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PhonePe H1 loss widens
PhonePe's profitability metrics deteriorated significantly at the operating level. Loss before exceptional items and tax widened 56% to Rs 1,885.06 crore in H1 FY26, compared to Rs 1,206.79 crore in H1 FY25.
Sayan Sen
PhonePe H1 loss widens
PhonePe's profitability metrics deteriorated significantly at the operating level. Loss before exceptional items and tax widened 56% to Rs 1,885.06 crore in H1 FY26, compared to Rs 1,206.79 crore in H1 FY25.
Sayan Sen
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Share your AI journey: OpenAI is spotlighting India’s breakthrough builders
YourStory, in partnership with OpenAI for Startups, has launched a nationwide campaign to discover India’s most exciting AI builders. The initiative will spotlight developers, students, and founders using OpenAI tools to turn bold ideas into real-world impact.
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After conducting over one million interviews, Mohit Jain, Co-founder, FloCareer shares key insights on why enterprise hiring is less about speed and more about structure, consistency, and decision quality at scale.
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Scaling with intent: How India’s founders are using technology to build for the long term
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Share your AI journey: OpenAI is spotlighting India’s breakthrough builders
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Scaling with intent: How India’s founders are using technology to build for the long term
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India Post is the most important delivery and logistics chain in the country: Jyotiraditya Scindia
India Post is evolving from a vast letter-carrying network into a modern, digital highway for goods, money, and services across the nation, says Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Union Minister of Communications; and Development of North Eastern Region.
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India Post is the most important delivery and logistics chain in the country: Jyotiraditya Scindia
India Post is evolving from a vast letter-carrying network into a modern, digital highway for goods, money, and services across the nation, says Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Union Minister of Communications; and Development of North Eastern Region.
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This Silicon Valley founder wants to redefine AI compute forever!
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BharatPe’s ‘Hai Yakeen’ campaign celebrates the indomitable spirit of Indian merchants
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Kapiva launches Rs 50 Cr fund to support Ayurveda innovation
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