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Chola reboots digital lending-this time on its own terms

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company (Chola), one of India's largest diversified NBFCs, is taking a measured second shot at digital lending. After scaling back its fintec... Read More


Kochi's water metro is making waves. Can it change how India commutes?

Kochi/Chennai, Dec. 1 -- Neema Veliyath lives in her nearly 100-year-old heritage home, also a homestay, on Vypin Island, off mainland Ernakulam. As a long-time resident, she knows arriving by water i... Read More


As rivals crowd the aisles, V-Guard makes a high-stakes push into India's lighting market

New Delhi, Nov. 23 -- V-Guard Industries is preparing its boldest gamble in years: a late entry into India's crowded lighting market. It's the one major space the company has long steered clear of but... Read More


Snake oil or panacea? Health supplements face a trust deficit; these startups hope to change that

Chennai, Nov. 12 -- Fahad Javeed, 35, had always been sceptical about health supplements, especially when it came to losing weight. Instead, he had relied on traditional methods such as going off suga... Read More


Mint Explainer: How Sebi nudged startup founders to become promoters before their IPOs

New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- The era of startup founders listing their companies as 'professionally managed' while retaining de facto control is coming to a close. Lenskart co-founder and chief executive Pey... Read More


Inside Girish Mathrubootham's quest to build India's global AI giants

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Girish Mathrubootham, the founder and former CEO of customer service software company Freshworks Inc., was among the first in India to identify the software-as-a-service (SaaS) w... Read More


The great Indian homestay hunt: Why MakeMyTrip is fighting for India's smallest stays

Chennai, Oct. 23 -- Gangaikonda Cholapuram, the capital of the Chola dynasty for over 250 years, was once a bustling place. Today, it is a sleepy village, with very few good places to stay around the ... Read More


Mint Explainer: Do green crackers really cause less pollution?

New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- Diwali firecrackers cause raging debates every year around this time due to rising air pollution levels, especially in the Delhi-National Capital Region. Attempts at banning fire... Read More


Sridhar Vembu's swadeshi tech gamble: Can Zoho's Arattai beat WhatsApp's monopoly?

Chennai, Oct. 8 -- On 27 September, Jeri John Devegeorge, a senior product manager at enterprise software company Zoho Corporation, was on his way to a religious concert in Chennai. Soon, however, a t... Read More


Mint Explainer | What does the festive season sale say about the state of e-commerce in India

New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Indian e-commerce growth slowed through 2024 and the first half of 2025, leaving the sector cautious about the traditionally high-stakes festival season. The last two years' sal... Read More