Diamonds in the Rough: Unravelling A Multi-Billion Dollar Crisis

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Subhash Chandra’s Insolvency Maths

Subhash Chandra’s latest insolvency battle has produced a startling equation: ₹22,006 crore in admitted claims against just ₹6.25 crore for creditors. But the headline hides a more complicated story. These claims largely arise from personal guarantees for corporate borrowings, ev ...  Show more

What It Really Takes To Vibe Code

ET’s Swathi Moorthy cannot code. Yet she has built four web applications using AI. That is the seductive promise of vibe coding: describe what you want and let the machine build it. The reality involves muddled prompts, unreliable advice, stubborn bugs, confusing backends, hostin ...  Show more

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