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4.82% Inflation, 9.92% Wholesale Prices And A Rupee Under Pressure What Is Really Happening To India’s Prices?
4.82% may accurately describe the average movement of consumer prices. But averages can conceal very different experiences. When pulses are…
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Ankiti Bose What Happened After Zilingo? And Why The Questions Keep Multiplying
For a while, the Ankiti Bose story appeared to have a fairly obvious ending. Zilingo, the company that had taken…
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India Was Supposed To Shine. Twenty Two Years Later, What Does The Scorecard Actually Say?
There was a particular confidence about India in the early months of 2004. The economy had just delivered a growth…
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India Spent 6 Years Making UPI Feel Like Public Infrastructure. Now Retailers Are Being Asked To Pay And Customers May Still Get The Bill. Flip Side ₹27,000 Cr Of Potential Ecosystem Revenue – Which Side Wins?
For six years, UPI has been sold to India as something almost deceptively simple: scan the QR code, enter the…
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Krishan Rattan Has A Lot Going On. Terra-Invest, A $100 Million Lawsuit, ₹993 Crore Debt And Quite The Collection Of Interesting Friends
On paper, Krishan Rattan’s professional journey looks like the sort of CV that can be made to fit neatly into…
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After Ratan Tata’s Demise, Is Tata Sons Heading For A Split? The RBI Wants A Listing, Tata Trusts Want Control, Chandrasekaran Wants Another Five Years And The SP Group Wants ₹25,000 Crore
For much of the last three decades, Ratan Tata was not merely the most recognisable face of the Tata Group;…
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Indian Cricket Has 11 Players On The Field And Quite A Few Politicians Behind It. From Jay Shah To Arun Jaitley And The Gehlots, How Political Families Found A Place In Indian Cricket Administration
Indian cricket likes to present itself as a game played between two teams, 11 players on either side, with the…
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Manu Sharma Was Once The Face Of The Jessica Lal Murder. Today He Is Siddhartha Sharma, A Whisky Businessman. How Did One Of India’s Most Notorious Convicts Build A New Life While The Woman He Killed Never Got One?
There was a time when the name Manu Sharma needed no introduction. It was attached to one of the most…
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What Is Indiabulls Really Buying? How Does A Fintech With Nil Disclosed Turnover In The Previous Two Years Become A ₹1,500 Crore Business And Why Are Shareholders Being Asked To Take The Deal On Trust?
A fintech with nil disclosed turnover for two consecutive years suddenly reports ₹133.77 crore in revenue, attracts a ₹1,500 crore…
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Is Nestlé A Dangerous Brand? From Lactogen And Cerelac In India To Formula Investigations Abroad, Why Does Its Infant-Nutrition Business Keep Coming Under Scrutiny?
Nestlé India is facing fresh regulatory action over the way it markets some of its infant nutrition products, with the…
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