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Isha Ambani’s FMCG ambitions rest on Independence

Reliance Consumer Products is relying on aggressive pricing in the hope that its staples brand will become a household name. But such tactics can go only so far.

Devika Singh

01 Jul 2026

Business

Can municipal bonds in India break a 30-year jinx?

The government is keen to get retail investors to fund urban development. But inherently weak municipalities and scanty exit options continue to raise questions.

Charu Singh

30 Jun 2026

Internet

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.

Muskaan Gupta

29 Jun 2026

Internet

Rapido’s Ownly is a serious risk to Zomato-Swiggy duopoly

The ride-hailing company is gradually ramping up its food delivery business and at least one of the two major players has blinked in response. How credible is the threat?

Hiral Goyal

28 Jun 2026

Internet

India’s digital census can’t get its tech right

Millions of enumerators working for the country’s first-ever fully digital census are relying on an app so choppy that many have to go back to pen and paper.

Jigyasa Mishra

26 Jun 2026

Business

The Indian corporate productivity paradox

The corporate flatterer is not a spoon that feeds the boss’s ego. He is a mirror—and what he reflects is the leader, and the organization, telegraphed right back.

Venki Padmanabhan

25 Jun 2026

Business

FLY91 tastes breakeven. Now it must scale

The Manoj Chacko-led regional airline has had a promising start. Will the lessons of the past keep it on course while it expands?

Prince M. Thomas

24 Jun 2026

Business

Jio is a telecom play pretending to be a tech company

Mukesh Ambani wants investors to price Reliance Industries’ IPO-bound telecom arm like a technology business. In reality, Jio’s tech ambitions remain a work in progress.