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Swiggy Instamart has a people and strategy problem

In light of the recent exits of top executives at Swiggy’s quick commerce business, we look at the reasons behind the departures and whether it’s impacting the business.

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Cult.fit’s opportunity: gyms or gear?

Born as a full-stack wellness platform, the IPO-bound company now leans on gyms while betting on products to drive its next phase of growth.

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Madhabi Puri-Buch’s pet project, Choti SIP, fails to take off

The Rs 250 SIP was launched last year by the former SEBI chairperson with one clear goal: financial inclusion. More than a year later, the much-hyped scheme doesn’t seem to have caught on with MF investors.

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Dubai takes a hit in the costliest-city rankings

A Julius Baer index says the emirate slipped seven places in 2026, Dubizzle is making new investments, and other news updates.

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Anil Agarwal’s aluminium ambition faces a stiff test

After a strong listing, Vedanta Aluminium Metal is running into some headwinds. Aluminium prices are easing, but the sharper challenge is rising competition from Kumar Mangalam Birla and Gautam Adani.

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Swiggy Instamart has a people and strategy problem

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Hiral Goyal

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Cult.fit’s opportunity: gyms or gear?

Born as a full-stack wellness platform, the IPO-bound company now leans on gyms while betting on products to drive its next phase of growth.

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Dubai takes a hit in the costliest-city rankings

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India’s jet engine gap turns into a strategic fault line

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Dubai takes a hit in the costliest-city rankings

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Emergent’s ARR is all smoke and mirrors

The AI startup’s $100 million ARR claim does not quite add up even as Dream11—forced out of real-money gaming—prepares to take its massive user base into stockbroking.

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The anti-jugaad story of Royal Enfield

What four years at the legendary motorcycle maker taught me about India’s most celebrated delusion.

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The AI startup’s $100 million ARR claim does not quite add up even as Dream11—forced out of real-money gaming—prepares to take its massive user base into stockbroking.

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How Basil Moftah is betting on the Mideast VC secondaries market

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The Gulf Report: UAE markets cheer on US-Iran ceasefire

Dubai stocks saw their best day in a long while on Wednesday, property data for the first quarter shows the market held its own and other updates from the week.

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Dubai takes a hit in the costliest-city rankings

A Julius Baer index says the emirate slipped seven places in 2026, Dubizzle is making new investments, and other news updates.

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Abu Dhabi and Dubai stock markets chart swift recovery

The UAE’s stock markets are clawing back lost ground after losing more than $120 billion at the peak of the conflict.

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Can the UAE stay ahead in the AI data centre race?

From India to Europe, governments are piling in to build centres to support (and profit from) the AI boom. What does the UAE have that others don't?

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Dubai takes a hit in the costliest-city rankings

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Swiggy Instamart has a people and strategy problem

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Cult.fit’s opportunity: gyms or gear?

Born as a full-stack wellness platform, the IPO-bound company now leans on gyms while betting on products to drive its next phase of growth.

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Can Eruditus get foreign universities to work in India?

The edtech company is at the heart of the foreign campus experiment. But questions around demand, faculty and outcomes suggest a tough road ahead.

Muskaan Gupta

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Six unanswered questions on Delhi’s EV policy 2026

The plan to speed up the national capital’s EV transition puts India's production capabilities and supply chain to the test.

Ananya Upadhyaya

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YourNest’s deep-tech playbook just took a growth-stage turn

The VC’s latest continuation vehicle and a larger fourth fund in the works signal a shift away from early-stage investing to longer and bigger commitments.

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The quiet deflation that’s eating into Indian IT’s vitals

TCS CEO Krithivasan’s stunning disclosure lays bare a bind: AI is forcing IT services giants to give away a chunk of renegotiated contract value, even as new revenue remains lumpy and uncertain.

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NEET and the military shortcut risks long-term damage

The government’s reliance on the armed forces may help it address a credibility crisis, but risks weakening civilian institutions.

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Why (so many) Indians have stayed put in the UAE amid Iran war

Remittances show that many non-resident Indians may not want an immediate out, even as the threat of war looms large. We take a look at what is making them stay in the country.

