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ZEE is investing in new growth engines such as micro dramas, kids' content and live entertainment, while expanding its presence in sports and animation

India's tech industry body Nasscom urged the U.S. to weigh the H-1B programme's role in addressing skill shortages after the Trump administration proposed a more than $100,000 fee for new visas

NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discuss border peace and bilateral ties ahead of expected meetings between Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping

India's PM-SSY targets 5 GW of floating solar capacity with two-hour storage and Rs 28,500 crore of investment, but high costs, viability concerns and technical risks could impede scale-up.

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal says the proposed framework could provide company-, industry-, product- or project-based exemptions for imported equipment and components

The Japanese retailer, which currently operates 20 stores in India, remains bullish on the market and is continuously looking for opportunities to expand its footprint

Industry body says Indian IT firms have stepped up local hiring and invested over $1.1 billion in strengthening the US STEM pipeline amid proposed higher visa fees

Modi, Sitharaman, Jaishankar, Goyal and Doval are leading a diplomatic push spanning key capitals and multilateral meetings ahead of the September Brics Summit

Doctors call the pickup largely seasonal and say most H3N2 and H1N1 cases are being treated at home, with hospitalisations remaining limited so far

India's mushroom output rose from 51,000 tonnes in 2015 to 347,750 tonnes in 2024, with Bihar at the forefront, but productivity, cold-chain and infrastructure gaps threaten further growth.

The carrier and its budget unit Air India Express posted combined losses of $2.33 billion in the fiscal year ended March, more than double the prior year's losses

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The all-stock merger will add seven hotels with 825 keys to IHCL's portfolio, simplify the group structure and strengthen its presence across South India

New Delhi [India], August 11: Ahead of Independence Day, premium Apple partner iNvent has announced 'Freedom to Upgrade', a consumer initiative that makes upgrading to select Apple devices easier through 24-month No-Cost EMI, exchange bonus of up to INR 12,000 and special savings across iPhone, MacBook and iPad.

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.

Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with missiles, drones and glide bombs Tuesday, killing at least 10 civilians, officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow is getting new military help from North Korea for its more than 4-year-old invasion. Zelenskyy said Russian forces used ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea in an overnight attack on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, where officials said seven people were killed and 24 wounded. Three more people, including a 15-year

Tata Trusts vice-chairman Vijay Singh has stepped down as a trustee of Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) and has decided not to seek a renewal when his current term expires on August 14, people familiar with the matter said. Singh, a former defence secretary, will continue as a trustee of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), the people said. Comments from Singh and Tata Trusts could not immediately be obtained. The development comes amid differences among SRTT trustees, with the trust barred by the Maha

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor held discussions with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday to deliberate on US-India strategic cooperation, describing the meeting as fruitful.

Team 'Power Rangers' from VIT Business School, Vellore won the first edition of the Brand Canvas challenge with an ad film for UTI Mutual Fund

India on Tuesday described its border issues with China as most serious and asserted that maintaining peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is of utmost importance, as the state of the frontier will govern the overall trajectory of bilateral ties. New Delhi also trashed Beijing's criticism of its decision to formally identify 27 places and geographical features in Arunachal Pradesh by their standard names, emphasising that the state is an inalienable and integral part of

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

D2C startups across food, beverages, fashion and electronics are using quick commerce as a launch and discovery channel, with festive-season demand driving new products and wider assortments

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

BMW's used-car sales jump 54% in H1; Audi sold nearly one pre-owned car for every new vehicle in 2025; Mercedes-Benz reports double-digit growth

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

Courts have settled that tribunals that take up the jurisdiction of high courts must have the latter's independence and capacity

The current scenario, where airlines are unable to find suitable top candidates in India, can be partly traced back to the country's chequered aviation history

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

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

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

An account of India's most dangerous serial killer who struck people at night in their deep sleep and remained elusive for years

IBM and Together AI will build a $240-million AI cluster using Nvidia's latest systems, reflecting rising demand for computing capacity to run open-source AI models

When wit meets excellence, magic happens. The national ad film event by BSmart ended on a high note

US officials say Trump was secretly moved from a decoy Air Force One to a military jet after a credible Iran threat during the Nato summit in Turkiye.

Comes at a time when maintaining merchant relationships becomes a paramount priority

The first national advertisement film contest organised by Business Standard's edtech arm brought together B-school students to create commercials based on real brand briefs

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.

Three Pakistanis and one Indonesian were killed, the Yemeni ministry said, adding the crew lost control of the vessel after being attacked.

Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Tuesday said it has entered into an agreement to transfer its data centre and cloud services business to wholly owned subsidiary Vyoma.AI Ltd for Rs 1,400 crore. The transfer will be carried out on a going-concern basis through a slump sale, the company said in a filing to BSE. The consideration, subject to closing adjustments, will be discharged through the issue of fully paid-up equity shares of Vyoma.AI. Consideration estimated to be Rs 1,400 cror

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

Combined capital expenditure by 12 oil and gas PSUs fell 3.8 per cent to Rs 27,161 crore in Q1FY27, led by sharp declines at ONGC and Indian Oil, though experts see the dip as temporary

India is one of the world's largest equity-derivatives markets and the National Stock Exchange was the largest derivatives exchange by the number of contracts in 2025

Mutual funds did not drain India's deposits. Banks repriced their own liabilities - and the bill has now arrived

A proposal to bring three major infrastructure financing institutions under common management remains stalled despite overlapping mandates, similar government backing and growing capital needs

SBI plans to raise funds through five-year dollar bonds, with the final issue size hinging on its ability to compress the initial pricing guidance

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

While the complete report was not available at the time of publishing, the panel's recommendations in its statement focused on enhancing bus transport in the country

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 11: Stall allotments for the 9th edition of the Hyderabad International Machine Tool & Engineering Expo (HIMTEX 2026) are now settled, with organisers confirming 350+ exhibitors and 1,000+ live machines for the show, which runs 20-24 August at the HITEX Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad. At 18,500 sqm, this is the largest edition HIMTEX has staged so far.

The Court suggested that the existing tribunal mechanism could be improved through measures such as online access for judges