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12.02 / 00:35

UPS Platform Healthcare hospital patient Interviews W Health Ventures to take bigger, bolder bets in healthcare: Pankaj Jethwani

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Early-stage healthcare-focused venture capital firm W Health Ventures is looking for bolder bets with its second fund, building companies from the ground up in areas like oncology, longevity, and chronic pain management, managing partner Pankaj Jethwani told Mint in an interview. The firm on Thursday announced the initial close of its Fund II at ₹550 crore, aiming for ₹630 crore.

11.02 / 14:19

UPS FIVE Platform Strategy Mobile Enterprise Without tariff hike, telcos' growth eases to six-quarter low

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : India’s telecom sector growth slowed to a six-quarter low in the December quarter despite higher data consumption and growth in home broadband subscriptions, as the benefits of earlier tariff hikes had largely run their course, analysts said. During the third quarter of 2025-26, the telecom operators’ revenue rose 2% quarter-on-quarter and 9% year-on-year to ₹72,700 crore.

11.02 / 12:09

COST Digital Platform Instagram social reports Destinations AI rules: 2-hour deepfake takedown timeline lands Big Tech in compliance furore

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: India’s first-ever artificial intelligence (AI) law, notified on Tuesday, may set Big Tech scrambling to put in place adequate content moderation teams after New Delhi drastically shortened timelines for taking down deepfake posts with nudity, defamatory and other illicit content. The Centre has maintained that most technology firms are well-equipped to automate scanning and curb harmful content online.

11.02 / 12:09

markets COST Target Platform Strategy Healthcare testing Velumani’s second coming: Why the Thyrocare founder wants a bite of the crowded dental market

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: On most Saturdays, between the whir of drills and the shuffle of patient files in a busy suburban Mumbai dental clinic, you might find a 66-year-old entrepreneur bent over a whiteboard, talking unit economics instead of molars. A.

11.02 / 06:57

markets UPS IPO Platform composer reports rights Rapido founders shed 'promoter' tags for IPO, joining a growing trend among new-age firms

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: The three co-founders of ride-hailing platform Rapido—Aravind Sanka, Pavan Guntupalli and Rishikesh S R—have shed their promoter tags, with the company's board approving a proposal in August last yearto reclassify them as non-promoter shareholders, according to a regulatory filing reviewed by Mint.

11.02 / 06:27

markets Platform Actor Celebrity audience stars Videos Bollywood's new script: Stars gamble on niche OTT platforms, seeking control and IP ownership

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Movie stars and celebrities are among those investing in emerging streaming services—both audio and video—even though an abundance of such platforms makes it a risky proposition.

11.02 / 01:37

Platform Research President Persona voice Discrimination Features OpenAI executive who opposed ‘adult mode’ fired for sexual discrimination

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. OpenAI has cut ties with one of its top safety executives, on the grounds of sexual discrimination, after she voiced opposition to the controversial rollout of AI erotica in its ChatGPT product.

10.02 / 15:07

markets UPS Manufacturing Platform innovations Pharmaceuticals France's Servier eyes €500 mn global sales from India drug tie-ups

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. French drug innovator Servier is partnering with domestic players to develop, manufacture and export formulations for the global market, highlighting India’s growing role in global R&D.

10.02 / 08:29

MET BLOCK Digital Platform Gap show recommendations Trai weighs tougher spam rules as operators flag nearly 400 million calls daily

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With telecom operators now blocking or flagging nearly 400 million suspected spam calls and messages every day, India’s telecom regulator is looking to widen its current enforcement framework alongside a willingness to tighten the rules if gaps persist, while moving toward a full rollout of a digital consent system for commercial communications. In an interview with Mint, Anil Kumar Lahoti, chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), said the regulator is reviewing the existing framework governing telemarketers to identify areas where responsibilities are not being met and is open to strengthening the rules if required.

10.02 / 07:29

markets Platform Strategy Netflix Experts Warner Bros Videos As Hollywood consolidates, India’s English OTT market faces a reset

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With Netflix recently striking a deal to stream all films produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment globally after their theatrical release—and potentially moving to acquire the massive Warner Bros library—the niche, urban, English-language OTT space in India is bracing for a significant shake-up. As global catalogues consolidate under fewer platforms, industry experts believe these international shifts will fundamentally alter consumer choices in India, forcing rivals like Prime Video and JioHotstar to rethink their strategies for targeting up-market, premium users.

