According to Oyo's Ritesh Agarwal, getting Softbank on the cap table is meaningful not only in terms of capital but also the meaningful inputs he gets from its founder Masayoshi Son, the powerful tech investor in the world and his team. In the first part of this conversation with Mint's Associate Editor Shrija Agrawal, Ritesh also opens up on the rationale behind consolidating his ownership in the company via the massive promoter buy back.
Hindutva is not constricted by unnatural moralities, so it has exceptional freedoms to get things done
Air pollution may be far worse in rural India as millions still use traditional cooking methods that generate fumes laden with PM2.5
London-based startup What3Words has mapped the world into 3x3m squares that correspond to GPS coordinates where each square gets a unique address comprising three words from the dictionary
Perfectionists often find themselves unable to cope with even small frustrations, failures and losses
In an interview with Mint, Shailaja Chandra talked about family planning schemes in India, the shortfalls, challenges and the way forward for population stabilization
Future governments, regardless of political composition, will remember his legacy of economic and legal reforms
In other news, several Indian family offices are coming together to form a consortium to make investments on their own, driven by a lack of consistent returns and high management fees in private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds
If you are filing your income tax for the first time, the first thing you need to do is create your own account on the income tax department’s e-filing website. We tell you the step-by-step process to follow to seamlessly register yourself and file your taxes easily.
Jaitley would be most remembered for his soft skills and ability to forge consensus
