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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
From the Byju’s flameout to the fresh Adani tempest, The Morning Context helped cut through the clutter around the big developments in Indian business.

Dear reader,
We are into the last three days of 2024. Like you, I too hope that the festive cheer makes for an auspicious start to 2025 and, more importantly, rubs off on Indian business. You would agree, it’s been a topsy-turvy 12 months for executives and investors all round.
The economy wasn’t exactly chugging along, but the financial markets set aside every concern to maintain “momentum”. The Adani group companies shrugged off the Hindenburg accusations and tech companies’ IPOs supercharged—very much like one of those Red Bull ads—the market to an all-time high in September. Politically, too, the results …
Government subsidies have drawn companies into basic chip packaging, where China and Malaysia already hold an edge. Moving up the value chain may prove to be a stiff task.
India’s grocery and food delivery platforms are increasingly displaying misleading images of food using artificial intelligence, defeating the very purpose of buying online.
Believing education is the key to success, Unacademy raised $880 million and reached a $3.4 billion valuation, only to crash 90%. Its co-founder and CEO gets candid about the state of the startup and Indian edtech.