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Titan's engineering arm looks to fill equipment gap as manufacturers seek China alternatives

New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- Titan Engineering & Automation Ltd (TEAL) is sharpening its growth strategy as global trade disruptions, tariff shocks and supply-chain realignments force manufacturers to rethin... Read More


Mint Explainer | Why smartphone makers are testy about sharing source code

New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- The Centre's plans for a new mobile phone security framework have unsettled smartphone makers and digital rights groups, opening a fresh debate over how far the state should go i... Read More


Paid conversations, safe spaces: How India is monetizing loneliness

Chennai, Jan. 4 -- On a Saturday afternoon last August, 40-year-old Trisha Mukherjee stood outside a stranger's apartment in Bengaluru's Yemalur neighbourhood, wondering if she had made a mistake. Ins... Read More


Ixigo vs Cleartrip: Hotels, buses, rail and AI in the fight for second place

Chennai, Dec. 16 -- It isn't every day that you come across companies declaring with some ferocity that they are second best. That kind of intensity is usually reserved in the battle for the top spot.... Read More


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