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Product management is the new leadership hotspot
Product management has evolved beyond its traditional scope, emerging as a critical hub for leadership. Discover why this role is becoming the central focus for innovation and influence within modern companies.
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MBA Job Market Revival Signals New Opportunities
The MBA job market is seeing an uptick in hiring after some years of slowdown. Here’s why this recovery signals not just a return to normal, but a chance for graduates to align with emerging opportunities amid a changing business landscape.
Business
Regulator deals a big blow to IEX’s monopoly on power trading
India's largest, most dominant power exchange is staring at market share and earnings loss after a key decision by the electricity regulator. Shareholders are not happy. Separately, a big win for climate litigation globally.
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Mumbai's worsening garbage crisis, and the company in the thick of it
The Kanjurmarg landfill, operated by Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd., is safe from the axe for now. But its fate remains a major source of worry for the company's shareholders and the city's residents alike.
08 Aug 2025
On air pollution, power producers get a hall pass
India has rolled back rules that require thermal power plants to install equipment to cut sulphur dioxide emissions, marking yet another failure in the fight against air pollution.
18 Jul 2025
MBAs must jump aboard the wealth tech gravy train
India’s wealth management industry has come into its own in the last five years. As newer companies hope to serve newly minted millionaires, it promises to be an exciting new field for MBAs.
14 Jul 2025
Has IndiGrid cracked the green finance code?
Blending capital from investors with varying risk appetite to fund green projects has emerged as a reliable model for the KKR-backed InvIT—its latest for India's largest battery energy storage project being an example.
11 Jul 2025
The hunt for greener steel stutters
ArcelorMittal's scrapping of green steel plans in Germany signals an uncertain future for decarbonizing the heavily polluting sector. It also casts a cloud on mega investments by Indian steelmakers.
27 Jun 2025
Why the price is still not right for green hydrogen
Green hydrogen’s first official price tag in India, while significant, is still a long way from being viable.
20 Jun 2025
Management consulting in a changing world
Management consulting has grown from a specialized advisory service to a global industry valued at over $300 billion. This is a thorough analysis of the factors driving its growth and the challenges it faces.
10 Jun 2025
With its Trump connection, Pakistan’s crypto pivot is a headache for India
Pakistan’s embrace of crypto—fuelled by Chinese energy, sanctioned by the state and linked to the Trump family—has opened a new front in South Asia’s battle for digital dominance.
06 Jun 2025
An intelligent person’s guide to venture capital in the Middle East
Co-founder Walid Mansour and partner Ankit Sarwahi of Middle East Venture Partners talk about the big changes in the tech investing ecosystem, their fund’s trajectory and the million-dollar question of returns.
05 May 2025
What Havyn and Mantra’s crash means for crypto in the UAE
A trading platform was fined by the regulator for breaches and misconduct, and a popular token plummeted by 90%
21 Apr 2025