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Veera, India’s homegrown mobile-only internet browser, said it has expanded to 108 countries, bringing its suite of Web3 features to a global audience. The company was developed to address the complexities associated with Web3, aiming to simplify user interactions with decentralised technologies. Since its launch, Veera has scaled to 4 million users in less than a year, with a monthly active user base of one million. The ⁠⁠overall Web3 user base expected to be between 100-200 million globally and this market is projected to grow to $104.04 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 45.47% over the forecast period of 2024-2032.

NITI Aayog on Monday said 27 million women were monitoring their credit, marking a 42% increase from the previous year, signaling growing financial awareness, citing a report published by TransUnion CIBIL, Women Entrepreneurship Platform’s (WEP) of NITI Aayog and MicroSave Consulting (MSC). According to the statement issued by the Aayog, the report titled “From Borrowers to Builders: Women’s Role in India’s Financial Growth Story” highlights that women’s share of the total self-monitoring base increased to 19.43% in December 2024, up from 17.89% in 2023. “More women from non-metro regions are actively self-monitoring their credit compared to those in metro areas, with growth of 48% in non-metro regions and 30% in metro areas,” it said.

Reddit to share his experience. According to him, the Founder and CEO of the company asked him to fill out a form and submit an assignment within «half a day» as part of the selection process. The unrealistic expectation left him unimpressed, prompting him to post a screenshot of the email exchange along with his response. In his Reddit post, the candidate expressed his disbelief at the demands placed on him for such a senior position.

CBAM will continue to trade under its current name for a short period «with a new name to be announced in due course», according to the company.  Similarly, CEO Eddy Reynolds and the rest of CBAM's executive committee will continue to lead the business with additional expertise provided by the team at Oaktree.  Close Brothers to sell wealth management arm to Oaktree Capital Management for £200m Reynolds explained that Oaktree's backing «will help us maintain and build on our growth strategy and support us in our aspiration to become the leading premium wealth manager in UK for both...

women in mid-to-senior management roles want to lead but systemic obstacles continue to block their way forward, a new survey found. A new study conducted by diversity and inclusion firm Interweave Consulting discovered that 55% of women aspired to move into senior leadership positions just below the C-suite, while 34% aspired to reach CEO or CXO levels. A whopping 91% of the women surveyed shared a willingness to stretch boundaries in the short term to invest in their self-growth and career growth. Yet, 39% feel unconscious bias was hindering their advancement. The study spread over three years and 16 organisations, surveyed more than 1,000 women and 50 managers, and found unconscious bias, work-life balance, and absence of support hobbled the path to top leadership for women.

Elon Musk, founder of xAI, has endorsed the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Grok. In a recent post on X, Musk, who is also the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and X, responded with “yes” to a user who wrote, “Don’t Google it, just Grok it.” Competing with Google

Trump revealed on social media that five cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, and Cardano—would be part of the reserve, with Bitcoin and Ether at its core.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Luxury watchmakers are keeping a close eye on India as demand for premium timepieces rises, with several global watch company heads doing the rounds of the country in the past year or so. From Panerai to Rado to Hublot, India is becoming the new playground for luxury brands, driven by a rising class of affluent consumers.

Saturday Night Live (SNL) has once again found itself at the center of a heated debate after delivering a bold satirical take on the fiery Oval Office exchange between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The skit, aired on the show's latest episode, parodied the chaotic White House meeting that left political circles buzzing — but not everyone is laughing.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating if there's a foreign link to a multi-thousand crore fraud allegedly committed by an IT company headquartered in Noida. The agency has thus far identified proceeds of crime to be ₹3,558 crore, generated by Vuenow Marketing Services Ltd (VMSL) and its entities. In a breakthrough, the federal agency Saturday arrested Sukhvinder Singh Kharour, CEO of the company, and his wife Dimple Kharour. The agency said that the duo was trying to fly out of India, however an active look out circular (opened against them at the behest of the agency) helped detain the duo at the Indira Gandhi International Airport after the Bureau of Immigration tipped off the federal agency sleuths. Interestingly, Sukhvinder claimed before the court that he and his wife were arrested from Nepal at 8 am on February 28. The court found Sukhvinder's claim «devoid of any merit» and granted ED ten days of custodial interrogation.

