Sohini Mitter

Tuesday September 07, 2021 6 min Read While the first wave of edtech hinged on the B2C side, the next one is expected to see companies building the B2B infrastructure layers to deliver live education.

India continues to be among Netflix's fastest-growing markets in the world. Some of its recent original films in the country include 'Soni', 'Firebrand', and '15 August'.

After hitting two-decade lows in FY24, new job creation in core tech and engineering continues to show muted growth as IT firms and startups trim post-pandemic hiring excesses. While green shoots of hiring activity can be seen in traditional sectors like banks, consumer and retail, is it enough?

It began as a single masala business in the 1960s, then faced family squabbles, until the young generation gave it a new direction and brand identity.

The Adani Group's entry into retail finance in partnership with ICICI Bank signals the ports-to-power conglomerate's growing ambitions for its B2C businesses. While the Adani One super app is primarily built around travel benefits, experts say it's not enough to gain brand loyalty from consumers.

Last week, Reliance Retail's beauty platform Tira announced the expansion of its ‘Own Brands' portfolio with the launch of ‘Akind'—a skincare brand

In his first live audience interaction since the stroke in January, Nithin Kamath dwelled on life's existential questions at TechSparks 2024. He also spoke about building a rock-solid fintech business in the time of rising regulatory scrutiny.

In an unfiltered conversation with Shradha Sharma at TechSparks 2024, veteran entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala urged the ecosystem to dial down the hype around unicorns, because "valuations don't mean much". He also asserted that one rotten apple cannot taint an entire (edtech) sector.

At TechSparks Bengaluru 2024, India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant batted for homegrown startups and stressed on the urgent need for patient capital from within the country. He urged insurance and pension funds and even individual investors to take more risks and back startups.

India’s most vulnerable F&O traders—under-30, earning less than 5LPA—may be caught in an endless cycle of borrowing from instant loan apps that are ready to lend irrespective of their creditworthiness, or the lack of it. Result: 9 out of 10 traders lose money, with unsecured loans funding the losses