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Vantara, Anant Ambani’s large-scale animal rescue center, is funded significantly through Reliance Industries' CSR spending.

For the common man, it’s a noble cause. For shareholders, it's their money at work. @akm1410.bsky.social writes:

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Our lead: Women sidelined at Microsoft India. Leadership issues and unfair dismissal of senior women execs' concerns spark discontent and exits.

Story #2: What concerns do research analysts have about some of the new norms introduced by SEBI?

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Women are being sidelined at Microsoft India, say insiders A spate of exits of women employees, including some from the leadership team, possibly signals gender bias at the tech giant’s India arm.

A spate of exits of women employees at Microsoft India, including women in the leadership team, raises concerns about gender bias at the company. This is after Puneet Chandok took over as president. themorningcontext.com/internet/wom...

Honda is making a big and bizarre bet with the electric Activa | Yesterday | The Morning Context The Japanese firm is giving its latest scooter swappable batteries—an experiment that could either build on or sully the fair name of the over two-decade-old Activa brand.

Honda’s Activa is urban India’s lifeline.

Can the electric Activa with the bold idea of swappable batteries result in another success?

This could also be a dud. themorningcontext.com/yesterday/ho...

What sets Honda’s new electric two-wheeler apart? The bold idea of swappable batteries—a potential game-changer for convenience and efficiency.

But why is Honda venturing into this space now? And how big is the gamble?

Sethu Pradeep breaks it all down:
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Nifty50 companies face mounting challenges, including slowing consumption and idle capacity.
@cynicalujval.bsky.social explains why investors should be concerned about earnings growth: Free to read for 24 hours—don’t miss out! Sign up now.

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Manipal Health, the country’s top hospital chain, is eyeing a $1 billion IPO. An interview with CEO Dilip Jose on what makes Manipal successful, expansion plans and the role of private equity players in healthcare.

The Good Glamm Group isn’t a pretty sight The company that runs a clutch of beauty and content brands is scrambling to find an investor or a buyer for its assets. Its problems go way beyond money though.

Good Glamm is looking for investors or buyers, essentially more money. Beyond money the problem is that its content to commerce play hasn't worked even though beauty continues to be a high interest, competitive business. by @harveen-ahluwalia.bsky.social themorningcontext.com/internet/the...

The region’s growing demand for carbonated beverages and the presence of a large Indian diaspora present an opportunity for the Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate to up its FMCG game through the iconic brand.

In @themorningcontext.bsky.social today.
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After successfully reviving the brand in 2022, Reliance is now setting its sights on the Middle East, aiming to compete with beverage giants PepsiCo and Coca-Cola. The timing might just be right.

Will the plan succeed?
Disha Acharya investigates:
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A Bollywood-style heist with a Reliance connection A SEBI crackdown has revealed that Bharat Global Developers Ltd used every trick in the book to drive up its share price so its preferential stockholders could make a killing. What remains unexplained...

Gujarat–based Bharat Global Developers Ltd, a company listed on the BSE, was on its way to carry out a $1.5 billion scam. A cautionary tale of greed and froth in Indian public markets. themorningcontext.com/business/a-b...

As more women enter the workforce, they're becoming a distinct target for financial advice & investment services, like Basis and Salt. But are women truly different from men when it comes to investing?

@akm1410.bsky.social explores:
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Big Three's Test cricket power play sparks backlash ICC chief Jay Shah's talks with England and Australia on two-tier Test cricket expose the growing rift between cricket's economic powerhouses and other nations fighting for the game's future.

The World Test Championship needs a total revamp, if it is not to deteriorate into a money-making circus for the Big Three. Also, Indian cricket's amuse-bouche.
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In December, Ola Electric’s market share plummeted to 18.7%, a 24-month low. For the longest time, market leadership wasn’t just a slide in Ola’s pitch deck—it was the entire pitch.

Can it reclaim its leadership?
Pradip Kumar Saha dives in:
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After announcing a hands-off approach to misinformation, Mark Zuckerberg is now facing backlash for failing to fact-check his own comments on India's elections.

Maanav D J explains why Meta faces parliamentary summons:
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Lead story today: Dunzo, once a rising star in grocery delivery, it now faces complaints from ex-employees.

Story #2: Legit gaming companies remain under pressure after the 28% GST blow. A game-changing verdict ahead?

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Breaking news: Israel and Hamas have agreed to a deal to halt the war in Gaza and free the remaining hostages, raising hopes of an end to the bloodiest round of fighting in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’s history www.ft.com/content/e35b...

