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In the ongoing war of words over the ongoing satellite communication services in India by Starlink, Elon Musk has launch...
10/10/2026

In the ongoing war of words over the ongoing satellite communication services in India by Starlink, Elon Musk has launched his shrillest ever attack on Mukesh Ambani.

In a late night post on X, the Starlink boss said: "Dear Prime Minister Ambani, please accept my humble apologies for not realising that you are the real boss of India. Naturally, you would prefer to maintain your monopolistic exploitation of the great people of India, but would you nonetheless consider allowing Starlink to compete?"

"There are many areas of India, as there are in all countries, with no Internet access, which denies children the opportunity for education and for small businesses the opportunity to sell their goods to a global market. Starlink would change their lives for the better. Also, Starlink has proven to be essential for saving lives during natural disasters throughout the world, when all other communications systems have failed, so you would also be helping save men, women and children throughout India," Musk's latest post said.

The fresh expression of anger over the alleged delay in approving satellite communication services in India - something all the three licence holders, with the other two being Sunil Bharti-backed Eutelsat OneWeb and Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio are facing - began Wednesday and he has been cranking the heat each passing day since then.

Remember those bright fizzy tablets you drop in water? 🍊Marico, the company behind Parachute and Saffola, just paid ₹1,0...
10/10/2026

Remember those bright fizzy tablets you drop in water? 🍊

Marico, the company behind Parachute and Saffola, just paid ₹1,012 crore for another 24% of Plix. That takes its stake to 84%. The rest will be bought by July 2027.

That price values Plix at roughly ₹4,200 crore.
In 2023, Marico's first deal valued it at under ₹1,000 crore.

So what happened in three years?

📈 Revenue went from ₹433 Cr (FY25) to ₹864 Cr (FY26), doubling in a single year.

Why did Plix grow this fast?

1️⃣ Speed. Big FMCG companies take 8–9 months, sometimes two years, to launch a new product. Plix launches in 45–90 days and knows within 48 hours whether it's working.

2️⃣ Marico left it alone. Most big companies buy a startup and then bury it in process. Marico deliberately kept Plix running like a startup, and that's why it kept growing like one.

3️⃣ It sells directly to customers. Plix gets real-time customer data, so it fixes what isn't working fast. That's how it broke through the "₹100 crore ceiling" where most D2C brands get stuck.

4️⃣ A product you can see. Bright packaging and a fizzy tablet. It looks good on a shelf and in a reel.

The lesson for founders:
👉 Big companies have money. Startups have speed.
👉 The best acquisitions buy a team's speed, then protect it.

Founded in 2020. Bought for thousands of crores by 2026.

Would you sell your startup to a big company, or keep building alone? 👇

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Some industries will always have demand because they solve problems people cannot ignore. From housing and healthcare to...
10/10/2026

Some industries will always have demand because they solve problems people cannot ignore. From housing and healthcare to food, energy, logistics and education, these sectors serve essential needs in everyday life.

For entrepreneurs, the opportunity lies in identifying a gap within these industries and building a business that solves it effectively. You don’t always need to create something entirely new. Sometimes, improving an existing service is enough to build a business.

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At 45, most people start planning how to slow down.He started over in Thrissur, Kerala. At 12, he was already in his fat...
10/10/2026

At 45, most people start planning how to slow down.

He started over in Thrissur, Kerala. At 12, he was already in his father's textile shop.

Cutting cloth. Handling cash at the counter.

In 1972, after graduating, he joined the family business full-time.

For the next 21 years, he sold textiles, but the shop sat right next to Thrissur's jewellery lane.

Every day, he watched people walk past his counter to buy gold, He got to know the goldsmiths.

He learnt how the trade worked, and he noticed something: there was no hallmarking.

No gold standard and fixed price.

People bought the most expensive thing in their lives hoping they weren't being cheated.

In 1993, at 45, he decided to bet on fixing that.

₹25 lakh from his own savings.
₹50 lakh borrowed from a bank.

One jewellery shop in Thrissur.

He put a barcoded price on every ornament, so the customer knew exactly what they were paying for.

Then came the hardest part.

Patience.

For 7 years, it stayed at one store.

No second branch. No big expansion.
Only after that did he open in Palakkad.

Then Coimbatore in 2003.

He didn't start from zero.

He had a family business and savings most people never get.

But at 45, with a bank loan in his name, he walked into an industry he had only watched from next door.

Today, that one store has become 507 showrooms across India, the Middle East, the UK and the US.

FY26 revenue: ₹35,743 crore.
Profit: ₹1,350 crore.
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The man is T.S. Kalyanaraman.
The brand is Kalyan Jewellers.

Birla Opus vs Asian Paints: A 10-Line Case Study1. Asian Paints has dominated India's decorative paints market for decad...
09/10/2026

Birla Opus vs Asian Paints: A 10-Line Case Study

1. Asian Paints has dominated India's decorative paints market for decades through strong brand trust and a vast dealer network.

2. Birla Opus, launched by the Aditya Birla Group in 2024, entered the market to challenge established players.

3. Asian Paints built its leadership through distribution, product innovation and deep relationships with painters and dealers.

4. Birla Opus entered aggressively with a large manufacturing network and a wide portfolio of paint products.

5. Its strategy was to offer competitive pricing, product variety and strong dealer incentives.

6. Asian Paints' key advantage remains its established brand, distribution reach and painting-service ecosystem.

7. Birla Opus is trying to win dealers and customers in a market where habits and trust matter.

8. The competition has increased pressure on paint companies to improve pricing, products and customer experience.

9. The business lesson: entering a mature market requires more than money; distribution and customer trust are critical.

10. The big question: Can Birla Opus turn aggressive expansion into long-term market share against India's established paint leader?

