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Fortune India
GROWTH PROPELLERS: AT THE FORTUNE INDIA BOARDROOM, ECONOMISTS DELIBERATED ON WAYS TO PUT INDIA'S GDP ON THE 8%-PLUS GROWTH PATH TO ACHIEVE THE VIKSIT BHARAT GOALS BY 2047.
ON MAY 30, North Block heaved a sigh of relief as the Indian economy clocked in 7.4% GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2024-25. A rebound in the construction and manufacturing sectors propelled the fastest quarterly growth of the fiscal. For policymakers in New Delhi, the figures came as a much-needed reprieve as not only did the economy spring back from the lows of 5.6% growth logged in the second quarter of FY25, but the momentum continues in the current financial year, the finance ministry stated.
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July 2025
Fortune India
SIGNS OF A STORM BREWING. BUT......A disciplined approach for the long term will help navigate it.
THE RUSSIAN SAYING, “May you live in interesting times,” feels like a fitting lens to view global and Indian equity markets today.
3 min |
July 2025
Fortune India
RARE EARTH ELEMENTS, RARER SUPPLY
CHINA'S CURBS ON RARE-EARTH ELEMENT EXPORTS HAVE HIT INDIA'S AUTO MANUFACTURERS HARD. WHAT LIES AHEAD?
3 min |
July 2025
Fortune India
THE STARTUP PIONEER: NAVEEN TEWARI-FOUNDED INMOBI WAS INDIA'S FIRST UNICORN. WHAT SETS IT APART IS HOW IT HAS HAD A MULTIPLIER EFFECT ON THE ECOSYSTEM.
MOST STARTUP founders aspire for unicorn status for their ventures. Naveen Tewari, founder & CEO of the InMobi Group, was the first one to get it in India; and he achieved unicorn status for another of his brands some 10 years later.
6 min |
July 2025
Fortune India
FOREVER EVOLVING: APPLE'S WWDC THIS YEAR WAS A MIXED BAG. BUT THAT DEPENDS ON WHO IS TALKING: TECH EXPERTS OR FANBOYS.
APPLE'S WWDC THIS YEAR WAS A MIXED BAG. BUT THAT DEPENDS ON WHO IS TALKING: TECH EXPERTS OR FANBOYS.
4 min |
July 2025
Fortune India
LIGHTS, ART, DRAMA!
THE NITA MUKESH AMBANI CULTURAL CENTRE IS ON A MISSION-TO DEMOCRATISE ART FORMS, AND SHOWCASE THEM TO THE WORLD.
5 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
MIC DROP
INDIANS CAN’T SEEM TO GET ENOUGH OF PODCASTS THAT HOLD FORTH ON EVERYTHING FROM SPIRITUALITY TO BUSINESS TO SELF-IMPROVEMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT. HERE ARE FIVE PODCAST STARS WE THINK SHOULD FEATURE ON YOUR PLAYLIST.
4 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
Movies' IT Moment!
INDIAN VISUAL EFFECTS AND ANIMATION COMPANIES MAKE GLOBAL STRIDES, AS DOMESTIC BUSINESS ALSO PICKS UP DUE TO INCREASING OTT PENETRATION.
8 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
BIG MONEY GIGS
IS INDIA READY TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE AND HOST BILLION-DOLLAR CONCERTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY? THE ANSWERS ARE LIVETUNE IN!
8 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
REINVENTING THE ROOTS
WITH SCARCE SCREENS, TIGHT BUDGETS, AND RISING OTT PRESSURE, REGIONAL CINEMA HAS FOUGHT TO STAY AFLOAT—BUT SIGNS OF A REVIVAL ARE EMERGING.
9 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
OPERATION SINDOOR: A PARADIGM SHIFT
India's handling of cross-border terrorism sponsored by Pakistan underwent a paradigm shift with Operation Sindoor, kicked off in response to the killing of 26 people by The Resistance Front, a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy, at Pahalgam in Kashmir on April 26.
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June 2025
Fortune India
STREAMING WARS
THE ONLINE CURATED CONTENT MARKET IS EXPECTED TO SEE A CAGR OF 13.9%, MAKING IT THE FASTEST-GROWING SECTOR. THE IRONY, HOWEVER, IS ITS STRUGGLE FOR PROFITABILITY.
10+ min |
June 2025
Fortune India
MODI'S ECONOMIC POWER PLAY
IN ITS THIRD TERM, THE NARENDRA MODI-LED GOVERNMENT HAS CONTINUED TO RESHAPE INDIA’S ECONOMY THROUGH BOLD MOVES IN INFRA, TRADE, JOB CREATION, AND TAX REFORMS.
8 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
The Premium Pivot
Indian wearables makers are reinventing themselves to compete in a market where price alone no longer wins.
