTIPLIER”
Global and domestic IT majors have shed employees due to the adoption of AI.
1 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
“SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS IS REFORMS TO PROMOTE EXPORTS”
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, on impact of the West Asia conflict on the economy, reliance on imports, and what can be done to push growth
6 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
Ready for Take-Off
SLEEK, SMART AND DESIGNED FOR THE DISCERNING TRAVELLER, THESE NEW LUXURY CABIN CASES ARE REDEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO TRAVEL LIGHT
2 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
Why Ecosystems are Key to Manufacturing Competitiveness
India opened its economy but failed to build industrial depth
4 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
UNHEALTHY DEPENDENCE
INDIA EXPORTS PHARMACEUTICALS WORTH $30.5 BILLION ANNUALLY BUT REMAINS HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON CHINA FOR RAW MATERIALS. THIS IS EMERGING AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES TO THE COUNTRY'S HEALTHCARE AND MANUFACTURING AMBITIONS
4 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
“FOSSIL FUELS SHOULD BE PHASED-DOWN RATHER THAN PHASED-OUT”
Bhupender Yadav on India’s clean-energy transition, climate finance, pollution control and balancing energy security with national sustainability goals
5 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
FOREIGN WINGS
THE WORLD'S THIRD-LARGEST AVIATION MARKET DOES NOT MANUFACTURE A SINGLE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT, AN ENGINE, A SIMULATOR, OR THE SOFTWARE THAT BOOKS ITS TICKETS. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS SUGGEST THAT EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO OVERTURN THAT PERCEPTION
8 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
FOOD SECURITY'S FOREIGN CRUTCH
WITH APPROPRIATE POLICY RESPONSES, IMPORT DEPENDENCE IN EDIBLE OILS, PULSES AND FERTILISERS CAN BE REVERSED
5 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
AI'S DOLLAR DRAIN
INDIA’S OVERDEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS RISKS A LARGE FOREX OUTFLOW, ESPECIALLY AS MANY OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY FREE FOR END USERS. CAN LOCAL ALTERNATIVES CATCH UP TO ARREST DOLLAR FLIGHT IN THIS FOUNDATIONAL TECH?
5 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
BORROWED STACK
BENEATH INDIA'S TECHNOLOGY SUCCESS STORY LIES AN UNCOMFORTABLE REALITY. THE COUNTRY STILL RUNS MUCH OF ITS DIGITAL FUTURE ON A BORROWED STACK. CAN IT CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES THAT UNDERPIN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY?
4 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
A FUTURE FOR ALL
BUSINESS TODAY INDIA’S MOST SUSTAINABLE COMPANIES SUMMIT AND AWARDS CELEBRATED FIRMS FOR THEIR SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE ACROSS SECTORS
1 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
HEAVY METAL
THE METALLIC BACKBONE OF ALL MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES IS INCREASINGLY ARRIVING BY SHIP RATHER THAN FROM AN INDIAN MINE OR SMELTER
5 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
GREEN GRID, RED FLAGS
INDIA'S SOLAR INSTALLATIONS HAVE MULTIPLIED TENFOLD IN THE PAST DECADE BUT IT’S HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON IMPORTS WITH 98% OF WAFERS AND 100% OF POLYSILICON SOURCED FROM CHINA
4 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
CHINA INSIDE
INDIA'S DEPENDENCE ON CHINA FOR CRITICAL MINERALS IS GROWING AT A RAPID PACE AS ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS BECOME MAINSTREAM. CAN IT REMOVE THE CHOKEHOLD?
