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Unitree's Shanghai IPO 5,526 times subscribed by retail investors

Unitree Robotics' Shanghai IPO has attracted massive retail demand, with investors placing orders worth about $1.2 trillion for shares in the humanoid robot maker.

11 Aug 2026 11:56 pm
35 years of liberalisation: How IT sector became India's dollar engine

India's IT industry was built not just on Y2K, but on the 1991 reforms that opened capital, technology, telecom and global markets, creating a powerful engine of exports and foreign exchange

11 Aug 2026 11:33 pm
US crypto Bill shines light on India's virtual digital asset regulatory gap

US moves to advance a landmark crypto bill as India weighs a statutory framework for virtual digital assets, with a parliamentary panel seeking interim SRO-based oversight

11 Aug 2026 11:30 pm
Rural jobs fall in VB-G RAM-G's first month, Centre cites sowing pause

July persondays fell sharply from MGNREGA levels, but the Centre cites sowing pauses, monsoon recovery and transition issues, while experts say one month is too early to judge

11 Aug 2026 11:28 pm
India's next scientific revolution needs patient philanthropic capital

Private wealth built the institutions that gave India its scientific capability long before the nation had economic strength or independence. There is a need to do it again

11 Aug 2026 11:19 pm
Brand Canvas: The ad guru's masterclass on making brands live on for life

Prahlad Kakkar's masterclass opened Brand Canvas 2026 with lessons on trust, emotion and storytelling, followed by workshops and four national qualifiers

11 Aug 2026 11:18 pm
Good policy needs good process: Lessons for Modi government's reforms

Lessons from ethanol blending in petrol and levying a fee on digital payments should not be ignored

11 Aug 2026 11:17 pm
Spotify to ask artists to disclose whether they're humans or AI from Aug 11

Starting Aug. 11, Spotify will allow artists to identify themselves as AI-generated. The labels will begin appearing on artist profiles starting in mid-September.

11 Aug 2026 10:46 pm
Vietnam's VinSpace inks deal with SpaceX to launch first satellites in 2027

Vietnamese aerospace company VinSpace said Tuesday it has signed a contract with SpaceX to send its first satellites into orbit aboard a SpaceX rideshare mission in 2027, as the Southeast Asian nation moves to develop its nascent space industry. VinSpace will launch its satellites on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare mission run by Elon Musk's company, which carries satellites from multiple customers on a single rocket to share launch costs, it said in a statement. The satellites, which VinSpace sa

11 Aug 2026 10:44 pm
Oil companies' production decline rate superior to global average: Minister

Puri said domestic production of crude oil from offshore and onshore fields stood at 27.96 million tonnes (MT) last financial year (2025-26), against 28.70 MT in 2024-25 and 29.36 MT in 2023-24

11 Aug 2026 9:54 pm
Bihar tops states' fiscal strain with 5.8% fiscal deficit, says Crisil

Deficits stayed particularly high in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana, apart from Bihar, according to the study

11 Aug 2026 8:34 pm
India's Q1 FY27 GDP growth projected at 8%, says SBI Research report

SBI's nowcasting model showed 86 per cent of 54 high-frequency indicators accelerating in Q1FY27, while government capital expenditure remained supportive in the quarter

11 Aug 2026 6:23 pm
Trump Towers' exclusive India partner Tribeca Ventures plans IPO by 2028

Company plans Rs 2,000-3,000 crore raise via fresh equity; pre-IPO placements next year

11 Aug 2026 6:04 pm
Virat's intensity inspires others to stretch limits when fielding: T Dilip

Former India fielding coach T Dilip says Virat Kohli's relentless intensity has a contagious effect on the team and pushes at least five other players to stretch their limits whenever they share the ground with him. Dilip, whose nearly five-year stint with the Indian team ended after the recent tour of England, also lauded Kohli's ability to maintain the same intensity in training and matches as one of the biggest influences on India's fielding standards. When it comes to Virat Kohli, intensity

11 Aug 2026 5:18 pm
Gurnoor could be India's X-Factor in Jasprit Bumrah's absence: Maharoof

Former Sri Lanka allrounder Farveez Maharoof feels rookie pacer Gurnoor Brar could be the 'X-Factor' in absence of Jasprit Bumrah and says he would be tempted to hand the 26-year-old his Test debut in the two-match series against Sri Lanka, beginning in Galle on Saturday. Under pressure following home series defeat to South Africa, fifth-placed India will be without pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah when they resume Test action with a two-match tour of Sri Lanka. Mohammed Siraj is expected to lead t

11 Aug 2026 5:09 pm
Higher costs drag Zydus Lifesciences' Q1 profit down 36%; revenue rises 22%

Revenue from operations rose 22 per cent to Rs 8,017 crore, led by India formulations, consumer wellness and international markets, while EBITDA margin contracted

