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Moneycontrol brings India’s Biggest Virtual Trading Game – Moneybhai
MUMBAI: Moneycontrol, India’s leading financial platform, introduces a powerful, modern stock simulator — Moneybhai; a unique investing simulation platform aimed at giving an opportunity to learn trading by experiencing markets in real time with real data using virtual currency. The platform seeks to provide hands-on experience & learnings of the market by allowing users to make risk-free investments.
With an aim to inculcate the quality of risk-taking and to advocate the ability to learn finance, the investing stimulation platform targets newly turned investors in the age-group of 18- 34. It will use real data from stock markets to reproduce the experience of using a real online brokerage account. The functioning of Moneybhai will see every player receive virtual money of INR 1 crore in their portfolio account with a maximum limit for trading set at INR 1 crore per day. With the use of their capital, these players will be able to invest in different assets like commodities, mutual funds, fixed deposits & shares. Should one not like their trading options and decisions made, Moneybhai will also give users the liberty to reset their portfolio back to the original price of INR 1 crore.
Moneybhai provides a host of unique features which promises an interactive and engaging trading experience for the users. They include:
· My Investments – Featuring the portfolio, transaction history and profit and loss statement, this feature provides the players access to all information related to equity, debt and the mutual funds that they invest in
· Transact – This section aids in investing into different asset classes across equity, debt and balanced funds as preferred by every user
· Leagues – Enables the users to invite their friends to form a league, allowing a small group or community to compete against each other
· Leaders – Highlights the players who are currently leading the table
· Learn – Educates the players on the basic investing strategies of the stock market
· Rules – This section displays the rules to play the game
Speaking about Moneybhai, Moneycontrol Business Head Gautam Shelar said, “Moneybhai is yet another attempt towards preparing and informing our users about the financial know-how of the Indian stock market, in a secure artificial setting. Moneycontrol has been able to stay ahead of the game through a host of innovations and services using the best of technology. Taking into account the ever-changing preferences of our audiences, the modern-day stock simulator seeks to make it a seamless and interactive user experience. The extensive information produced by us, which is at the users’ disposal, will continue to educate our users. This will lead to them eventually being prepared for trading in the real stock market over the due course of time and aid them towards making better investment decisions.”
Users can enjoy the Moneybhai experience by visiting their website: https://moneybhai.moneycontrol.com/
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Beacon Group appoints Dr Rajesh Patel as Group CEO
36-year healthcare veteran to lead Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek, Biogeny.
MUMBAI: A new chief, a fresh diagnosis and a sharper prescription for growth. Beacon Group has appointed Dr Rajesh Patel as its Group Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2026, signalling a decisive push to scale its presence in the diagnostics and IVD space. Patel steps into the role with 36 years of experience across the healthcare and diagnostics industry, bringing a career shaped by leadership roles spanning sales, marketing, business development and operational strategy. His mandate is both expansive and precise: to steer the group’s overall strategic direction while tightening coordination across its three core entities Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek and Biogeny Diagnostics.
In practical terms, that means driving cross-company synergies, accelerating market expansion and strengthening organisational capability areas increasingly critical as diagnostic players compete for scale in a fragmented yet rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem. The group is positioning itself to capture unmet demand across chain laboratories, key accounts and standalone labs, segments that remain underserved despite growing diagnostic needs.
The appointment comes at a time when the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) sector in India is entering a more competitive and innovation-led phase, with companies focusing not just on product pipelines but also on service delivery, integration and customer-centric models. Beacon’s leadership appears to be betting that Patel’s execution-focused approach can help translate ambition into operational momentum.
Welcoming the appointment, Chairman Dr D K Joshi described Patel’s induction as a strategic move aligned with the group’s long-term vision, emphasising the role of leadership depth in navigating the next phase of growth.
For Beacon Group, the message is clear, in a sector where precision matters, leadership is the new differentiator—and this appointment is intended to set the tone for what comes next.
