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MakeMyTrip is the leader of India’s online travel market by some distance with more than 50% share. The real fight is for second place, between iXigo, which claims to be the fastest growing, and Cleartrip, which is rebuilding itself under Flipkart. An inside look.

CityMall is taking on one of the toughest e-commerce challenges in India: winning small-town shoppers on wafer-thin margins. It has backers with deep pockets, a stripped-down supply chain and big ambitions. But it is yet to crack the market and build scale.

The market's biggest secrets are out: hundreds of crores in scams, 91% loss rates, and small-cap crashes. Dive into 2025’s sharpest lessons on valuations, derivatives danger,and the reality behind India's trading frenzy.

UPI’s rise reflects a deeper behavioural shift in how routine payment activity is conducted across the country. However, its reach, though expanding, remains uneven. In addition, the system is attracting attention from bad actors. Here’s what a study across two Indian states found:

A revolution is playing out quietly in the world of debt recovery, thanks to artificial intelligence. Bots are now collecting debts, and apparently doing so with a human emotion that too many human collectors lack: empathy. A fascinating inside story.

Real Madrid, the world’s top football club, is valued at 6 times revenue; rivals Manchester United and Barcelona at 7.9 and 6.9 times, respectively. Can RCB justify a valuation of 21 times its FY25 revenue?

Slashed revenue forecasts, plummeting sales and a high-stakes gamble on the future of electric mobility and energy. What’s going on at Ola Electric?

Meesho’s e-commerce empire hinged on unpredictable deliveries. Enter Valmo: the logistics layer that slashed costs, transformed rural fulfilment, and became the unexpected backbone of its public market strategy. What’s ahead?

According to estimates from Wood Mackenzie, India’s solar module manufacturing capacity will exceed 125GW by 2025, which is more than three times its domestic demand. The pain of oversupply could force consolidation, separating the men from the boys.

Lower incomes from the Kharif season and a dampened price outlook for the ongoing winter crop season are worrying farmers. That’s also a warning for companies selling both FMCG and durables like fridges and televisions.