How Community Notes works and why it really doesn’t | Yesterday | The Morning Context Meta says it is replacing its third-party fact-checking programme with what X has in place to fight misinformation. Not the brightest of ideas.

Why Community Notes is a poor solution to Meta’s fact checking problem. It doesn’t quite have the greatest track record. Misinformation about wars, vaccination, climate change, elections and more flourished on X.
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Ola Electric shareholders and Bhavish Aggarwal need a miracle In the face of lost market share, mounting operational challenges and leadership problems, Ola Electric faces a race against time to come up with anything that can stem its decline.

Within months of listing Ola has lost both market share and top leadership. Its investors would expect Bhavish Aggarwal to come up with something, anything at all. On product, marketing, sales, distribution, the company is trailing. Invest carefully.
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Meta is ending its third-party fact-checking program and adopting the Community Notes model used by X.

But is it a good enough replacement for independent fact-checking?

Sethu Pradeep breaks down what this shift means for the biggest social platforms:
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In December, Ola Electric’s market share plummeted to 18.7%, a 24-month low. For the longest time, market leadership wasn’t just a slide in Ola’s pitch deck—it was the entire pitch.

Can it reclaim its leadership position?
@sahaprd.bsky.social dives in:
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Substance is key to any conversation, but with famous personalities, exclusivity often takes over.

Kamath’s podcast with PM Modi is no exception — it highlights the personality, not the message.

@akm1410.bsky.social breaks it down:
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Why is Dinesh Goel of FIITJEE so angry? In the face of intensifying competition and shrinking profits, the FIITJEE founder’s aggressive tactics have only deepened the cracks in the three-decade-old test-prep chain.

Remarkable story of education in India. Free to read for a limited time. themorningcontext.com/internet/why...

Dissecting the Byju’s fraud: Who owns Epic and Osmo? The Bengaluru-based edtech company seems to have flogged its US assets multiple times over the years, putting a question mark on the ownership of the entities that stood guarantee for its $1.2 billion...

Two Byju’s companies, Epic and Osmo, have changed hands three times now, in what is looking like a fraud. Byju Raveendran is cooling his heels in Dubai while lenders and a gent called Vellapalath fight over who owns Epic, Osmo. By @sahaprd.bsky.social. themorningcontext.com/internet/dis...

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Swiggy’s Instamart has to choose either growth or profitability; it can’t have both CEO Sriharsha Majety and the market seem to think scaling is Instamart's salvation. Scale, however, may not be the panacea everyone thinks it is.

Quick commerce is changing both the face of organized retail and how Indians consume. And Swiggy is the poster boy of this change. How this company fares, then, should be of interest to many. Our story on Swiggy's quest for profitability.
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Dark patterns: Fair play or a tool of mass deception? The recent controversy over Zepto’s differential pricing and lack of transparency trains the spotlight on the deceptions and trickery that digital companies resort to in the name of innovative busines...

When did 'growth hacking' become customer manipulation? Inside the murky world of dark patterns, where digital convenience meets deception. Fair business or foul play? @harveen-ahluwalia.bsky.social & I report for @themorningcontext.bsky.social
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Dark patterns: Fair play or a tool of mass deception? The recent controversy over Zepto’s differential pricing and lack of transparency trains the spotlight on the deceptions and trickery that digital companies resort to in the name of innovative busines...

Are you too seeing different prices for similar grocery items on different phones? We put the spotlight on the deceptions that digital companies resort to in the name of innovative business practices. Is it fair or trickery? themorningcontext.com/internet/dar...

Two-wheeler sales figures do not point at a rural consumption resurgence | Yesterday | The Morning Context With most purchases made on credit and sales numbers yet to breach pre-pandemic levels, the oft-cited connection between two-wheeler sales and rural demand doesn’t really hold.

Too early to celebrate rural recovery in India looking at sales of two wheelers. More people are turning to loans to finance their two-wheelers than those who did pre-pandemic, and sales numbers are still not back to those levels.

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With SECI’s reputation at stake, India’s renewable sector faces a big question The state-run broker for green power finds itself mired in the US indictment of Gautam Adani and other executives. Now, the industry's trust in the country's biggest issuer of renewable energy contrac...

In the Adani bribery scandal, SECI has lost its credibility. It has over 9 GW of unsold power capacity on its books. This demand-supply mismatch is a formidable challenge for India’s renewable energy industry.
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