10.02 / 01:53

markets UPS Career Platform folk Interviews Job hunters are so desperate that they’re paying to get recruited

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Landing a white-collar job is getting so tough that candidates—not companies—are paying recruiters to match them with positions. Through good economic times and bad, recruiters have usually operated the other way around: Companies pay them to find talent for tough-to-fill positions.

10.02 / 00:35

markets UPS Provident Platform Mobile country Bertelsmann Next enters India with acquisition of Let's Transport

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bertelsmann Next, the mid-market and acquisition investment vehicle of Germany-based media, services and education conglomerate Bertelsmann announced its entry into India with the acquisition of logistics marketplace Let's Transport. “In the US and Europe, where the startup ecosystem is mature, founders prefer to work with conglomerates, where they get substantial benefits.

10.02 / 00:35

UPS Platform pandemic track hospital reports Samara Capital closes second fund with SMS Facility's sale to Norwest-backed SILA Solutions

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: Samara Capital has wrapped up its second fund with the sale of portfolio company SMS Integrated Facility Services to larger peer SILA Solutions Pvt Ltd, backed by Norwest Venture Partners, a top executive at the private equity firm said. The deal values SMS at an enterprise value of close to ₹275 crore.

09.02 / 09:41

markets UPS Platform security electronic Updates Mint Explainer: What Sebi’s proposal on SWP, STP means for demat mutual fund investors

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed extending the facility of standing instructions for systematic withdrawal plans (SWP) and systematic transfer plans (STP) to mutual fund units held in demat form, a move that could simplify cash flow planning for investors. In a consultation paper issued on 5 February, the markets regulator said the change is aimed at improving ease of doing business and bringing parity between mutual fund units held in statement of account (SoA) form and those held in dematerialized form.

09.02 / 07:03

Williams LGBT Platform Entertainment wellness social Nitin Pai: AI bots on MoltBook sound impressive but hype around AI distracts us from what really matters

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. There are two ways to produce a line of Shakespeare. The first and obvious is for old William to write it.

09.02 / 01:25

UPS Citi Provident Platform Mobile Align reports Hudco eyes $2 bn overseas borrowing to complement govt's urban infra blitz

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : India’s state-run non-bank lender for housing and urban projects plans to raise $2 billion from multilateral agencies and through foreign-currency borrowing to fund modern infrastructure projects in cities, according to a top executive. Housing and Urban Development Corp.

09.02 / 01:25

UPS Citi CEO Platform security FIFA electronic Mixed summer for hiring: Gig jobs rise as permanent roles stay elusive

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Recruitment companies are bracing for a subdued hiring season during the summer months, which typically mark the second-largest hiring period after the festive season in India. While mandates are coming in from e-commerce and logistics players, banking, consumer durables, and electronics companies with physical stores are largely limiting hiring to replacements.

09.02 / 01:25

markets UPS Platform security Trade reports rights Upstox looks beyond broking as regulator tames retail mania

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tiger Global-backed Upstox has sought permits to offer non-bank lending, asset management, and other financial services, as the regulator’s prolonged clampdown on retail frenzy in futures and options has clouded the broking industry’s growth outlook.

06.02 / 14:03

FIVE Platform Strategy students reports testing Schools Why PhysicsWallah is betting on schools to fix what coaching can’t

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: PhysicsWallah built its business by fixing what India’s school system often does not, helping students crack high-stakes entrance exams such as JEE and NEET. Now, in a counter-intuitive next phase of growth, the edtech company is betting that the only durable way to improve coaching outcomes is to go back and fix school education itself.

06.02 / 02:57

markets COST Extreme Platform Software Trade testing The Agentic AI invasion: It’s here—but does the software industry face an existential threat?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It was swift and brutal, the global sell-off in tech stocks this week after Anthropic’s launch of Agentic AI tools with startling skills. From America to India, software stocks lost $285 billion in market value globally within the span of a single trading session.

06.02 / 00:41

markets COST UPS Platform Enterprise innovations reports AI startups positioned to transform India's IT services, despite SaaS setbacks

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Even as several software-as-a-service startups head to the public markets this year, India hasn't capitalized on the boom of the 2010s, according to a top executive at global venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners. “Over the last 15 years, SaaS has come in under expectations as a category, in terms of how many $5 billion-plus companies we expected to emerge from India," said Dev Khare, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, in an interview with Mint.

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