Bharat Taxi Bets on the Amul Model to Rewrite India’s Ride-Hailing Story

Bharat Taxi Bets on the Amul Model to Rewrite India’s Ride-Hailing Story

Bharat Taxi is positioning itself as the “Amul of ride-hailing”, a comparison that carries weight in India’s economic imagination. Amul transformed millions of small dairy farmers into collective owners of a national brand. Bharat Taxi now wants to replicate that cooperative success in the gig economy, challenging established players like Uber, Ola, and Rapido by…

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India’s telecom sector surges in 2025! 5G rollout reaches 85% of population; rural connectivity, digital adoption soar

India’s telecom sector surges in 2025! 5G rollout reaches 85% of population; rural connectivity, digital adoption soar

India’s telecom sector ended 2025 on a strong footing, with the department of telecommunications (DoT) recording major gains in digital connectivity, infrastructure expansion and technology self-reliance, according to a year-end review released by the ministry of communications.A key development during the year was the launch of the National Broadband Mission (NBM) 2.0 in January. The…

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Fix Land Acquisition, Cut Red Tape to Power India’s Industrial Rise: Gita Gopinath

Fix Land Acquisition, Cut Red Tape to Power India’s Industrial Rise: Gita Gopinath

IMF’s former Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath has said India must address deep-rooted structural challenges such as complex land acquisition and excessive bureaucracy to emerge as a major industrial and supply-chain hub. Speaking at the Economic Times’ India Economic Conclave, she noted that while India has made strong progress in physical and digital infrastructure, these…

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One of the youngest to become GM at 13, India's Raunak Sadhwani still struggles to have a full-time chess coach | Exclusive | Chess News

One of the youngest to become GM at 13, India’s Raunak Sadhwani still struggles to have a full-time chess coach | Exclusive | Chess News

Indian GM Raunak Sadhwani during FIDE World Cup Goa 2025 (FIDE Photo) NEW DELHI: The COVID-19 outbreak had not yet caused a hullabaloo across the globe, Lionel Messi was still without a FIFA World Cup title, artificial intelligence (AI) had not entered everyday conversations, and Russia and Ukraine were still “non-hostile” neighbours when Nagpur’s Raunak…

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