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Funding, M&As and tech talent are driving global and domestic backing for startups

Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an immediate energy ceasefire but provides no details, while neither country has confirmed the agreement.

He said a memorandum outlining the demands would be submitted to the Chief Justice of India

India vs West Indies 3rd T20I begins at 7 pm IST on Sunday, with the toss at 6:30 pm IST. Fans in India can stream the match on the JioHotstar app and website

IndiGo's Delhi-Chennai flight was diverted to Hyderabad after smoke was detected from a passenger's electronic device in an overhead bin. The aircraft landed safely.

RBI's special dollar window for oil companies and tighter forex derivative rules could ease spot demand and forward premiums, but global pressures may keep the rupee weak

MEA spokesperson noted that the law is subject to the maintenance of public order and safety, adding that the action by the police and security forces was taken to ensure the same

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he has taken development as his 'mantra,' and reaffirmed his commitment to serve the people of Tamil Nadu and ensuring the state's progress by working with Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay. He listed out the rapid strides made in various sectors in the last 12 years, including the significant jump in defence exports. In his address after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for railway, road and petroleum-related projects worth about Rs 13,000 cro

A Ukrainian drone attack shut down a data center run by Russian technology giant Yandex, the company said Sunday, the third strike on its facilities in four days as Kyiv widens its campaign against infrastructure deep inside Russia. The attack on the data center in the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow, caused outages across Yandex's services, leaving users in dozens of Russian cities and in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia unable to order taxis or access banking services, according to Russian ind

Cheap data is the playbook that built Jio in India, and the one Musk has used in markets like Kenya to unsettle local telecom players

From 1 crore in extras to customised interiors, personalisation offers automakers an opportunity to increase revenue per vehicle

China Securities Regulatory Commission Chairman Wu Qing met with listed companies and experts from brokerage and fund management to hear suggestions on improving China's capital markets

Financing, charging infrastructure and regulatory clarity will be key to the transition; industry has called for phased milestones

Musk is preparing to build a Terrafab factory in Grimes, Texas, via a joint venture between his companies Tesla and SpaceX alongside Intel Corp., with an initial investment of more than $15 billion

Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick has declared that he would bring a bipartisan Bill to block President Donald Trump's move to lift sanctions on Russian diesel after talks with President Vladimir Putin. Fitzpatrick's move has received support from outgoing Congressman Don Bacon, a Republican from Nebraska, who has decided to co-sponsor the legislation. However, the move appears to be largely symbolic as the US House of Representatives will have a few months to pass as the term of the hous

The INDIA bloc will hold a protest march in Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh on the 'vote chori' issue on Monday, while a delegation of its senior leaders will submit a memorandum to the Chief Justice of India for his intervention in the matter. On Monday, the Congress and the entire INDIA bloc and the country's youth will again take to the streets in massive numbers. This time too, the voice will echo across the nation louder than ever before, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said.

The latest attack on the international airport in Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh killed 12 people and injured over 300 others, civil aviation authorities said early Sunday, with some in critical condition. A Saudi-led coalition blamed Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen. It was the deadliest attack in any Gulf Arab country since the start of the Iran war, whose fronts have expanded to include the recent surge in fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.

President Donald Trump on Saturday said he is evaluating whether the US should join Saudi strikes on the Houthis. We may. We're going to look at it, he told reporters here. We just found out about the recent attack. So we'll make a decision. We move very quickly, he said. The airport in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, was attacked again Saturday and evacuated, two regional officials said, just days after three Saudi citizens, including a pilot, were killed as the kingdom faces an extraordinary s

US President Donald Trump says it's time for Ukraine to get a new president, suggesting current Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not done enough to end huis country's war with Russia. Speaking at the White House Saturday, Trump said, I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal,adding that for some reason (Zelenskyy) never does. Trump also suggested that if he had been US president in 2022, hat war would have never started. There was no reason that that war with Ukraine and Ru

The Delhi Metro reopened entry and exit gates at 45 stations after a 25-hour closure on Saturday imposed due the CJP's anti-CEC protest, with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announcing that gates at all stations across its network were now open. In a service update late Saturday, the DMRC said entry and exit gates at all Metro stations were open and interchange facilities at all the concerned stations were also available. The entry and exit gates of all Metro Stations of the Delhi Metro

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Saturday described the situation in the country as an undeclared emergency after authorities detained several opposition leaders, student activists, lawyers and journalists in Delhi amid sweeping restrictions ahead of a protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls. Wangchuk, who had appealed for peace and unity ahead of the demonstration, condemned the detentions and said he would consi

Governor Sanjay Malhotra says the RBI will submit comments on Irdai's draft commission framework, which proposes product-level caps and lower management expense limits

Telangana had the highest share of alcohol revenue in states' own tax revenue in FY25 at 32 per cent, followed by Tamil Nadu at 27 per cent and Uttar Pradesh at 25 per cent.