The US has suspended eight major tech companies from the PERM green card programme, including TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTe...
09/10/2026

The US has suspended eight major tech companies from the PERM green card programme, including TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech, Cognizant, Microsoft, Adobe and Capgemini.

The decision means these companies cannot file new PERM applications or process pending ones for foreign workers. The administration alleges misuse of the programme to replace American workers with lower-paid foreign talent, though company-specific findings have not been made public.

For Indian professionals working in the US, this could delay an important route to permanent residency. However, the suspension does not automatically cancel existing H-1B visas or green cards.

With immigration rules tightening, could this change how Indian IT companies hire and retain talent in the US?

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JEE Advanced is one of the toughest exams in the world. This year, Indian women made history in it.10,107 women qualifie...
09/10/2026

JEE Advanced is one of the toughest exams in the world. This year, Indian women made history in it.

10,107 women qualified for JEE Advanced 2026. It's the first time in six years that the number has crossed 10,000.

Here are the numbers:
👉 43,112 women registered
👉 40,562 appeared for both papers
👉 10,107 qualified
👉 Success rate: 23.4%, up from 21.7% last year

That means roughly 1 in 4 women who registered made it, up from about 1 in 5 a year ago.

But here's the part most people miss.

Out of nearly 1.8 lakh candidates who appeared, only about 22% were women. And IIT seat allocation shows that 3,814 seats went to women through female-only and supernumerary seats, while just 37 women won seats through the gender-neutral pool.

So the talent is clearly there, and it's growing every year. But the pipeline is still narrow. Fewer girls are sent to JEE coaching, fewer are allowed to move to Kota or Hyderabad, and fewer get a second attempt.

Every girl who clears JEE Advanced isn't just beating the exam. She's often beating the odds at home first.

Today's IIT girls are tomorrow's founders, CTOs and scientists. India's next big deep-tech startup could be led by one of these 10,107.

💬 What's stopping more girls from preparing for JEE: money, mindset or society? 👇

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Twenty years ago, Mahindra meant tractors, Boleros and jeeps on village roads.Today, it's the company making India's mos...
09/10/2026

Twenty years ago, Mahindra meant tractors, Boleros and jeeps on village roads.

Today, it's the company making India's most wanted SUVs. And it's not an accident.

In FY26, Mahindra spent ₹5,691 crore on R&D, more than any other Indian company, including Reliance. When asked why, Anand Mahindra replied with one line: "Because we wouldn't exist without it…"

Now look at what that money built:

🔥 September 2026: 64,092 SUVs sold in India, up 14%. That's one Mahindra SUV roughly every 40 seconds, day and night, for a whole month.

🔥 2026 so far: 5,41,942 SUVs in nine months, up 21%. Mahindra is on track to cross 7 lakh SUVs this year for the first time ever.

🔥 Thar Roxx: about 1.4 lakh units sold in its first 22 months. The five-door Thar turned an off-roader into a family car.

🔥 XUV 7XO: launched in January 2026, and already more than 72,000 sold by August.

🔥 XEV 9e & XEV 9S: Mahindra's electric SUVs grew 89% this year, and its Electric Origin range has crossed 1 lakh billings since launch.

Mahindra is now neck-and-neck with Tata Motors in the race to be India's No. 2 carmaker.

The lesson is simple: Mahindra didn't win by building cheaper cars. It won by building cars people want. That takes years of R&D that nobody sees, and that only show up later, in waiting lists and sales charts.

💬 Thar Roxx, XUV 7XO or XEV 9e: which one would you buy? 👇

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You don’t always need a ₹20 lakh MBA to start learning about business.From marketing and finance to entrepreneurship, st...
09/10/2026

You don’t always need a ₹20 lakh MBA to start learning about business.

From marketing and finance to entrepreneurship, startup strategy and investing, these creators break down concepts that are often taught in classrooms through real businesses, practical examples and lessons from people who have built them.

Whether you’re a student, an aspiring founder or someone who simply wants to understand how businesses work, these YouTube channels are worth adding to your watchlist.

Because sometimes, the best classroom is just a click away.

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Most of us opened our first demat account in college, or after our first salary.This baby did it at 28 days old.Zerodha ...
09/10/2026

Most of us opened our first demat account in college, or after our first salary.

This baby did it at 28 days old.

Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath revealed that the platform's youngest customer is now a 28-day-old baby. The parents opened a minor account and made the first investment within the baby's first week.

That breaks Zerodha's previous record of 64 days, set just last year. The record has more than halved in one year.

And it's not a one-off. More Indian parents are now investing for their children from day one.

Here's how it works:
👉 Parents open a minor account with the child's PAN, Aadhaar and date-of-birth proof. The guardian signs everything.
👉 Minors can't trade intraday or F&O, but they can invest in mutual funds and even apply for IPOs.
👉 At 18, the child completes fresh KYC and the account becomes their own.

So this baby got a PAN card, an Aadhaar and an investment portfolio before learning to smile.

Why start so early? Compounding.

As a simple illustration, ₹1,000 a month invested from birth, at an assumed 12% annual return, could grow to about ₹7.6 lakh by age 18 from just ₹2.16 lakh invested. Returns aren't guaranteed, but time in the market is the one advantage money can't buy later.

A generation ago, parents saved in FDs, gold and LIC for their kids. This generation is starting SIPs before the naming ceremony.

💬 Would you open a demat account for your child at birth, or let them start on their own? 👇

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