Welcome to this week’s edition of TOPICAL WEDNESDAY. This time, we examine the abrupt collapse of India’s lounge aggregation leader. DreamFolks, once the go-to gateway for card-linked lounge access, saw its dominance unravel within days as airports and operators shut it out. From market darling to survival mode, the company is now racing to prove […]
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Understanding the UPI Boom in India and the Payment Relay behind the Scenes Welcome to this edition of learning of the week. Today, we unpack the surge in UPI transactions and the fintech wave that turned India into a global leader in digital payments. A simple QR scan now moves money in seconds, but behind
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E20s early arrival and the backlash it sparked Welcome to this week’s edition of TOPICAL WEDNESDAY. This time, we unpack India’s ethanol blending story. What was meant to be a clean energy milestone—hitting the E20 target five years ahead of schedule—has instead sparked a wave of public uproar. Drivers are reporting mileage drops, engine concerns,
Ethanol Blending in India: Good Policy, Bad Execution? Read More »
Welcome to this edition of learning of the week. In this modern era, almost everyone with a smartphone has either used, or at least heard about AI. Even for those with limited tech knowledge, AI is not unknown. With all the buzzwords flying around and AI being called a defining point of the modern era, it is
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Welcome to this week’s edition of TOPICAL WEDNESDAY. This week, we look at the new Income Tax Bill which brings a major change to the taxation system. Every few decades a country rewrites the rules of money. India just did. The Income-Tax Act, 2025 replaces a 60‑year‑old code with something clearer, more digital, and harder
Income-Tax Act 2025: More Clarity, Less Confusion? Read More »
Welcome to this week’s edition of TOPICAL WEDNESDAY. This week, we look at the cashless stand-off between AHPI and Bajaj Allianz, why it happened, and what it tells us about the hospital and insurer trust gap in India. On 22 August 2025, India’s largest hospital collective told its members to stop cashless treatment for one
Indian companies are finally placing big bets on BESS. List 👇🏻 Welcome to the fourth and the last edition of our BESS newsletter series. In our last edition, we followed the economics of battery storage; exploring how BESS projects generate revenue, who invests in them, and how large-scale deployments are playing out across the globe.
Companies charging up india’s grid with bESS Read More »
Welcome to this week’s edition of TOPICAL WEDNESDAY. This week, we look at a recent regulatory decision that brought India’s real-money gaming sector to an abrupt halt. If you missed our earlier edition on the rise of fantasy sports in India, where we unpacked the skill vs luck debate and how platforms makes money, you
When the Games Goes Offline: India’s Real-Money Gambling Ban Explained Read More »
Economic Sense for Owning a BESS and the Global Momentum around it Today Welcome to the third edition of our BESS newsletter series. In our last edition, we explored how a Battery Energy Storage System works, its core components, associated costs, and physical setup. From lithium-ion cells neatly packed into modules and racks, power conversion
BESS Part 3 – Who Pays for BESS? and How it Makes Money? Read More »
Welcome to this week’s edition of TOPICAL WEDNESDAY! Today, we highlight companies that showed strong growth in Q1 FY26 and positive forward-looking outlook. We’re now completed Q1 FY26 earnings season, and majorly all companies have reported their results. Overall, this result season was more or less in line with previous quarter results. While broader market sentiment
Market Movers: The Q1 FY26 Overachievers Read More »
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