5 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
IT'S ALL IN THE NAME
SPORTING ICONS ARE NOT ONLY SPRINTING ON THE FIELD, BUT OUTSHINING BOLLYWOOD IN THE BRAND ENDORSEMENT RACE.
4 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
AS INDIGO TAXIES TO BECOME A GLOBAL AVIATION GIANT, CEO PIETER ELBERS TALKS ABOUT EXPANSION PLANS AND STRATEGY, AND WHY THE CARRIER FORAYED INTO BUSINESS CLASS AFTER 18 YEARS OF OPERATIONS.
As IndiGo tops the valuation charts globally, how big is the future of India's aviation sector?
6 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
REWIND REPLAY
OLD IS GOLD AGAIN. PREVIOUSLY RELEASED BOLLYWOOD FILMS ARE RETURNING TO THE BIG SCREEN. BUT DOES THE TREND SIGNIFY SOMETHING DEEPER HAPPENING WITHIN INDIA'S LARGEST FILM INDUSTRY?
8 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
GAME ON
INDIA'S GAMING BOOM IS CREATING CAREERS, MILLIONAIRES, AND REGULATORY TUSSLESDRIVEN BY E-SPORTS AND MOBILE-FIRST USERS.
8 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
SOUTHERN SPICE
SOUTH INDIAN CINEMA IS REDEFINING HOW REGIONAL FILMS CAN TRANSCEND LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND BECOME PAN-INDIA WITH QUALITY CONTENT, BIG BUDGETS, AND GLOBAL PROMOTIONS.
8 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
SMALL TOWNS, BIG BUSINESS
REGIONAL OTTs SUCH AS HOICHOI AND AHA ARE BLENDING LOCAL STORIES WITH SMART BUSINESS MODELS TO TAKE ON THE BIGGIES IN A CROWDED STREAMING MARKET.
4 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
A TRADE LIFELINE AMID TURBULENCE: THE U.K. FTA MAY SHAPE INDIA'S FUTURE TRADE DEALS, INCLUDING WITH THE U.S. AND THE EU.
THE U.K. FTA MAY SHAPE INDIA'S FUTURE TRADE DEALS, INCLUDING WITH THE U.S. AND THE EU. BY JOE C. MATHEW
3 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
WEAVING A LEGACY
FASHION DESIGNER SABYASACHI MUKHERJEE WANTS HIS BRAND—WHICH JUST COMPLETED 25 YEARS—TO OUTLIVE HIM. AND HE HAS TAKEN A HOST OF DECISIONS TO ENSURE THAT.
6 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
10-MINUTE CONVENIENCE.PRICEY CONSEQUENCES
The quick commerce segment is reshaping Indian retail, but at what cost?
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June 2025
Fortune India
THE GREAT EYEBALL CHASE
DIGITAL DETHRONES TV AS INDIA'S CONTENT CREATORS CHASE IP, SCALE, AND GLOBAL MARKETS.
6 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
SPECIALTY COFFEE, BREWED IN INDIA
Café Coffee Day pioneered the café culture in India way back in the nineties. Decades later, the likes of Araku, Blue Tokai, and Subko are building a strong narrative around premium specialty coffee.
10+ min |
June 2025
Fortune India
CRACKS IN THE CODE: THE NEW INCOME TAX BILL RISKS REINTRODUCING DOUBLE TAXATION ON FIRMS AND BURDENING FAMILY OFFICES.
SIMPLIFY THE TAX SYSTEM and cut through the jargon—these were the objectives when finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Income-tax Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha on February 13. Yet, two changes to key provisions—taxation on income of companies, vis-a-vis inter-corporate dividend income, and application of alternative minimum taxation (AMT)—have left the industry worried.
2 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
WEATHERING THE FUTURE
Why Indian agri-businesses need a climate resilience playbook.
3 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
FIREPOWER
INDIGENISATION COUPLED WITH MODERNISATION AND HUGE CAPITAL OUTLAYS HAVE ADDED TO THE COUNTRY'S MILITARY MIGHT.
6 min |
June 2025
Fortune India
THE MISSING PIECES: COUNTRY MANAGER SAMIR KUMAR WANTS AMAZON INDIA TO BRIDGE PRODUCT GAPS TO LIVE UP TO ITS TAG OF 'THE EVERYTHING STORE'.
SAMIR KUMAR doesn’t mince words. “Look around this room. That nail on the wall, that cable on the floor, the faucet leaking in your bath-room... I’m not sure we sell the right version of any of those yet,” the Amazon India country manager tells Fortune India.
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June 2025
Fortune India
A SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE? UPS GIVES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES THE OPTION OF GUARANTEED PENSION RETURNS.WILL IT IMPACT THE POPULARITY OF NPS
The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), launched on April 1, 2025, introduces significant changes to India's pension framework, particularly impacting the National Pension System (NPS).
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