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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

Crisil said impact will not be uniform, as it will be sharper for manufacturers with greater dependence on legacy urea ops and for plants that benefited most from earlier efficiency-linked savings

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

The panel has recommended that basic hospital room tariffs should not exceed average room rates at three-star hotels in the peripheral area or vicinity of the facility

SBI had the largest amount of unclaimed deposits transferred to the fund at Rs 20,040 crore, followed by Punjab National Bank at Rs 7,585 crore, Canara Bank at Rs 6,830 crore

To overhaul the system, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare approved the DAM for the creation of a DPI to enable a robust digital agriculture ecosystem in the country.

The Bill proposes a National Tribunals Commission and a data grid, but legal experts say timely appointments and adequate infrastructure will be critical to reform

The exchange asked Sebi in July to put its February 2025 exit application on hold, but the regulator has yet to receive a formal proposal for its revival

Air India CEO Wilson summoned by MoCA over Phuket-Delhi flight incident

Five waterways have been identified in Karnataka and three in Jammu & Kashmir as the government seeks to expand environmentally sustainable cargo and passenger transport

Recruitment billings rose 17.5 per cent year-on-year, while 99acres moved close to breakeven as competitive intensity eased and billings grew 16.5 per cent

The company is preparing another Rs 1,500 crore investment cycle for the following year and plans India's first commercial carbon nanotube manufacturing plant

Move will extend Vault Managers Regulations beyond EGRs to ETFs, derivatives

Government data shows 3.1% of 70,652 fruit and vegetable samples tested over three years exceeded FSSAI pesticide residue limits, prompting continued monitoring and farmer training

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Google Cloud have set up a new Gemini Experience Center (GEC) in Mexico City, TCS' second in Latin America and the ninth worldwide.