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The dark truth behind dark stores, and the hidden risk behind your 10-minute grocery order
The dark truth behind dark stores, and the hidden risk behind your 10-minute grocery order
4 min read
You tap, pay and wait for the doorbell. But somewhere before that 10-minute delivery, your groceries have to be stored, sorted, labelled and checked. Karnataka’s latest food-safety inspections have of ...
Toxic OTT rights crash | From ₹200 Crore to ₹30 Crore: Have streaming platforms stopped saving flop films?
11 min read
Yash’s Toxic reportedly rejected a ₹150-crore digital deal and hoped for ₹200 crore. After its box-office collapse, the available offer may be only ₹30 crore. As streamers replace star power with perf ...
Flood And Fury: Five days, no photos, no answers — Nepal’s endless search after the flood
11 min read
On the morning of August 26, a shard of the Langtang glacier broke off and thundered into the Trishuli valley, unleashing a tsunami from the sky that erased villages, bridges and highways within hours ...
Samsung’s TV Crown Under Siege: How TCL, MiniLED Rivals and India’s Price Wars Are Squeezing Profits
10 min read
The world’s biggest television brand has slipped into an operating loss in TVs and appliances as TCL, Hisense, Haier and LG attack its old strongholds. In India, Samsung promised these businesses woul ...
VIKRAM SINGH KILLING EXPLAINED | A Noise Complaint, Eight Accused and Delhi’s Old Northeast Fear
10 min read
Manipuri guitarist Chongtham Vikram Singh allegedly confronted a group creating a disturbance outside his Delhi home. Hours later, he was dead. Police say no racial motive has emerged, but the killing ...
From Mao to the Brahmaputra: Why China still believes nature can be conquered
3 min read
China’s construction craze in the mountains has increased the frequency of disasters downstream
Bigg Boss, Big Loss: Snabbit Is Spending Like a Giant on ₹1.1 Cr Revenue
9 min read
Snabbit has raised roughly $112 million and built a rapidly scaling home-services business. But with FY25 revenue of just ₹1.1 crore against a ₹5.7 crore net loss, its Bigg Boss marketing push raises ...
Before Memory Erases Identity: Tata Trusts Gives Dementia an Indian Name
6 min read
In Vajood Rahe Maujood, forgetting is only the first disappearance. Tata Trusts shows how memory loss, confusion and altered behaviour are routinely dismissed as the harmless consequences of ageing—de ...
ChatGPT Does the Job. Abhay Verma Does the Jog: Inside OpenAI’s India Ad Campaign
6 min read
OpenAI’s new India campaign sends Abhay Verma sprinting towards another gig while ChatGPT fixes his mistake and launches his store. The advertisement sells productivity; its more provocative message i ...