India's Social Stock Exchange is gaining traction as a mechanism to connect social enterprises with fund providers, promoting transparency, accountability and measurable social impact within the country's growing impact-investing ecosystem.
Sightsavers India CEO RN Mohanty argues that strategic, outcome-driven corporate social responsibility can help close India's persistent eye-health and disability-inclusion gap, building on the country's decades-old blindness-control legislative framework.
Bournvita maker Mondelez India, Amway and several other packaged food companies have dropped or modified health and nutrition claims on their products following action by India's food safety regulator, FSSAI.
Karnataka's food safety authorities have suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket, citing compliance lapses that raise fresh questions about regulatory oversight in India's fast-scaling quick-commerce sector.
A data center flexibility startup has raised $150 million to help turn power-hungry AI data centers into flexible grid partners, addressing growing concerns about the sustainability of the AI infrastructure buildout.
Climate-tech startup CarbonStrong is targeting up to 100,000 tonnes of annual production capacity for its low-carbon cement binder, aiming to replace up to half the cement content in South Indian construction projects.
Godrej has announced a Rs 20,000 crore investment plan for Haryana, one of the larger industrial commitments disclosed by an Indian conglomerate in the state this year.
Karnataka authorities have suspended the food licences of Amazon, Instamart and BigBasket after the platforms were found listing poisonous Datura seeds, raising fresh questions about e-commerce food safety oversight.
As hospitals and retail chains scale robotic dispensing and AI-driven inventory systems to cut medication errors and labour costs, pharmacy automation is increasingly being recognised as a meaningful, if underappreciated, lever for reducing drug waste and healthcare's broader environmental footprint.
Rather than betting solely on electric vehicles, India's automotive and energy policy establishment is increasingly converging on a multi-fuel strategy that pairs EVs with ethanol blending and biofuels, reflecting the country's distinct infrastructure and manufacturing realities.