11 Aug 2026 5:04 pm
Govt summons Air India CEO over Phuket-Delhi flight's altitude loss

India's civil aviation minister has summoned Air India CEO after the airline's Phuket-Delhi flight suddenly lost about 300 feet of altitude last week, a source with knowledge of the matter said

11 Aug 2026 5:02 pm
Drone strike sparks blaze at Libya's Zawiya oil refinery overnight

Firefighters in western Libya fought Tuesday to extinguish the remnants of a massive fire caused by a drone strike on a oil facility, and a car bomb killed a senior military officer in the country's east, in the latest attacks in the chaos-stricken North African nation. The drone hit a gasoline tank at the Zawiya oil refinery in the Mediterranean town of Zawiya on Monday, about 47 kilometres west of capital Tripoli, the state-run National Oil Corporation said. The attack ignited a massive blaze

11 Aug 2026 4:56 pm
Delhi HC on PPF: Can a parent withdraw money from a child's account?

Court says a parent cannot use a child's PPF corpus to meet maintenance obligations, ordering its full restoration with interest.

11 Aug 2026 4:39 pm
Delhi Capitals' Abishek Porel arrested by Bengal Police in rape case

The 23-year-old cricketer was taken into custody in Hooghly on Tuesday and was subsequently arrested after being questioned by investigators.

11 Aug 2026 4:36 pm
SC asks states to declare cancer 'notifiable disease' for early detection

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the 19 remaining states and Union territories to declare cancer a otifiable disease to ensure early detection and proper care of patients. The top court's direction came after it was informed that 17 of the 36 states and UTs have so far notified cancer as a otified disease in light of the recommendations made in a parliamentary standing committee report. The court had, on December 12 last year, issued notices and sought responses from the Centre and all the s

11 Aug 2026 3:36 pm
Adani's US legal saga: From bribery indictment to criminal case dismissal

The two-year US legal saga over alleged bribery and securities fraud ends with criminal charges dismissed, while Gautam Adani and Adani Enterprises resolved parallel civil cases with US agencies

11 Aug 2026 3:06 pm
Dhruv Rathee's defamatory YouTube video withheld in India, Google tells HC

Google on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it has withheld in India a defamatory YouTube video of social media influencer Dhruv Rathee, which allegedly hurt religious sentiments. Google, which owns YouTube, made the statement before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on a petition filed by lawyer Amita Sachdeva. Sachdeva claimed that on March 21, Rathee published a highly derogatory and communally sensitive video, which garnered millions of views on YouTube and contained false, misleading, and p

11 Aug 2026 2:51 pm
India's most valuable family businesses worth 138 trn, add 4,076 cr/day

India's top 300 family businesses added Rs 4076 crore of value every day in the last two years, up nearly Rs 30 lakh crore on the 2024 edition and INR 1.23 Lakh Crore on the 2025 edition.

11 Aug 2026 2:33 pm
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India's presence in QS global rankings rises nearly fivefold since 2015

According to the QS World University Rankings 2027, IIT Delhi retained its position as the country's highest-ranked institution, climbing five places to 118th globally.

11 Aug 2026 2:22 pm
OFS forms 61% of 2.3trn IPO proceeds in 1.5 yrs; why're promoters selling?

In 2025 alone, 113 issues raised around 1.7 trillion, of which October was the biggest month, with 10 IPOs raising 45,188 crore, including a massive 35,441 crore through OFS.

11 Aug 2026 12:47 pm
Apple, Samsung hold ground as India's phone shipments fall 11.1% in Q2: IDC

Several leading Chinese brands recorded double-digit shipment declines during the quarter as demand shifted towards companies with greater scale and more stable supply chains, noted IDC

11 Aug 2026 11:05 am
Araujo calls Liverpool loan an 'ideal move' after leaving Barcelona

Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo believes he has made an ideal move to Liverpool after his season-long loan from Barcelona was confirmed on Monday. The 27-year-old Araujo has taken a pay cut to facilitate the move. Liverpool has an option to buy him for a pre-agreed price - reportedly 47 million pounds ($63 million) - should the move prove successful. It was the ideal move for me at this stage in my career. It was a move that was necessary for me to take, Araujo told the club website. As soon as I

11 Aug 2026 10:42 am
Apple's glass-centric 20th-anniversary iPhone remains on track for 2027

The company expects to launch iPhone Pro models next year that will make use of a new glassy look

11 Aug 2026 9:14 am
5 key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg's 6,500-word manifesto on AI

Zuckerberg's letter is the latest entry in the broader genre of manifestos from AI executives laying out their visions for the emerging technology

11 Aug 2026 9:00 am
FCNR(B) flows pour into 5-year G-secs under RBI's concessional swap window

Foreign lenders with relatively small loan books emerge most active buyers; bond yields soften

10 Aug 2026 10:49 pm