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After Uday Kotak's shock resignation, what's next for Kotak Mahindra Bank?
In a surprise move over the weekend, veteran banker Uday Kotak resigned as CEO and MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank, months ahead of his term ending on December 31st. Why did this happen, and who will take over next? Forbes India's seasoned banking reporter Salil Panchal makes some educated guesses on today's episode, and also talks about Kotak's somewhat fraught relationship with the RBI
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Will Jet Airways fly again?
India's aircraft fleet is down by almost 450 planes, because of beleaguered airlines and failed engines. Mark Martin, founder and CEO of aviation consultancy Martin Consulting, joins in to give us the big picture on where India's aviation sector is, the problems that plague it, and why a fresh infusion of Rs100 cr in Jet Airways is not enough. When will we see the airline take the skies, and why is it more necessary than ever that it does? Tune in to find out
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Deep Tech India: Amar Sri Vatsavaya on BluJ's plan for a 10-seater, 1,000 km hydrogen electric aircraft
As India readies its own deep tech startups policy, this is episode six in a short series of conversations with some of the entrepreneurs and investors who are building this ecosystem in the country. In today's episode, Maruthi Amardeep Sri Vatsavaya, co-founder and CEO of BluJ Aerospace, talks about how he and his friend Utham Kumar Dharmapuri want to build a 10-seater hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft that has a range of up to 1,000 km, by 2028. But first, BluJ is only months away from a commercial drone with a 100 kg payload capacity
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India vs Pakistan at Asia Cup: What this dress rehearsal means for India's World Cup pitch
The Asia Cup, now underway, will see India and Pakistan clash ahead of their big World Cup showdown on October 14. Forbes India's Kunal Purandare and Kathakali Chanda say that India needs to use the Asia Cup as a training ground for the World Cup, and iron out some of its most pressing issues: This includes figuring out the middle order batting, what's next for KL Rahul, whether Shreyas Iyer will return from injury in shape, and many more questions
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India's first space solar observatory Aditya-L1 launches Saturday — what you should know
India's first dedicated solar observatory in space, the Aditya-L1, will launch Sep. 2 at 11:50 a.m. The satellite is to be placed in an orbit around a point called the Lagrange Point 1 or L1, 1.5 million km from us on a straight line between the Earth and the Sun. The Sun itself is 150 million km away from us. Jagdev Singh, a professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the principal investigator of VELC (visible emission line coronagraph), the main payload on the satellite, unpacks what we might learn from the data it beams back
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Inside our Climate issue: Why it's always a good time to talk about climate change
In the run-up to the G20 meetings in New Delhi, where climate is a key issue, and COP28 in November, Divya J Shekhar puts together a ready reckoner on the prominent issues relating to climate change that we need to talk about. With deep dives and insights on GDP loss due to climatic events, job losses, ESG funds, and even a clutch of entrepreneurs who are using tech to solve for India, this issue is a packed one
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Decoding the next phase of Reliance Industries
At the Reliance Industries AGM, the Ambani family made a slew of announcements, including that Mukesh Ambani's children, Isha, Akash and Anant, would be appointed to the board of directors. JioAir Fibre will launch on September 19, and the company promised access to artificial intelligence to everyone, everywhere. Listen on to hear where Forbes India's Samar Srivastava and Nasrin Sultana, who join us on To The Point today, think the most exciting next phase of growth will come from
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Why we're still in the '1960s of cryptocurrency'
How do we create cryptocurrency regulations while also allowing entrepreneurs the freedom to create viable businesses? Speaking at the B20 Summit in New Delhi, Prime Minister Modi called for an integrated approach to cryptocurrency regulations globally. Our guest today, Hemant Mohapatra, partner at Lightspeed India, says that founders have been confused, even afraid, in the absence of a proper framework, and explains why we are still in the very early days of the crypto industry
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Behind Indian chess's big moves
Last week, the world watched as India's own 18-year-old R Praggnanandha took on World No 1 Magnus Carlsen, in a series of nail-biting finals that comprised two draws and a tie-breaker. The spotlight now is on a valiant, truly talented crop of new players, well-poised to take on the legend Viswanathan Anand's mantle. Can India produce a chess world champion in the next few years? Arjuna award winner and chess grandmaster Pravin Thipsay, the first Indian to win the Commonwealth Chess Championship, is confident that we could see one, even as soon as 2024
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Board exams twice in the year?
In a major overhaul to the education system, the NCERT has announced the new National Curriculum Framework, which includes many changes, among which one of the buzziest is that there will be two sets of board exams in the year, so students can take them whenever they feel ready—and the best scores will be considered. We discuss what this means for students, and whether some of these changes, aimed at making student life stress free, are counterproductive? Kamlesh Vyas, partner, Deloitte, who specializes in higher education and skills development, breaks down the key features for us
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India's Chandrayaan-3, a world-first feat for all humanity — what next?
"One Earth, One Family, One Future," India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, after the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3's lander module in the South Polar region of the Moon's surface yesterday — making India the first nation to achieve this feat. "This success belongs to all of humanity," he added. Narayan Prasad, co-founder and COO of Satsearch and co-founder of Spaceport SARABHAI, joins us to unpack the significance of what just happened, and to give us a sense of where India's deep space exploration efforts can go from here