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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI/MUMBAI : The Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) decision to impose a financial penalty and issue a warning to IndiGo chief executive officer (CEO) Pieter Elbers and chief operating officer (COO) Isidre Porqueras over the weekend has ended more than a month-long regulatory row with the country’s largest airline that was triggered by widespread flight cancellations early December. While the move lifts the immediate regulatory overhang, questions remain over whether IndiGo can realistically induct enough pilots to meet India’s staffing and flight duty norms, according to four consultants and pilots.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. OpenAI says it will be including advertisements in its free ChatGPT service. That isn’t a surprise: Other companies have made similar moves to cash in on the expensive tech.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Wipro and Tech Mahindra, which have trailed both larger and smaller peers in recent years, outperformed India's two largest information technology (IT) services firms Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys in both revenue growth and profitability during a seasonally-weak third quarter. Wipro ended the October-December 2025 period with $2.64 billion in revenue, up 1.19% sequentially and 0.24% from a year ago.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The pall of gloom around India’s outsourcing industry, a $200 billion-plus exporting powerhouse, was lifted overnight by Infosys. After the company raised its full-year sales forecast, investors took optimistic commentary from management as a sign that large client orders are coming back.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s bet to open spacetech to private companies five years ago has spawned startups that are already earning millions of dollars by sharing agriculture and climate data collected by the satellites they launched. These ventures are pivoting towards a new lucrative business: defence surveillance.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Temasek-backed Unacademy is planning to shut down its centre business and convert it into a franchise model, founder Gaurav Munjal told employees. “Over the coming months, we will exit our company-operated centre business by converting them into franchise partnerships," Munjal said in an email to employees on 14 January.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Few industries anywhere in the world suffered the reputational damage that India’s airlines did in 2025. As the industry looks to reset, there is no better role model than Ryanair, the European low-cost carrier that is the most efficient and profitable airline in the world.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Company Outsider is a weekly newsletter by Sundeep Khanna. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. Erstwhile semiconductor giant Intel has shed 23% of its global workforce over the past two years.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Sachin Sahay, executive vice-president—sales operations at ITC Ltd, has emerged as the frontrunner to take over as chief executive officer of the Aditya Birla Group-backed Birla Opus, the disruptor in India’s ₹70,000-crore paints market, according to two people aware of the development. Sahay is set to succeed Rakshit Hargave, who stepped down as the chief executive in November 2025.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: India’s largest listed retailer Avenue Supermarts Ltd, which operates DMart, restructured its senior leadership just as the new chief executive officer Anshul Asawa took the helm. In a stock exchange filing dated 10 January, the company said its new senior leadership team will consist of four executives, effective 1 February.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As we emerge from the drowsy holidays with aspirations of being fitter and more productive, one social-media trend jumps out: How about waking up everyday at 5 a.m.? It’s true, some of the world’s top CEOs and elite athletes swear by early rising. But sleep experts say it can set you up for failure.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Meta Platforms on Friday unveiled a series of agreements that would make it an anchor customer for new and existing nuclear power in the U.S., where it needs city-size amounts of electricity for its artificial-intelligence data centers. The Facebook parent said it would back new reactor projects with the developers TerraPower and Oklo and has struck a deal with the power producer Vistra to purchase and expand the generation output of three existing nuclear plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Good morning. Trump moves fast. Less than one week after the U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Imagine your company headed by someone who’s always available, never plays favourites, and who’s famous for spot-on decisions that bring great results. Sounds good? Except you probably won’t be exchanging a smile with this boss in the corridor.

retirement age defined by the organisation overrides the option of exit after completion of 15 years,” said Sumit Shukla, MD and CEO, Axis Pension Fund.The main hesitation towards NPS was the lock-in until 60 years of age and the minimum 40% annuity. “Now, both have been considerably eased.

Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolled by, Mint's reporters and columnists looked around the corner on what is coming in 2026—to help you know what to expect and prepare for it. Tell us what you think at [email protected]: The past 12 months have likely been the most challenging yet for the chief executive officers (CEOs) of India’s two largest airlines, IndiGo and Air India, which together control about 91% of the country’s aviation market.In September 2022, Tata Sons appointed Campbell Wilson as CEO of Air India to revive the debt-laden carrier it had acquired from the government earlier that year, under a five-year phased transformation plan.

Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolls by, Mint's reporters and columnists look around the corner on what is coming in 2026—to help you know what to expect and prepare for it. Tell us what you think at [email protected] July 2025, Mumbai-headquartered Glenmark grabbed the spotlight when it signed what was one of the biggest out-licensing deals for an Indian drugmaker with Chicago-based Abbvie Inc.

Addressing at least 300 company executives in a virtual townhall in the last week of December, Joshi nudged the senior leaders to get closer to the 15% operating margin by March this year, according to two people privy to the development.London-based Joshi, who took over the top job two years ago, is also pushing teams to accelerate AI training for employees, win more deals at higher rates, and reduce the time staff spend away from projects, said the people quoted earlier–they asked not to be identified as details are not public.Tech Mahindra CEO’s push to win more revenue comes as the company lags its large information technology (IT) services peers in growth. The Pune-based company is nearing the final phase of Project Fortius, a three-year turnaround roadmap unveiled in April 2024.

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Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolls by, Mint's reporters and columnists look around the corner on what is coming in 2026—to help you know what to expect and prepare for it. Tell us what you think at [email protected] DELHI: India’s energy transition has come a long way, with 50% of the country’s electricity generation capacity already coming from non-fossil sources led by solar and wind.

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