
Palak brings over a decade of rich, multifaceted experience in journalism, spanning radio, digital platforms, and currently working across print and digital with Business Today. While she holds experience in education, health, and lifestyle reporting, her expertise shines in business journalism, particularly covering startups, tech, and MSMEs. Her storytelling extends beyond the written realm, with voice-over work for All India Radio, satellite channels, e-commerce platforms, and the creation of video series on Ind...

Union Budget 2026: As India emerges as a global AI super-user, Budget 2026 faces a critical test. Can policy, capital and compute align to turn AI adoption into long-term innovation leadership?

Budget 2026: Founders and investors are increasingly looking to the Budget for policy patience: long-term certainty, execution-focused support, and frameworks that recognise the extended gestation cyc...

Labour oversupply, fragmented workforces and algorithmic control allow gig platforms to absorb strikes quietly, exposing a widening power gap between app companies, workers and India’s evolving labour...

Swiggy’s budget app ‘Toing’ signals a strategic pivot towards affordability to attract India’s price-sensitive middle class.

As online growth slows, companies in the business are targeting value-conscious consumers, signalling a new phase of competition and innovation in a market hit by high prices and lengthening delivery ...

A sweeping real-money gaming ban jolts India’s gaming industry, forcing painful exits but accelerating a shift towards sustainable models, original IP and global ambitions.

The move reflects a seller-funded, high-capex attempt to strengthen neighbourhood-level visibility amid intensifying competition.

Women founders are reshaping India's start-up landscape, breaking biases, defying funding gaps, and proving that entrepreneurship is no longer a space they're expected to enter quietly or temporarily.

As SAP Labs India becomes central to the firm's global AI engine, Sindhu Gangadharan leads with agility, purpose, and a focus on transforming India into a creator of deep tech.

As Indian deep-tech startups move from lab to market, capital often dries up at the most critical stage, aka the 'valley of death'.





