Veteran Journalist Palki Sharma Launches Digital-First Global News Platform 'India Global Review'
Following her exit from Network18, the veteran journalist is building an independent, digital-first newsroom designed to challenge Western media narratives with a distinctly Indian lens.
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UltraTech Cement Crosses 200 MTPA Mark to Become World's Largest Cement Maker Outside China
The Aditya Birla Group flagship added 100 million tonnes of capacity in under seven years, leveraging strategic acquisitions to build a massive moat in India's booming infrastructure market.
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Flipkart Explores $2.5 Billion Pre-IPO Round as Walmart Weighs Stake Dilution
CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy is actively engaging global and domestic bankers to gauge investor appetite, though the ultimate green light hinges on parent company Walmart.
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Anthropic Appoints Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to Board to Expand Healthcare AI
By bringing a seasoned pharmaceutical executive onto its board, the makers of Claude are positioning themselves to navigate the heavily regulated life sciences sector and commercialize artificial intelligence in drug development.
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Ananya Birla Launches 'ReelSeRealStar' via Birla Studios to Discover Acting Talent Through Smartphones
The new initiative aims to democratize the casting process, offering smartphone creators a direct pathway into mainstream film production and addressing the long-standing entry barriers for industry outsiders.
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Seattle and India Unveil First Swami Vivekananda Statue Supported by US City Government
Positioned steps away from Amazon's headquarters, this historic civilizational monument signals the Indian community's transition from transient tech workforce to permanent civic stakeholder.
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Harshita Arora Appointed Youngest General Partner at Y Combinator After Scaling $700M Fintech AtoB
After building AtoB into a $700 million financial infrastructure powerhouse for the US trucking sector, 25-year-old Harshita Arora signals a structural adjustment in Silicon Valley’s venture leadership model.
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How boAt’s Co-Founder Turned a Fake Controversy into a Viral Launch
The Shark Tank India judge sparked widespread online speculation with a cryptic relationship note, only to reveal it was a clever marketing hook to generate organic reach for his new venture.
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Deloitte Pushes Ahead with 50,000 Hires in India as COO Nitin Kini Rejects AI Job Loss Fears
While the broader tech sector braces for automation-driven layoffs, Deloitte South Asia is pivoting toward complex problem-solving by training 30,000 existing employees and hiring 50,000 more to build its capability pipeline.
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Fanon Raises $1 Million in Pre-Seed Round Co-Led by Kalaari Capital and Gruhas
The Bengaluru-based social platform is consolidating the highly fragmented fandom economy, pulling Gen Z creators and audiences away from legacy forums into a single monetizable ecosystem.
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Frustrated Customer Buys AirtelBlack.com to Automate Public Complaints Against Telecom Giant
After facing 30 days of network downtime, a Reddit user purchased a premium Airtel domain and built an AI-powered wall of shame, forcing corporate to intervene and issue a refund.
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Vijaypat Singhania, Former Chairman of Raymond Group, Passes Away at 87
The Padma Bhushan awardee and legendary aviator turned a modest woollen mill into a retail powerhouse, establishing 'The Complete Man' as an iconic staple of Indian corporate history.
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HDFC Bank Faces Institutional Sell-Off Following Chairman's Abrupt Exit Over Governance Concerns
A sudden exit by the chairman over unspecified internal practices, followed by a total portfolio liquidation by a major global brokerage, raises urgent questions about HDFC Bank's risk management and post-merger realities.
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Kuku Enters Theatres With India's First Campus Zombie Comedy Following 1 Crore Subscriber Milestone
After capturing the mobile screens of over 10 million paying users, the content giant is weaponizing artificial intelligence and deep audience consumption data to build a highly scalable, tech-driven theatrical portfolio.
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From ₹450 Crore to $1.78 Billion: The Mechanics Behind RCB’s Historic Buyout
What began in 2008 as a highly criticized branding exercise for a liquor company has just culminated in a $1.78 billion private equity and corporate mega-deal, permanently redefining the valuation floor for global sports assets.
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Kiran Mani Quits JioStar to Join OpenAI as Managing Director for Asia-Pacific
OpenAI has appointed former JioStar CEO Kiran Mani to a newly created role based in Singapore, signaling an aggressive push to capture the rapidly growing enterprise and consumer AI markets across India, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
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Dream Sports Enters Stock Broking With Dream Street to Take On Groww and Zerodha
Following a steep decline in gaming revenue and strict regulatory headwinds, the Dream11 parent company is leveraging its massive user base to challenge established discount brokers in the wealth management sector.
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Zepto Launches In-House Pay Later Facility With ₹10,000 Credit Limit
By launching an embedded 15-day credit cycle and one-tap checkout, Zepto is shifting the industry battleground from logistical speed to financial stickiness and user retention.
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The Hidden Cost of Convenience: Why a ₹80 Restaurant Order Costs ₹250 on Zomato and Swiggy
A stark price comparison by content creator Nalini Unagar has ignited a broader ecosystem debate about platform commissions, hidden markups, and the unsustainable unit economics of online food delivery.
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United Spirits Sells Royal Challengers Bengaluru to Aditya Birla Group and Blackstone Consortium for ₹16,660 Crore
The all-cash acquisition marks a major structural shift in the Indian sports business, bringing top-tier private equity and legacy conglomerates together to scale the country’s most commercially successful cricket franchise.
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The Billion-Dollar IPL Takeover: Kal Somani-Led Consortium Acquires Rajasthan Royals in $1.63 Billion Deal
The landmark acquisition by the US-based tech entrepreneur, backed by the owners of Walmart and the Detroit Lions, signals a massive influx of American institutional capital into the Indian Premier League.
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IndiGo Appoints Former Air India Express CEO Aloke Singh as Chief Strategy Officer to Lead Global Expansion
The aviation veteran joins InterGlobe Aviation just weeks after the sudden resignation of CEO Pieter Elbers, signaling a crucial leadership reset as the carrier eyes aggressive international expansion.
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OnlyFans Owner Leonid Radvinsky Passes Away at 43 Amid $5.5B Majority Stake Sale Talks
The Ukrainian-American tech entrepreneur transformed the digital creator economy with a highly lucrative subscription model, leaving behind a massive, privately-held cash engine currently exploring an acquisition.
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CoinDCX Founders Arrested in ₹71.6 Lakh Fraud Probe; Company Cites Massive Impersonation Scam
Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal face police custody over an FIR alleging franchise fraud, highlighting a severe escalation in how impersonation scams are impacting India's digital finance leaders.
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