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What does Razorpay know about agentic AI that OpenAI, Amazon, Ebay don’t?

What does Razorpay know about agentic AI that OpenAI, Amazon, Ebay don’t?

The same week OpenAI rolled back its in-chat shopping agent, Razorpay launched what it called the biggest disruption to payments since UPI. But is it...

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Mutasim Khan

Inside Bihar’s plan to disrupt VC-fuelled farm advisory

Inside Bihar’s plan to disrupt VC-fuelled farm advisory

India is laying down public digital farm-advisory infrastructure that could complement or rival agritech firms. And Bihar is showing the way

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Inderpal Singh

‘It’ll be a digital Unilever’: Ananth Narayanan insists his rebranded Mensa isn’t a roll-up

‘It’ll be a digital Unilever’: Ananth Narayanan insists his rebranded Mensa isn’t a roll-up

IPO-bound Brnd.me wants to be profitable and stay far away from being called a “roll-up”. And so it’s shifting its focus from acquiring dozens...

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Nuha Bubere

Yoga over Python: how India’s new college curriculum rewards the easiest skills

Yoga over Python: how India’s new college curriculum rewards the easiest skills

The new credit framework for higher education was introduced to solve the employment crisis in universities, but students found shortcuts

tuesday 10

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Atul Krishna

How Urban Company turned the tables on Snabbit

How Urban Company turned the tables on Snabbit

It now has to convince investors that the brutal economics of Instahelp will improve soon enough

16.03.2026 10

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Suprita Anupam

Who is Jio Blackrock’s Rs 350 investment advice for? Clue: not investors

Who is Jio Blackrock’s Rs 350 investment advice for? Clue: not investors

India’s latest investment advisory promises accessible wealth management for small investors. What it doesn’t promise is a wide range of options...

14.03.2026 10

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Valli Vikram

Bengaluru’s fix for the water-tanker “mafia”: yet more tankers. What could go wrong?

Bengaluru’s fix for the water-tanker “mafia”: yet more tankers. What could go wrong?

Even as summer rolls around and demand for water begins to peak, Bengaluru isn’t embracing the public utility’s cheaper alternative to the private...

14.03.2026 10

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Mutasim Khan

The Ken’s Journalism Leadership Programme 2026

The Ken’s Journalism Leadership Programme 2026

We are seeking curious, self-driven, and ambitious graduates who want to kick-start their journalism careers in a vibrant, dynamic, AI-resilient...

14.03.2026 20

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Arundhati Ramanathan

Ronnie Screwvala’s answer to Upgrad’s profitability woes? Buy a loss-making company

Ronnie Screwvala’s answer to Upgrad’s profitability woes? Buy a loss-making company

After a four-year hiatus in acquisitions, the company has turned to Internshala to bolster both customer acquisition and course creation

14.03.2026 10

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Debanjali Biswas

Jio, Airtel’s fight with airports has a third winner

Jio, Airtel’s fight with airports has a third winner

As airports, malls, and office towers build their own 5G networks, telecom operators are losing control of indoor connectivity

14.03.2026 10

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Priyal Mahtta

AI just broke brands’ Google ad strategy. The answer is the ad

AI just broke brands’ Google ad strategy. The answer is the ad

As the way people search evolves, companies like Flipkart, Mamaearth, and The Whole Truth must go from getting clicks to being the answer—which is...

14.03.2026 10

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Suprita Anupam

Novo is losing India’s weight-loss market to Eli Lilly. How does it redeem itself?

Novo is losing India’s weight-loss market to Eli Lilly. How does it redeem itself?

As Novo prepares to lose market exclusivity in India, it sets its sights on the healthcare system, partnering with Healthifyme, buying hospitals, and...

14.03.2026 10

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Sudeshna Ray

IBM, Infosys, and Wipro entered Kochi. Only one emerged unscathed

IBM, Infosys, and Wipro entered Kochi. Only one emerged unscathed

IBM’s focus on AI-related products shows that tier-2 cities can go from low-cost delivery hubs to global software frontiers

14.03.2026 10

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Mrunmayee Kulkarni

India is running out of gas. Why is Adani Total Gas running up?

India is running out of gas. Why is Adani Total Gas running up?

Despite being among the worst-affected by the crisis in West Asia, this city gas distributor’s stock is soaring, and how. It’s not because of...

