Category: Business

For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A reason why India has lagged behind certain non-Western economies — such as China and South Korea — despite starting from roughly equivalent positions early in the 20th century is the relative underperformance of its manufacturing sector. While China and South Korea have seen significant increases in […]

Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, once prominent investors in the Indian equity market are seen shying away due to rupee depreciation and have moved to global funds, said a top financial services executive. “We were witnessing increased interest from NRIs in the GCC region for some time, but in recent […]

A fewer than 50% of Indian business-owning families have a formally documented succession plan in place, according to insights from Entrust Family Office, a multi-family office advising several of India’s leading business families. “Most families recognise the importance of succession planning, and many are now beginning to translate that intent into formal structures,” said Rajmohan […]

Anku Jain | Photo Credit: KAMAL NARANG Mobile phones are increasingly migrating to smaller chips that are more energy efficient and powerful supported by specialised Neural Processing Units (NPUs) to accelerate AI workloads directly on devices, said Anku Jain, India Managing Director for MediaTek, a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor firm that claims a 47% market share India’s smartphone chipset […]

In one more instance of a wholly owned subsidiary of a Chinese multinational company in India getting ‘Indianised’,  Bharti Enterprises, a diversified business conglomerate with interests in telecom, real estate, financial services and food processing among others, and the local arm of private equity major Warburg Pincus have announced to collectively own a 49% stake in […]