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Ten military lessons India must learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

The war in West Asia offers a preview of how India’s next conflict could unfold—fast, multi-domain, drone-saturated and under a nuclear shadow. New Delhi must learn quickly.

Sushant Singh

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India's modest climate targets: smart diplomacy or missed opportunity?

A 10-percentage-point gap between what India plans domestically and what it promises the UN tells you everything about its climate strategy.

Azman Usmani

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India’s jet engine gap turns into a strategic fault line

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NEET and the military shortcut risks long-term damage

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India's modest climate targets: smart diplomacy or missed opportunity?

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Swiggy Instamart has a people and strategy problem

In light of the recent exits of top executives at Swiggy’s quick commerce business, we look at the reasons behind the departures and whether it’s impacting the business.

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Pratilipi has 20 million stories but no big hits. Can microdramas deliver one?

The online storytelling company is betting that content will be the most sought-after commodity as scores of platforms jump on the microdrama bandwagon. But success will hinge on whether it has a good enough story to draw the audience.

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A high-risk, unfinished, cash-guzzling Zepto comes to public markets

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Epigamia’s Greek yogurt bet is finally paying off

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boAt’s best days are behind it

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Allen Career Institute is in flux and nowhere close to an IPO

Four years after Bodhi Tree’s investment, the test-prep giant remains caught between a slowing legacy business and growth bets that are still in their infancy.

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Can Bhanzu break India's edtech curse?

The math learning platform is growing fast and expanding globally. Success will depend on how smartly it can manoeuvre the very pitfalls that have crippled peers.

Muskaan Gupta

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Allen Career Institute is in flux and nowhere close to an IPO

Four years after Bodhi Tree’s investment, the test-prep giant remains caught between a slowing legacy business and growth bets that are still in their infancy.

Muskaan Gupta

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Can Bhanzu break India's edtech curse?

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Ronnie Screwvala is stretching upGrad to mean more

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Varkey Group’s GEMS bets on Saudi Arabia to revive global ambitions

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Seekho and the parable of how entertainment consumed edtech

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Physics Wallah carries the baggage of the industry it’s meant to redeem

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How Reliance’s $180 million bet on Embibe came to naught

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How ShopClues faded without a fight

The fall of this e-commerce giant within a decade of its launch was marked by blind optimism, a total disregard for customers and a massive failure to read the tea leaves.

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State of the Unicorns

Drools has come a long way. Just not long enough to beat Pedigree

From starting life as a mere offshoot of a poultry company to achieving unicorn status, Drools has quietly rewritten the rules of India’s pet food market. But competition remains a challenge.

Muskaan Gupta

State of the Unicorns

Porter just became a unicorn. Now comes the hard part

The on-demand company has entered the billion-dollar valuation club, thanks to its smart intra-city play. The segment is now hotting up, with both startups and legacy players joining the race.

Muskaan Gupta

State of the Unicorns

India’s pre-owned vehicle startups fail the internet business test

We look at Spinny, a unicorn, to demonstrate how the used-car business is a graveyard of ideas pretending to be internet-first or internet businesses only to realize years later that the soul of the business lies in brick and mortar.

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The forgotten lessons of Hike-Part III

We look at Hike’s failed super app bet, its messaging flop show and where the company stands today.

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The forgotten lessons of Hike—Part II

We take a look at the company’s trajectory from a messaging platform to a super app and its rise to prominence.

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Airtel’s Q4 performance adds to Jio IPO headwinds

FY26 numbers show that Airtel is stealing a march on its larger rival on most counts and is unrelenting in its ambition, casting a cloud on Jio’s valuation.

Ujval Nanavati

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A mixed bag of a year for Reliance Industries

Telecom and retail both continue with their ‘hit and miss’, while O2C delivers an unsurprisingly poor performance in Q4. This is a year RIL will be glad to see the back of.

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Airtel’s Q4 performance adds to Jio IPO headwinds

FY26 numbers show that Airtel is stealing a march on its larger rival on most counts and is unrelenting in its ambition, casting a cloud on Jio’s valuation.

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A mixed bag of a year for Reliance Industries

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Reliance’s growth engines may be losing steam

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Conglomerates, duopolies and domination hamper India

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