Investment announcements rose 34.7 per cent to 30.38 trillion in H1FY27, driven by data centres, while plans outside IT fell about 4 per cent to 20.92 trillion

BMI says market access, agriculture and Russian oil remain obstacles to an India-US deal, with a narrow pact likely to offer modest gains and ease policy uncertainty

Festival shift weighs on sales; better mix supports margins

Suzlon's Girish Tanti expects rising demand to prompt a higher wind capacity target, with the sector on track for 100 GW by 2030 and grid bottlenecks likely to ease

Debt fund managers and wealth advisers favour accruals and shorter-duration bonds, awaiting clarity on inflation and peak policy rates before adding duration exposure

Mospi's 2026-2030 strategy prioritises forests, water, minerals and pollination services, aiming to improve environmental accounts and their relevance to policymaking

New demat accounts fell to 2.89 million in September, but quarterly additions hit a high since October-December 2024, supported by strong primary market activity

Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 7: True Balance, an AI-powered digital lending platform, has launched Har Life Ka Balance, a three-part docuseries streaming on JioHotstar. The series follows six True Balance customers from different walks of life, highlighting how access to timely credit has supported their journeys across business, education and personal milestones.

The Munich Security Conference poll, conducted in 11 countries, found respondents in India saying the government was oo accommodating of China

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of a dairy plant worth Rs 255 crore in Madhya Pradesh on October 3

Proposed changes seek to widen the definition of services exports, ease rules around overseas branches and allow faster GST refunds through a risk-based mechanism

India's regulatory framework must evolve towards greater independence, transparency and accountability as markets and regulators mature

Ukraine said that its long-range strikes have neutralised more than half of Russia's oil refining capacity, hampering Moscow's ability to supply its forces during its 4 1/2-year-old invasion. The Defence Ministry said Sunday that recent strikes on refineries in cities including Moscow, Yaroslavl, Ust-Luga, Perm, Saratov and Syzran had put 51% of Russia's oil refining capacity out of action. The claim could not be independently verified. Both Moscow and Kyiv have intensified their aerial assaults

Final CAFE-3 rules drop the special 909-kg concession but soften targets for lighter cars through a revised formula, while tightening norms for heavier vehicles

Non-life insurers have discussed a 10 per cent co-payment on inpatient hospitalisation costs, but industry executives say the proposal is unlikely to get Irdai's nod

IndiGo has raised fuel charges on domestic and international flights as ATF prices climb, with domestic charges now ranging from 375 to 1,300 based on distance

Temple, the wearable from Deepinder Goyal, is set to enter the market soon with a pill shaped design that tracks brain blood flow and monitors changes in real time in attempt to extend healthy life

FBI Director Kash Patel is engaged to his country singer girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, the pair announced in a post to X on Sunday evening. Wilkins, 27, posted a black-and-white photo of herself standing with Patel, 46, flashing her hand in front of them to show off her ring with the caption, Went and got the law involved. The two have been dating since before Patel took over as head of the FBI in 2025, when she attended his swearing in. The country singer and political commentator released her de

India has slammed Pakistan at the UN, strongly rejecting its remarks about Jammu and Kashmir, telling the world organisation that the so-called civilian governments in Islamabad serve at the mercy of their Army and rarely complete their terms. India exercised its Right of Reply in response to remarks by Pakistan at the UN General Assembly Third Committee meeting Friday, where the Pakistani delegate raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. India categorically rejected those remarks, saying the Unio

Air Chief Marshal A P Singh added that the Indian Air Force should have a squadron strength of 36-40 until it is increased

Serious differences persist between the US and China despite the recent summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington, which was marked by rare bonhomie, a close Trump aide said. Both sides still have issues that predated Xi's visit last week and would continue working on them, Republican Senator Steve Daines, a close Trump aide and key interlocutor between Washington and Beijing, told the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post. So that's again w

Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday said he would ot seek votes in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections if he fails to compel Bihar's NDA government to implement the recommendations of the seventh pay commission for teachers in the state. The former poll strategist, whose party is contesting all eight seats of the state legislative council where polls are due later this month, also urged voters to decide whom you trust more -- Prashant Kishor or Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, whom he

If Anthropic gets the target valuation it wants, Anthropic and SpaceX together will be worth almost as much as the entire South Korean stock market

This year's southwest monsoon has ended with a 13% deficit over the long-period average, and India is still bracing for the full impact of a 'super', or 'Godzilla', El Nio

In an interview at the company's headquarters in Kolkata, Chairman and Managing Director Sanjiv Puri speaks to Ishita Ayan Dutt about how liberalisation transformed the competitive landscape

India's GHG emissions have grown at a compound annual rate of 3.6 per cent since 1990, more than twice the global rate of 1.5 per cent

Eleven essays by noted economists and academics tackle questions concerning India's economy, society and polity, and explore pathways for the country to emerge from the prevailing turmoil