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Ashok Soota, executive chairman of Happiest Minds Technologies, is relying on a three-pronged strategy to secure the future prospects of the IT services company he co-founded in 2011

How Happiest Minds is building the long road to perpetuity

9 min read . 01:11 AM IST

Commercial mining of coal might work out well in the long-term, but in the short- to medium-term, the importance of Coal India and import dependence is likely to continue (Photo: Reuters)

India's unending agony over coal

9 min read . Updated: 25 Oct 2021

Chennai Super Kings players pose with the IPL trophy at the Dubai International Stadium, United Arab Emirates. The more the Indian Premier League grows, the more it will test the club-country fault line in cricket.

The irresistible charm of an Indian Premier League team

8 min read . Updated: 22 Oct 2021

HCL’s former chairman and chief strategy officer, Shiv Nadar, steered the IT firm’s initial foray into the products and platforms business. (Photo: Mint)

How HCL’s bet on products business soured

9 min read . Updated: 21 Oct 2021

A student walks in through an entrance decorated with balloons during the partial reopening of a school that remained closed due to the coronavirus pandemic at Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums, in Mumbai. (Photo: AP)

The untold tragedy of India's budget schools

9 min read . Updated: 20 Oct 2021

By 2030, nearly three-fourth of Indian two-wheelers and all new cars are expected to be electric vehicles. (Photo: Mint)

Inside India’s race to secure lithium

10 min read . Updated: 19 Oct 2021

The rapid growth, astronomical valuations and runaway success of digital platforms have drawn a mix of both admiration and loathing.

India's gig economy and the question of quality jobs

9 min read . Updated: 18 Oct 2021

While Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar are all pivoting towards films and shows beyond Bollywood, a slate of language-specific, smaller OTT players are steadily nipping at their heels

How streaming giants got their Bollywood bet wrong

9 min read . Updated: 15 Oct 2021

Can the Tatas turn Air India around?

9 min read . Updated: 14 Oct 2021

As the impact of covid’s second wave is yet to be fully revealed, the response measures taken by some of India’s top firms last fiscal in the face of an unprecedented crisis can offer some important cues.

How India Inc steered its ship in the year of the pandemic

7 min read . Updated: 13 Oct 2021

Sebi’s stance that ratings are an important input for any debt market investor is the driving force behind the proposed penal measures. (Photo: Mint)

Fixing India's creaky credit rating systems

10 min read . Updated: 12 Oct 2021

Policymakers are worried about public health, at least for the youth enrolled in educational institutions.

The case for reopening our colleges

10 min read . Updated: 10 Oct 2021

Zee’s managing director and chief executive officer Punit Goenka. US investor Invesco has been pushing to remove Goenka as a director and reconstitute the board. (Photo: HT)

The war for Zee and a clock that's ticking away

9 min read . Updated: 08 Oct 2021

From left to right: Nithin Kamath, founder and chief executive officer of Zerodha Group; Sachin Bansal, founder of Navi AMC; Deepak Shenoy, founder and chief executive officer of Capital Mind; and Aashish Somaiyaa, chief executive officer of White Oak Capital.

Meet the upstarts shaking up India's mutual fund sector

9 min read . Updated: 07 Oct 2021

A large number of aircraft leases are expected in the near future. There will be opportunities for deals to materialize via the International Financial Services Centre at GIFT City.

The takeoff trouble facing India's plane lease plans

9 min read . Updated: 06 Oct 2021

The continued lack of trust in developers such as Supertech, Amrapali and Unitech is evident from the sharp drop in the overall sales and demand for their housing projects. (Photo: HT)

NCR's real estate nightmare is coming to an end

10 min read . Updated: 05 Oct 2021

A scene from a regular work day at Mamagoto’s cloud kitchen in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Azure, which runs the restaurant Mamagoto, has opened 10 cloud kitchens since the pandemic. (Photo: Priyanka Parashar)

Behind the boom in India's cloud kitchens

10 min read . Updated: 04 Oct 2021

India’s external affairs minister S. Jaishankar (left) with Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon (right) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Central Asia may want India as a counterweight to China, which has allegedly pledged $100 million so far to improve connectivity in Afghanistan (Photo: PTI)

India’s quest for a road to Central Asia

10 min read . Updated: 01 Oct 2021

The single-nutrient focus of fortification pushes consumers to eat more of the same food, while a diversified diet mandates exactly the opposite—rely on a variety of food items to ensure the intake of the required essential nutrients. (Photo: HT)

Fortified food is not the silver bullet we need

10 min read . Updated: 30 Sep 2021

In the past three years, only about 1,408 kilometres of national highways were monetized. But now, the Centre plans to monetize 26,700 kilometres of roads via the national monetization pipeline by FY25. (Photo: Mint)

Decoding India’s asset monetization gambit

9 min read . Updated: 29 Sep 2021

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