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said that Indians must work hard to reach the ambitious goal of making India a USD 30 trillion economy by 2047. Speaking on the ongoing debate about work hours, he pointed out that countries like Japan, South Korea, and China achieved economic success through a strong work ethic. He suggested that India must adopt a similar mindset to build a world-class economy. “I strongly believe in hard work. Indians must work hard, whether it’s 80 hours or 90 hours a week. If your ambition is to move from a USD 4 trillion to a USD 30 trillion economy, you can’t do it through entertainment or by following the views of some film stars,” Kant said at Business Standard’s Manthan summit. Currently, India’s economy stands at around USD 4 trillion. Kant also said that India must focus on delivering projects ahead of time, maintaining world-class standards, and avoiding time and cost overruns.

ACME Solar on Sunday said it has planned an investment of Rs 17,000 crore on capital expenditure in FY26 with a focus on hybrid and round-the-clock renewable capacities. The company is also evaluating entry in nuclear energy segment, though these plans are at a drawing board level, ACME Solar said in a statement. ACME Solar Holdings plans to invest Rs 17,000 crore to boost renewable energy capacity to 5 GigaWatts by 2027. As a broader strategy, ACME Solar aims to treble its current renewable capacity to reach 7 GW by 2028, according to the statement. «We intend to focus our new capacities on the revenue and margin accretive hybrid and FDRE (Firm and Dispatchable Renewable Energy) projects as a critical pivot in our business strategy,» CEO Nikhil Dhingra said.

Jeff Bezos has announced a major shift in The Washington Post’s editorial stance, declaring that the publication’s opinion pages will focus exclusively on "personal liberties" and "free markets." The move has already led to the resignation of opinion editor David Shipley. The change has divided opinions, with Tesla CEO Elon Musk among those publicly supporting Bezos’ decision. “Bravo, @JeffBezos!” Musk posted on X, the social media platform he owns, in response to Bezos' announcement.

United States Polo Association (USPA), The company, which has doubled the sale to $2.6 billion in 2024 from $1.3 billion in 2018, said India is a crucial market for growth and contributes almost a fifth to the global turnover. “We have 1200 retail stores around the world in 190 countries, none more important than India. We have set ourselves as an aspirational, accessible brand with tremendous growth opportunities in front of us. India is our fastest growing market and has a bright future,” said Prince.

In the last three-four months alone, new-age tech entrepreneurs including Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal; EaseMytrip and Optimo cofounder Prashant Pitti; Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas; Leverage CEO Akshay Chaturvedi and Mosaic Wellness CEO Revant Bhate have taken to platforms like LinkedIn and X to pitch job openings and watched their social media blow up. For Goyal, who has 814,000-plus followers on LinkedIn and another 705,000-plus on X, a controversial chief of staff job post in late-November brought in 18,000 applications, of which 30 received offers and 18 have since joined Zomato and other group companies like Blinkit, according to his February 5 update.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tesla stock is on course for its second worst month ever. Investors are looking for things than can turn the tide and looking for leadership from CEO Elon Musk.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. American casual wear brand U.S Polo Assn. India is on track to touch ₹3,000 crore in business over the coming years as the brand targets opening more premium stores and investing in adjacent categories such as kids' wear and footwear.

UPI), Dilip Asbe, managing director and CEO of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), said on Friday. Speaking to journalists at the Mumbai Tech Week, Asbe noted that over 30 banks currently issue RuPay credit cards in the country. «About 16% of total credit card spends are happening on Rupay now, and about 50% of that is happening on UPI,» he said.