In 2017, N Chandrasekaran took over a Tata Group emerging from a bitter corporate battle, with a sprawling portfolio of businesses operating with limited coordination. He leaves behind a group that has reshaped its portfolio and placed big bets on the industries it believes will drive its next phase of growth
The charge is unlikely to materially affect most retail investors, but repeated UPI pay-ins, quarterly settlements and high-frequency transfers could turn the small MDR into a significant cost for discount and zero-brokerage platforms
Gujarat’s rising Hilsa catch has turned the traditional India-Bangladesh fish trade on its head, with the western state emerging as an unlikely supplier ahead of Durga Puja
Noel also argued that listing could create pressure around businesses whose financial performance may take years to mature
The dispute over Chandrasekaran's tenure has unfolded over more than a year. According to a Tata Sons statement, the board received a unanimous resolution from Tata Trusts dated July 28, 2025, supporting a second five-year term for him
Garg’s claim that the Indian government manipulated GDP figures has triggered a flurry of political and economic reactions, after his views began circulating widely on social media earlier in the day. While some backed his argument, others dismissed it as an economic error
Rohan M Ganapathy, co-founder of Bellatrix, one of India's earliest venture capital-funded spacetech start-ups, discusses why stronger domestic demand can help India’s space industry scale and capture a larger share of the global market
India is trying to de-risk from China. The paradox? Much of the manufacturing it wants to build at home still depends on Chinese components, machinery and critical inputs
The trust people place in the system every time they approach a garbage bin may well decide the success of the waste management rules
India’s spacetech sector has grown from one start-up in 2014 to over 450 now. It’s time policymakers looked beyond legacy champions and backed India’s new space companies
India’s spacetech start-ups are making big breakthroughs and taking off after a long lull. Can they become world beaters?
Pawan Kumar Chandana, co-founder, Skyroot Aerospace, discusses the spacetech start-up’s journey, fundraising challenges, India’s space reforms and the future of the private space sector
Raghu Mahajan, assistant professor, physics, ICTS Bengaluru, says India’s ambitions in AI, quantum tech, space and robotics require sustained basic-science funding, global collaboration and research-friendly institutions
Awais Ahmed, co-founder of spacetech start-up Pixxel, talks about building domestic space capabilities, government demand and India’s ambition to compete in the global space industry
Among the 30 Sensex firms, HDFC Bank, Titan, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank were the major laggards.
Pronab Sen, in an interview with Outlook Business, says the bigger concern with the new GDP series is not just the sharp downward revision to past growth estimates but the lack of transparency over the data and methodology behind it
AI is lifting productivity and compressing effort-based billing, challenging the growth model behind India’s $224-billion IT industry
