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AIRPORTS AND FLIGHTS ARE HUMMING AS PASSENGERS RETURN TO THE SKIES WITH GUSTO Total passenger traffic in September 2021, a YoY rise of 82.7% 22 August 2021 Total passenger traffic in the April-September period The YoY rise in cumulative passenger tra

WHAT’S GOOD for Elon Musk is not necessarily good for investors in Tesla stock. Or, is it? Munch this: the stock jumped 148 per cent from $408.09 on November 16, 2020 to $1,013.39 on November 15, 2021, on the NASDAQ. This jump masks a nuance: $1,013.

“The one who will define the fortunes of the country,” said a teary-eyed Vijay Shekhar Sharma while explaining the phrase Bharat Bhagya Vidhata to his foreign shareholders. And immediately thereafter, he said: “Everyone at Paytm has actually done tha

The Indian OTT audience universe till August 2021, translating into a penetration of 25.3% Active paid OTT subscriptions in India across 40.07 million paying members STEADY RISE IN SHARE OF ADVERTISING REVENUE FOR DIGITAL AND OTT *Based on primary co

BHAVISH AGGARWAL appears in a spot of bother as the downers continue in the rollout of Ola Electric’s first scooters, the Ola S1 and S1 Pro. The latest bummer: the second purchase window will open late December, instead of November 1, owing to semico

In one of the biggest policy rollbacks since coming to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on November 19 that the Centre would repeal the three contentious farm laws introduced in September 2020, bowing to pressure from farmers ahead of As

THAT’S THE market capitalisation (₹1 lakh crore) of Nykaa upon listing. That has made 58-year-old ex-banker Falguni Nayar India’s richest self-made female billionaire, and her family trust offices now have a collective worth of about ₹54,831 crore. T

For Kishore Biyani, the period starting from last March has been most forgettable. A proposed deal to sell out his flagship did not go through after the Supreme Court restrained it and instead, ruled in favour of the Seattle-based Amazon. The story g

Source: NSE “IF YOU DON’T FIND a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.” Record numbers of retail, or individual, investors in India are entering the stock markets and capitalising on the year-and-a-half-long bull run—some ev

INDIA HAS AN ADVERTISER universe of around 6,000. In a market as heterogeneous as ours, with multiple genres and languages, even the best media planners struggle to get bang for their buck. That is where cricket helps—it is language neutral, region n

While India is still some time away from rolling out the 5G network, smartphone companies are aggressively increasing their 5G portfolio. Consumers, too, are future proofing their purchases, contributing to the robust demand. As a result, 5G smartpho

“THERE ARE 28 meal occasions in a week. You cannot expect one brand to be fulfilling every customer’s needs on all occasions.” With that thought, Ankit Nagori found the key ingredient in the recipe for his next venture. Curefit, the health and fitnes

He is a busy man. As Chairperson of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), M.R. Kumar, 61, is preparing the insurance giant for an IPO. The public listing will make LIC one of the most valued companies in terms of market capitalisation. And K

The online gaming industry is poised for gigantic growth in India Source: Statista, Nazara DRHP, INC24 PROFESSIONAL CLASH Royale player Prashant Pandey started gaming in 2015 while he was studying to become an engineer in Bengaluru. Five minutes of c

Source: Satcom Industry Association IT IS POSSIBLE THAT TWO YEARS from now, you will have another dish perched on your balcony or roof—just like the now-ubiquitous DTH dish. This new dish would provide broadband connectivity not just within your hous

THE HEADLINE OF this story could well have been “The Great Disruptors”. But even that would probably not have fully conveyed the extent of the tectonic shift that two canny industrialists have seeded within months of each other. They have not partner

MORE THAN 100 million! That’s how many Indians trade in cryptocurrencies, the highest in the world, ac-cording to BrokerChooser, a broker discovery and com-parison platform. While the central bank and some industry experts say that number is on the h

Take a sip and breathe in the aroma. Wait. Now take an-other sip to determine the flavour, body, acidity, sweet-ness and the overall balance. Look for fruity, nutty, spicy and floral notes. Sounds like wine tasting, doesn’t it? We are, however, talki

Pull up a chair and grab a book to read next to this modern electric fireplace that you can install in any corner of your house. Heating up to 3KW, it uses LED reflective technology fea-turing mood-based flames. It can be operated through a remote an

What better than walking up to your favourite beverage—prepared just the way you like—when you step out of bed in the morning? Supporting up to 10 user profiles that remember all parameters such as the amount of ground coffee, water temperature, and

What was the problem you were grappling with? The pandemic. It has been amongst the big-gest challenges of our times, disrupting the world in unprecedented ways. But the difficulties notwithstanding, what it also allowed us was the opportunity to pau

No matter what we breed, we still are made of greed, this is my kingdom come, this is my kingdom come…” croons Ajay Bijli, Chairman and Managing Director of PVR, looking every bit the rockstar in a round-neck T-shirt and black denim jacket, as he jam

Himanshu Wardhan has a keen eye for design and décor, something that’s evident from the studio he has designed for himself in Gurugram. The Man-aging Director of Etsy India has used a lot of white and blue, with ample scope for natural light, in his