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Joined June 2016
Retail investors piled into the unlisted market’s favourite stock. Regret followed NSE’s listing was so underwhelming that it has shaken faith even in safe-sounding names that are next in line to list, like Zepto and OYO
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Dogs have a nose for cancer. An Indian startup is betting on them As Rs 25,000 full-body scans overpromise and underdeliver, Dognosis is relying on man's best friend to detect cancer early at a third of the cost Tune in to today's Daybreak.
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In economics, the multiplier effect explains how banks "create" money. They keep a small percentage of deposits as reserves with themselves, and lend out the rest. That money circulates back to banks, and the cycle repeats. Theoretically, banks end up creating money to a (1/4)
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Jio and Reliance Retail are tied at the hip. That’s fine as long as the Ambanis are one big happy family And as long as the latter remains unlisted
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The nifty, sometimes curious, math behind ‘smart’ loans Borrowing against your fixed deposit can save you tidy—if you do the math and don’t go overboard
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For Gen Z, inheritance is the surest path to owning a home Homes now cost 11X annual income, against an affordability benchmark of 5X. A room of one’s own has never seemed more out of reach
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Angel One and Groww are still hostage to options Tax talk and different closing auction rules lifted broker stocks in October, but Q2 results show why counting your chickens now may be premature
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L&T Tech took a Rs 350 cr haircut for the AI tag. Now it must prove the moat isn’t rented The engineering services provider is undertaking a root-and-branch restructuring in a quest to become an AI-led company
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No products. No inventory. Nothing on a shelf to sell. Its raw material was smart people. Its product was intelligence itself. Its strategy, in Bruce Lee's words: "Be like water." The full story of TCS: yt.openinapp.co/ieyfo
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India built digital twins of cities to predict floods. It’s now using them to find tax evaders India’s digital infrastructure for the physical world is being built city by city, with no common framework
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The race to build UPI for agriculture is getting crowded Annam AI says it is building the “engine” for India’s agricultural DPI. But Agristack, Bharat Vistaar, and a growing list of state platforms are already chasing the same role
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