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Shop Floor Gets a Makeover
Growing automation and ESG guidelines are two reasons why more women are offered jobs in manufacturing that were earlier strictly male
6 min |
March 2025
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We are Indirectly Telling Corporates to Raise Wages
Finance and revenue secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey tells Parth Singh why broadening the tax base is important. Edited excerpts
3 min |
March 2025
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Researchers Who Return to India Nurture Talent
I am a scientist conducting research in string theory, quantum gravity and related topics in theoretical physics.
3 min |
March 2025
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Clearing the Air
A Bhubaneswar-based start-up is using a mix of specialised AI models and advanced sensor technology to provide hyperlocal air-quality insights and help communities breathe easy
3 min |
March 2025
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Migration Obvious Choice if Nothing Improves
Surjit Bhalla, economist and former executive director at IMF for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, speaks to Parth Singh about why many Indians are choosing to migrate. Edited excerpts
3 min |
March 2025
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INSPIRING WOMEN LEADERS
Women leaders are the torchbearers of change, shattering glass ceilings and forging new paths with unwavering determination. Like a river carving its course through stone, they navigate challenges with grace and resilience. From boardrooms to laboratories, their brilliance illuminates the way, proving that true leadership is not about gender but unyielding vision and strength.
9 min |
March 2025
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Road to Nowhere
The Fiscal Respon-sibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act mandates the government to ensure the fiscal deficit does not exceed 3% of GDP in any year after 2020-21. The fiscal deficit that year was a humongous 9.2% of GDP.
3 min |
March 2025
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The Circular Economy Works Out
M Nagaraju, secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS) speaks to Pushpita Dey about how the income-tax relief will set off a virtuous cycle. Edited excerpts
3 min |
March 2025
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The Diaspora Serves as a Brain Bank
Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran speaks to Parth Singh about why Indians leaving the country to work abroad should not be seen as brain drain. Edited excerpts:
3 min |
March 2025
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Societal Norms Hinder Women in the Workplace
Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairperson at Salesforce, India and former chairperson, SBI, tells Deepsekhar Choudhury in an email interview it is essential to challenge traditional gender roles. Edited excerpts
3 min |
March 2025
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Every District in Odisha Will Have an Industrial Project
Mohan Charan Majhi, chief minister of Odisha, tells Pushpita Dey on the sidelines of the Utkarsh Odisha-Make in Odisha Conclave in Bhubaneswar, that his government has delivered its promises in seven months of coming to power. Edited excerpts
2 min |
March 2025
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Momentum Shift
The Centre hopes that its consumption boost in the form of lower income tax will make India Inc loosen its purse strings
2 min |
March 2025
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Banking on Demand-Led Growth
The growth rate of the economy has been slowing, and consumption is also growing at a slower pace. However, there are some more issues, which we have to consider when we examine the Budget for financial year 2026.
3 min |
March 2025
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, DEFENSE STUDIES, AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2025: EDUCATION'S ROLE IN BUILDING A VIKSIT BHARAT BY 2047
‘Viksit Bharat’ means ‘Developed India’. The Viksit Bharat 2047 mission is the Indian government’s vision to transform India into a developed nation by 2047, the 100th anniversary of India’s Independence.
6 min |
March 2025
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Losing Our Minds
Our brightest scientists, engineers and researchers are settling abroad. For the country to be a tech powerhouse, this steady outflow of talent has to be checked. Can India do it?
10+ min |
March 2025
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Customs Duty Revisions Will Improve Optics
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) chair Sanjay Kumar Agarwal speaks to Pushpita Dey about the effects of the customs rate rationalisation in the Union Budget. Edited excerpts
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March 2025
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Scale Stimulus
For technology start-ups, growth funding serves as the catalyst to scale, innovate, expand into new markets and make critical hires. New capital brings strategic value through investor expertise and industry network, customer introductions, helps maintain operational efficiency and mitigate cashflow challenges.The landscape of venture and growth financings in India has undergone a major shift since the pre-Covid era. The pandemic gave rise to a low-interest rate environment which saw an unprecedented inflow of capital into Indian start-ups with a very strong focus on high growth, often at the cost of high burn. Post-pandemic, the environment has seen a significant shift in focus towards sustainable growth, profitability and efficient unit economics.
3 min |
February 2025
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The Best Valuation Need Not Be the Highest
Info Edge founder and veteran start-up investor Sanjeev Bikhchandani talks to Deepsekhar Choudhury about high valuations and corporate governance in start-ups. Edited excerpts
3 min |
February 2025
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GCCS Shaping Start-Ups
The remarkable journey of global capability centres (GCCs) in India continues to set new benchmarks, enriching the nation's economic narrative.
3 min |
February 2025
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Behind the Scenes
Evaluating start-ups is more than number crunching. While some factors are quantifiable, many are more nuanced. Here's a sneak peek inside the war room from where the rankings emerged
4 min |
February 2025
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Start-Ups have Generated 17.28 Lakh Direct Jobs
Amardeep Singh Bhatia, secretary, department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) tells Pushpita Dey about the government's various schemes to give start-ups a leg up.
3 min |
February 2025
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On the Road Less Travelled
Our entrepreneurial journey as the founders of the CarDekho group proves the fact that ambition and ingenuity can flourish in the most unexpected places.
4 min |
February 2025
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Being Local Matters
India's rapidly evolving consumer market, backed by a young, progressive population and a flourishing middle class, is a landscape of opportunity and complex challenges.
4 min |
February 2025
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CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE: OUTLOOK BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT - ACHIEVERS AWARDS 2024
Recognizing Visionaries Who Inspire Growth, Innovation, and Progress
6 min |
February 2025
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At the End of the Day, You Bet on Founders
Zerodha founder and chief executive Nithin Kamath tells Deepsekhar Choudhury that the philosophy of a company is what sets it apart and makes it special. Edited excerpts
3 min |
February 2025
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Time to Go Global
India's defence and space start-up ecosystems have witnessed exponential growth in recent years, with over 1,000 defence and 250 space start-ups driving deep-tech innovation. Government initiatives such as Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), positive indigenisation lists and allocation of 75% of the defence capital budget for domestic procurement, along with support from Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (InSpace), have created vast opportunities.
4 min |
February 2025
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AI will Replace Certain Jobs but Also Create New Ones
S Krishnan, secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) talks about R&D, funding and various schemes for start-ups, in an interview to Neeraj Thakur and Parth Singh.
3 min |
February 2025
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Beyond the Big Idea
Most founder stories start with a Eureka moment—or that is what entrepreneurship folklore would have you believe.
3 min |
February 2025
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Question of Culture
Even after more than four decades of its publishing, Tom Peters' In Search of Excellence continues to remain arguably the most influential business book ever. It was also the book that brought the notion of organisation culture to the centre stage. Amusingly, Peters draws a parallel between an organisation's culture and fairy tales.
4 min |
February 2025
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Striding Ahead
Bengaluru anchors the Karnataka model of start-up growth. But the state is now looking beyond its capital city to nurture other Silicon Valleys
3 min |