Industry Trends

Zaggle aims to issue 1 million credit cards in 5 years after Rio acquisition

Zaggle plans to issue up to one million credit cards over the next five years after acquiring Rio, the co-branded card platform with Yes Bank. Founder Raj P Narayanam expects the rebranded payments business to deliver ₹500 crore in revenue and over ₹50 crore EBITDA through the expansion period.

Layoffs / Restructuring

CG Power’s phoenix rise: How N. Srinivasan engineered one of India’s fastest corporate turnarounds

Once on the brink of collapse with stalled operations, mounting debt, and eroded investor confidence, CG Power staged a remarkable comeback under N. Srinivasan’s leadership. Through swift financial restructuring, strategic settlements with creditors, and restoring employee and vendor trust during the pandemic, the company returned to profitability, regained market share, and became debt-free—offering a blueprint for India’s next generation of corporate turnarounds.

Industry Trends

A perfect storm: The five factors that crashed IndiGo’s operations

Although IndiGo’s data for November showed a healthy pilot roster and normal flight operations, internal lapses in preparing for the new FDTL Phase 2 norms created a hidden vulnerability. Once tighter rest rules, rising fatigue reports and crew-accommodation bottlenecks converged, routine delays quickly snowballed into large-scale cancellations across the network.