14.03.2026 10

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Anand Kalyanaraman

How Forest Essentials chose ‘anti-growth’ to thrive in beauty

How Forest Essentials chose ‘anti-growth’ to thrive in beauty

And found a suitor in global major Estée Lauder

14.03.2026 10

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Aakriti Bhalla

Uber knocks at a new door as Rapido shuts many others

13.02.2026 20

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Debanjali Biswas

Accel to Antler: how VCs are reining in India’s AI startups

12.02.2026 9

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Inderpal Singh

Gen Z’s hunt for the elusive ‘cheap’ home of their own

11.02.2026 10

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Priyal Mahtta

Crashes reveal the hidden costs of India’s private-jet boom

10.02.2026 10

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Nuha Bubere

Voice AI has gone from whisper to commotion. Can the market get any louder?

09.02.2026 10

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Mrunmayee Kulkarni

How Softbank-backed Emergent is scripting a vibe-coding playbook by taking on AI giants

06.02.2026 10

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Arundhati Ramanathan

Chinese stocks look hot and cheap. Should you invest, and how?

05.02.2026 10

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Anand Kalyanaraman

Turtlemint’s anti-Policybazaar idea heads to the market

04.02.2026 10

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Valli Vikram

NEET PG built this rare profitable edtech. Now the exam may change

03.02.2026 10

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Atul Krishna

Hyperpure rode Blinkit’s coattails to the top. Until Blinkit shrugged it off

02.02.2026 8

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Nuha Bubere

What can you look forward to from The Ken in February?

01.02.2026 10

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Praveen Gopal Krishnan

Maruti’s E Vitara is here (almost) but feels strangely alien

30.01.2026 10

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Suprita Anupam

A Dmart playbook that’s making Cult.fit sweat

29.01.2026 30

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Aakriti Bhalla

Narayana Health’s Viren Shetty on learning ‘how much insurance is about selling and how little about health’

28.01.2026 10

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Seema Singh

Shadowfax pays today’s nosebleed prices for Delhivery’s old advantage

27.01.2026 8

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Priyal Mahtta

Should Phonepe be worth more than Paytm’s $7.9B?

26.01.2026 20

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Arundhati Ramanathan

Why is Cognizant so keen to list in India at the worst possible time?

23.01.2026 20

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Debanjali Biswas

Hosur powered India’s EV boom. So why are companies heading to Sambhajinagar?

22.01.2026 20

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Mrunmayee Kulkarni

La Renon’s one in a 1,000 pharma play has private-equity firms in a frenzy

21.01.2026 20

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Sudeshna Ray

EPF defaults are off the charts. Blame the EPFO

20.01.2026 30

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Anand Kalyanaraman

Groww’s Esop blowback: is what’s good for employees awful for investors?

19.01.2026 20

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Arundhati Ramanathan

New data law has HDFC Bank, Amazon, Paytm, and others shopping for help

“No, you cannot reach out to a customer on your own and take consent on Whatsapp,” Gaurav Mehta told a client.  “But my chatbot is already in...

18.01.2026 10

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Inderpal Singh

Why Tonbo wants credibility when its investors are seeking liquidity

The Indian defence industry is really taking off. In 10 years to FY26, the country’s military spending has nearly tripled to nearly Rs 7 lakh...

18.01.2026 20

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Suprita Anupam

50,000 students walk into India’s farm-reform experiment. Willingly or not

There is an unusual busyness in the air in India’s agricultural universities.  In December, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)...

18.01.2026 20

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Atul Krishna

Wealth managers discover the Northeast—and its millionaires’ BS detector

“Are you from a business family?” That’s the first question that Gaurav Saria, founder of Infinitea, a chain of tea rooms that sources its tea...

18.01.2026 20

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Nuha Bubere

The private-equity handbook for turning non-profit schools into cash cows

12.01.2026 40

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Mutasim Khan

India’s alternative funds are under pressure. The rich still love them

09.01.2026 10

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Aakriti Bhalla

Decathlon tests fashion through grocery-speed quick commerce

08.01.2026 30

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D V L S Pranathi

14,000 stalled e-buses. How many agencies does it take to fix them?

07.01.2026 30

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Mrunmayee Kulkarni

Electronics makers nailed Make in India. How long before they ditch borrowed tech?

06.01.2026 10

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Priyal Mahtta

Are India’s next 1,000 startups ready to headquarter in Gandhinagar?

05.01.2026 10

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Valli Vikram

Where to invest Rs 1 lakh, Rs 10 lakh, Rs 1 crore

02.01.2026 10

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Anand Kalyanaraman

The Ken listens: The podcast episodes people talked about in 2025

31.12.2025 10

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Snigdha Sharma

From the inbox: The Ken’s essential newsletters of 2025

30.12.2025 10

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Tanim Mozumder

The year in data: Editorial design that told big stories in 2025

29.12.2025 10

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Brady Ng