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From Rapido and Uber resuming bike taxi services in Karnataka to Zia, the new large language model from SaaS firm Zoho Corporation, YourStory brings today’s headlines that highlight significant developments across industries.Featured news‘The zero-to-one moment for LLMs is gone’: Zoho AI Director Ramprakash RamamoorthyWhile most SaaS companies are haemorrhaging cash to OpenAI and Google for AI capabilities, SaaS unicorn Zoho Corporation has surfed on a different bet. After 22 months of grinding through GPU shortages, hallucination fixes, and five model iterations, the Chennai-based unicorn has something to show for it: Zia LLM, an entirely in-house large language model that keeps customer…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It seems that every day, there is another story about a young person who started a side hustle and hit it big. In 2024, over one-third of Americans had a side hustle to supplement their income. Side hustles are particularly appealing to Gen Z, with about half of them reporting having one. Millennials are a little less active, with about one-third of them stepping up to get that extra income that a hustle provides. Are side hustles just for those in the early stages of their career? Is there a huge opportunity…

In the fast-paced rhythm of modern life, our minds rarely get a chance to breathe. From demanding work schedules and constant digital connectivity to personal commitments and unexpected stressors, mental fatigue has become an everyday challenge. When your brain feels overwhelmed, creativity dips, focus fades, and stress accumulates—affecting not only your productivity but your overall well-being.The good news? You don’t need a long vacation or hours of meditation to rejuvenate your mental energy. Small, intentional “escapes” throughout the day can offer powerful resets, helping you return to your tasks with clarity and calm. These quick mental breaks act like a…

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When Beth Copeland reflects on her career in senior care, the memories of her grandfather are never far from her mind. His final days — spent away from the home where he wanted to be — shaped her life’s mission: Ensure that as many people as possible can age in place with dignity. “My ‘why’ was: I want to make sure anybody that wants to be at home can be at home,” she says.That personal drive has carried Copeland, a former nurse, from managing someone else’s Griswold Home Care franchise to owning three territories across Delaware and Maryland, earning national…

Private equity firm Motilal Oswal Alternates has announced the first close of its fifth fund, India Business Excellence Fund V (IBEF V), at $800 million. The fund, launched in mid-April, was initially targeted at $750 million with a hard cap of up to $950 million.The close comes as the firm wraps up deployment of its $550 million fourth private equity fund, IBEF IV, and finalises its $232 million sixth real-estate fund, IREF VI. “Winners are those who sustain growth. Getting the Q—quality of business and management—right is critical. We have been fortunate to back companies such as AU, Dixon, Uno Minda…

India’s Global Capability Centers (GCCs) are quietly powering some of the world’s biggest enterprises but their story is rapidly changing. Once seen as cost-arbitrage engines, GCCs today are innovation hubs, ESG champions, and digital transformation drivers.YourStory’s new report, Building Tomorrow’s GCCs, takes a closer look at this transformation through the lens of workspace enablers, industry practitioners, and enterprise leaders driving this momentum.The report highlights how workspace players like IndiQube, Awfis, and WeWork India, among others, are central to the GCC growth story. Whether it’s enabling 90-day rollouts, ensuring ESG-certified campuses, or expanding into Tier II hubs like Coimbatore, Jaipur and…

Entrepreneurship and high-pressure careers are often celebrated for their hustle, long hours, and relentless pursuit of success. Yet, the very qualities that drive achievement can also become sources of exhaustion, burnout, and stress. In the race to meet deadlines, close deals, or launch new ideas, many professionals forget a simple truth: your business, your work, and your goals thrive only when you do.It’s easy to fall into the trap of equating busyness with productivity. Waking up before sunrise, working through lunch, skipping breaks, and pushing late into the night can feel like the only path to progress. But in reality,…

In the remote northwestern corner of China, amidst the harsh terrain of the Xinjiang desert, an ambitious new project is taking shape. What was once a barren expanse is now home to a burgeoning AI infrastructure hub that could reshape the global balance of power in the AI race. This is the epicenter of China’s relentless push to become a dominant force in artificial intelligence by 2030.Xinjiang: The Desert of OpportunityChina’s strategic bet on the desert region of Xinjiang is not just about overcoming its environmental challenges. It is about building a new tech hub from the ground up, fueled…

The amendment made in the RTI Act through the data protection law balances it with Right to Privacy, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.In response to a question on the impact of Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 on Right to Information, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said there is a provision available in the RTI that may allow access to information if the public interest in disclosure outweighs the harm to the protected interest.”The amendment to Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act through the DPDP Act balances the fundamental right to privacy,…