Private equity (PE) firms in India are increasingly opting for buyouts and majority stake acquisitions, marking a shift from the traditional model of minority investments, The Times of India (TOI) reported. While minority investments continue to dominate overall deal value, buyouts are emerging as a significant segment. Between 2021 and 2025, buyouts accounted for 24% … Read more
Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu has pushed back against fears of mass job losses, saying white-collar roles will not vanish anytime soon because of artificial intelligence, in contrast to warnings made earlier by Microsoft AI’s chief executive officer, Mustafa Suleyman. Responding to another post on X (formerly Twitter), Vembu wrote, “The quoted post makes a strong … Read more
The Gujarat government on Friday appointed Uday Kotak as the chairman of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company Ltd. (GIFT City), as per an ET Now report. Kotak is one of India’s most prominent bankers and entrepreneurs, widely recognised as the founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank, one of the country’s leading private-sector banks. Under his leadership, … Read more
Reaffirming confidence in the ‘Dravidian model’ of governance, Chief Minister M. K. Stalin said on Monday (February 9, 2026) that Tamil Nadu had grown to compete with nations in attracting investment. He was speaking after inaugurating the ₹9,000-crore Tata Motors Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) passenger car manufacturing plant and rolling out the first Range Rover … Read more
The U.S.-Bangladesh Agreement on Reciprocal Trade has led to concerns among Indian textile and apparel exporters who were looking forward for a competitive advantage over Bangladesh with the 19% tariff for Indian goods in the U.S. because of the interim trade deal between India and America. According to the U.S.-Bangladesh Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, “The … Read more
An Indian-born executive is now at the centre of a market shock that wiped out billions of dollars from global software and IT services firms. Rahul Patil, the chief technology officer of AI startup Anthropic since October 2025, is being credited with driving the shift behind the company’s latest Claude release, which jolted investors and … Read more
A planned $600 billion artificial intelligence spending splurge by big tech firms in 2026 is adding to investor unease as they assess the implications for profitability as well as a potential existential threat to software firms. Shares of Amazon, which had announced a $200 billion capital expenditure outlay, slid 7% on Friday while Alphabet lost … Read more
Titan Co., the country’s largest jewellery retailer by revenue, plans to drive adoption and consumption of natural and lab-grown diamond jewellery as prices remain volatile for the precious stones and gold. Titan’s jewellery division needs to grow all of its arms to “really drive adoption and consumption of diamond jewellery and overall growth of the … Read more
India will eliminate or reduce tariffs on a wide range of US food and agricultural products, a move that is expected to make several American imports cheaper for Indian consumers, according to a joint statement released by India and the United States on Saturday announcing the framework for an interim trade agreement.Products that are set … Read more