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From first sale to Rs.100 crore: The new playbooks building consumer brands in India

Chennai, Oct. 7 -- Mumbai-resident Bhavani A., an entertainment industry executive and fan of Anirudh Ravichander, was overjoyed when the Tamil music director posted a Dubsmash-style Insta story this ... Read More


Zoho bets on AI to rewrite the enterprise software playbook

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Zoho is betting that artificial intelligence (AI) will reshape enterprise software in two ways: by changing how users interact with applications and by driving demand for faster... Read More


Mint Explainer | India has new rules for online shopping. Will consumers truly benefit?

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Almost 30% of complaints received by India's National Consumer Helpline (NCH) in 2025 were related to e-commerce. With online shoppers expected to rise from about 300 million no... Read More


Can India's new premium grocers succeed where others failed?

Chennai, Sept. 13 -- Krishna Kumar's morning routine begins with yoga and meditation at 5.30am, followed by high-protein yogurt with no-sugar granola, Blue Tokai coffee and a light breakfast accompani... Read More


Credlix crosses $1 bn in export financing for MSMEs, targets $10bn in five years

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- Credlix, the cross-border trade financing arm of business-to-business commerce platform Moglix, has crossed $1 billion in export financing for micro, small and medium enterprises... Read More


Mint Explainer | Can foreign investment in e-commerce take India's small manufacturers global?

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- India wants its over 90 million registered MSMEs to export more through e-commerce, and to that end, has opened the inventory-based e-commerce export model to foreign investment.... Read More


India's fabless dream hits the commercial reality wall

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- Chennai: Shashwath T. R., co-founder and chief executive of Chennai-based semiconductor startup Mindgrove Technologies, sounds hopeful. "Our chip is out of the lab," he says. "W... Read More


India seeks to pool chipmakers' demand for better foundry terms: Meity secretary S. Krishnan

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- The government is working on a plan to aggregate orders from Indian fabless semiconductor chip companies to improve their bargaining power with global foundries, said S. Krishnan... Read More


Mint Explainer | India has its first hydrogen train. Is its green hydrogen mission on track?

New Delhi, July 23 -- When India's first hydrogen-powered train ran between Jind and Sonipat in Haryana earlier this month, it joined Japan, Germany, the US and China in deploying the technology. The ... Read More


From roots to riches: How Kerala-based Synthite quietly became a $500 million global supplier of natural ingredients

New Delhi, July 20 -- If you have ever used a desert air cooler padded with fragrant vetiver or sat on a balcony shaded by a vetiver screen sprinkled with water, you will recognise its unmistakable ea... Read More