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With moviegoers losing interest in Hindi movies and unwilling to shell out ticket money, Bollywood has been struggling with a financial crisis. And yet, more than a dozen production houses have mushroomed across Mumbai since 2022.

With the government promoting alternative fuels, aside from electric vehicles, as part of India’s efforts to reduce oil imports and emissions, top carmakers are working to make their vehicles cleaner and greener. Here’s a look at what they’re doing.

During the post-covid bull-run, as investors chased themes around sustainability, the engineering conglomerate’s stock grew over five-fold between 2021 and 2024. It hit a 52-week high of ₹5,835 in July 2024. However, the stock has fallen over 40% since then. Why are investors worried?

His remarks may have sparked a backlash but Commerce minister Piyush Goyal may have hit the nail on the head when he said India is far behind China when it comes to innovation. Mint takes a look at the state of deeptech in India and why it lacks the success enjoyed by consumer internet startups.

Wipro is known globally for software, but its oldest business—manufacturing hydraulic cylinders—is quietly at the forefront of an ambitious experiment. Inside its factories, AI and automation are reshaping not just how machines run, but how humans work.

Mentors from these firms start working with students from an early age, orienting every activity towards what will go into their university applications. From helping them intern with NGOs, to assisting with their Statement of Purpose, these boutique outfits handhold students every step of the way.

Over the years, the Vietnamese government has worked hard, with companies like Apple, Samsung and Nike, to build supply chains and final production facilities. The country became a major manufacturing hub, and a de facto ‘China+1’. But recent developments have exposed a downside to the strategy

Quick commerce is on steroids. The two listed companies, Zomato and Swiggy, have doubled their revenue from this segment in the last one year. And yet, Dalal Street isn’t that enthused—the firms are laggards when compared to the benchmark Nifty 50. What gives?

Lean consulting firms like ANSR, Stratinfinity, Gloplax, CaptiveAide, and Bridgepath Innovations are helping smaller foreign companies set up global capability centres in India. Most emerged after the pandemic—and none has more than 50 employees.

Arab states are spending millions to conserve camels—they organize racing events, beauty contests and promote camel milk. On the other hand, Rajasthan, home to over 85% of the camels in India, has been ignoring the animal. Could they disappear altogether as a domesticated species?