8 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
A Case for Self-Reliance
The degree of import dependence is not uniform across sectors, but in some areas, it has reached dangerous levels
3 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
CHAINED TO GOLD
INDIANS HAVE BEEN A MASSIVE CONSUMER OF GOLD JEWELLERY. BUT WITH INDIA DEPENDENT ON IMPORTS FOR 85-90% OF THE GOLD REQUIREMENTS, RISING PRICES ALSO PUT PRESSURE ON THE RUPEE, FOREX RESERVES AND TRADE DEFICIT. INDUSTRY EXPERTS CALL FOR MAKING RECYCLING MORE ATTRACTIVE
7 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
IMPORTED ARSENAL
INDIA CONTINUES TO REMAIN THE WORLD’S SECOND-LARGEST DEFENCE IMPORTER. THE DEPENDENCE IS WORRYINGLY HIGH FOR SOME CRITICAL EQUIPMENT
5 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
THE PRICE WE PAY
NOT ALL IMPORTS ARE BAD, BUT IS THE INDIAN ECONOMY DEPENDING TOO HEAVILY ON FOREIGN SHIPMENTS? AND CAN IT CONTINUE TO AFFORD NOT MAKING ENOUGH IN INDIA?
10+ min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
LONG ROAD TO SILICON
INDIA'S SEMICONDUCTOR AMBITIONS ARE TAKING SHAPE BUT EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES POWERING THEM STILL COME LARGELY FROM ABROAD. CAN INDIA TRULY BE SELF-SUFFICIENT?
7 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
“Macro fundamentals remain strong amidst global uncertainty”
S. Mahendra Dev, Chairman, EAC-PM, on economic challenges arising from the West Asia war, the need for improvements in manufacturing and cutting import dependence
7 min |
July 05, 2026
Business Today India
LOST IN TRANSMISSION
INDIA'S SOLAR CAPACITY HAS INCREASED, BUT THE LACK OF AN EFFICIENT EVACUATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS IMPACTING ITS ADOPTION
4 min |
June 21, 2026
Business Today India
“SUCCESS WITH DISCLOSURE”
Four years into the mandatory Business Responsibility & Sustainability Reporting regime, the data is finally large enough to tell us what's working and what isn’t
3 min |
June 21, 2026
Business Today India
THE MISSING ‘E’ IN CSR
CORPORATE INDIA SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE OF ESG. SO, WHY HAS ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATICN REMAINED A WEAK CSR PRIORITY?
4 min |
June 21, 2026
Business Today India
GAP IN GREEN FINANCING
INDIA REQUIRES ABOUT $170 BILLION ANNUALLY IN CLIMATE INVESTMENTS, BUT AVERAGE CLIMATE FINANCE FLOWS HAVE ONLY BEEN AROUND $44 BILLION PER YEAR
5 min |
June 21, 2026
Business Today India
“THE FAIRYTALE OF BESS IN INDIA”
Powering the renewable transition, India’s battery storage boom face its first real stress test—rising prices of lithium carbonate, a key ingredient for lithium-ion batteries
3 min |
June 21, 2026
Business Today India
THE COST OF AIR POLLUTION
PERSISTENT AIR POLLUTION IN MOST CITIES IS NOT ONLY A CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEM BUT ALSO HURTING BUSINESSES AND IMPACTING ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES. INDIA’S SUPERPOWER AMBITIONS RIDE ON FINDING A SOLUTION TO THIS CHRONIC PROBLEM
5 min |
June 21, 2026
Business Today India
THE HUM OF RECYCLING
THE SMELL ARRIVES first.Burnt metal, ethanol fumes, grease.
1 min |
June 21, 2026
Business Today India
NO TAKERS?
INDIA'S CARBON-CREDIT START-UPS ARE ATTRACTING GLOBAL INTEREST FROM THE LIKES OF AMAZON AND MICROSOFT, BUT VENTURE CAPITAL REMAINS CAUTIOUS BECAUSE OF LONG GESTATION CYCLES AND CREDIBILITY CONCERNS
4 min |
June 21, 2026
Business Today India
DRIVING THE CHANGE
From staff performance goals to driving the EV charge, Hero MotoCorp is racing ahead in its quest to build a sustainable business
3 min |
June 21, 2026
Business Today India
HOW SUSTAINABLE IS ETHANOL?
THERE ARE CONCERNS REGARDING ETHANOL PRODUCTION, NOT LEAST AMONG THEM THE WATER INTENSITY OF CROPS SUCH AS PADDY, MAIZE AND SUGARCANE THAT CURRENTLY PREDOMINATE THIS SPACE
5 min |