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The Prime Minister used his 80th Independence Day address to frame seven “Sapta Dhara” priorities spanning manufacturing, agriculture, technology, infrastructure, d…
The Prime Minister has announced a target to skill one crore youth in artificial intelligence within one year, making AI capability a headline element of the 2026 I…
Brent was around $91.23 and WTI $85.06 at 11:03 a.m. ET, while long-dated U.S. Treasury yields remained near multi-year highs.
At 11:36 a.m. ET, the Nasdaq was down 1.30%, the S&P 500 0.62% and the Dow 0.22%, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down 5.4%.
Razorpay says its new transformer-based model, built with NVIDIA and AWS technology, is designed to unify payment routing, fraud, risk and checkout intelligence.
The round was led by Norwest, with Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India and existing investor 3one4 Capital participating.
The Department of Defence Production’s sixth Positive Indigenisation List covers 405 strategically important items with estimated business potential of about ₹3,070…
A new government backgrounder focuses on utilisation: origin certification, rules of origin, digital CoO systems and exporter access to preferential tariffs.
Spot gold was down 1% at $4,369.82 an ounce at 12:12 p.m. EDT, while silver fell 2.6% to $64.08 as rising long-term yields pressured non-yielding metals.
Swiggy said shareholders approved a 49.5% cap on aggregate foreign ownership, a step toward Indian-owned and controlled company status and a different operating mod…
Tata Sons adjourned its 18 August AGM, Reuters reported, days after N. Chandrasekaran said he would not seek reappointment when his term ends in February 2027.
Reuters reported that Sagarmala Finance and Vadodara Municipal Corporation are preparing potential blue-bond issues, opening a new segment of India’s sustainable-de…
India is considering limited duty-free sugar imports and other supply measures after wholesale prices in a key market rose about 20% in August, Reuters reported cit…
For Indian markets, the main transmission channels are crude-supply expectations, freight and insurance costs, the US dollar, inflation expectations and the rupee.…
Fitch affirmed India’s sovereign rating at BBB- with a stable outlook, balancing strong growth and macro stability against high public debt and structural constrain…
In an 11 August Rajya Sabha reply, the government disclosed that 30 KTPA of green-hydrogen production capacity has been awarded for refinery use under SIGHT Mode 2B…
A PIB backgrounder dated 11 August says Parliament passed the MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 during August, highlighting registration, delayed-payment and…
India and the five-nation Southern African Customs Union have signed terms of reference to relaunch preferential trade agreement negotiations after earlier talks st…
The government says Phase I of the National AI Skilling Initiative has recorded 60,253 applications/enrolments, with curriculum developed by IICT and private-sector…
India’s provisional CPI inflation was 4.45% year on year in July 2026, compared with final June inflation of 4.38%; food inflation was 5.52%.
India’s combined merchandise and services exports for July 2026 were estimated at $80.14 billion, 13.31% higher year on year, according to the Commerce Ministry rel…
India’s provisional wholesale price inflation was 9.78% year on year in July 2026, compared with 9.87% in June; WPI food inflation was 6.65%.
A new NITI Aayog report benchmarks India’s professional-services framework and proposes a four-part strategy focused on emerging trends, value addition, best practi…
Parliament has passed the MMDR Amendment Bill, with the government presenting the measure as a step toward fiscal certainty while preserving existing state revenues…
