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AI is helping Indian founders build prototypes faster, but scaling these startups is proving harder as technology costs, bugs and weak product understanding emerge

A 2017 RBI rule barring merchants from passing debit card MDR to customers could guide safeguards against similar charges on UPI payments

The BRICS Tourism Ministers' meeting, under India's chairship, concluded in Jaipur on Friday with the adoption of the BRICS Tourism Ministers' Communique 2026, also known as the Jaipur Declaration, aimed at strengthening tourism cooperation among member countries. The meeting, chaired by Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, marked the culmination of the BRICS Tourism Track under India's 2026 chairship, which was conducted under the theme Building for Resilience, Innovatio

Analysts said the recent rise in Treasury yields partly reflected expectations that AI-driven growth could push the Fed to keep rates elevated.

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The proposed Future Response Fund would finance programmes aimed at helping young people find jobs, buy homes and start families, while also supporting investments in AI, more

The Tokyo-based company spent 7 billion ($44 million) on the expansion project after forecasting the market will grow rapidly going forward.

TTD, the official custodian of Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple, is eyeing the deployment of an advanced robotic dog to strengthen real-time monitoring of wildlife movement to enhance devotees' safety in the woods surrounding Tirumala. TTD additional executive officer Ch Venkaiah Chowdary and other temple officials reviewed the performance of a quadruped robot (Robotic Dog) at Sri Padmavathi Guest House in Tirumala. To strengthen real-time monitoring of wildlife movement and enhance devotee safety

Corporate leaders' half-life has shrunk over the past few decades. That is the Tata experience as well

The Gulf is also India's western security flank, and changing regional alignments make any response to cross-border terror attacks more challenging

Amfi will conduct workshops and awareness programmes targeting women, first-time investors and underserved communities, while training 10,000 mutual fund distributors

Tintin makes us curious. Asterix makes us irreverent. Tintin tells us to discover the world. Asterix reminds us not to take its powerful people too seriously

The first generation of women of independent India carried within them important fragments of our history

Nirmal Purja's icy death has rekindled questions about safety, overcrowding and tourism in the mountains

Pharma and biotech company Symbiotec Pharmalab Ltd on Friday raised Rs 526 crore from anchor investors days before the opening of its initial public offering (IPO). The company allocated 53.26 lakh equity shares to anchor investors, including HDFC Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund and Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund. Shares were allotted at Rs 988 per share, the upper end of its IPO price band, according to a circular uploaded on the BSE website. The anchor round saw participation from foreign

Online Instruments has secured Sebi's approval to raise funds through an initial public offering, an update with the market regulator showed on Friday. The Bengaluru-based Online Instruments had filed its draft papers in May. After this, Sebi issued its observations on August 18, 2026, the data showed. In Sebi's parlance, obtaining observations is equivalent to securing approval to float a public offering. Online Instruments (India) Ltd's maiden public offering will be a fresh issue of equity sh

The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the food business licences of the Bombay Presidency Radio Club and a McDonald's outlet in south Mumbai along with 12 other food establishments across the state for alleged violations of food safety and hygiene norms, officials said on Friday. The FDA is in news since IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe took charge as its commissioner in May and launched a crackdown on food establishments found violating various laws and rules. In a recent s

Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said the functioning of his government to bring a ransformative change in West Bengal was guided by a four-point agenda, including an uncompromising stand on national security and nationalism. Addressing an event in Siliguri, which was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, he said that soon after assuming charge, his administration cleared the long-pending Census process and expedited land transfer to the BSF along West Bengal's border with Banglad

The CBI has filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) case in connection with an alleged Rs 1,200-crore loan fraud, officials said on Friday. According to an official statement, the chargesheet was filed before the Special Judge for CBI Cases in Mumbai and names Amitabh Jhunjhunwala, Group Managing Director of the Reliance ADA Group, for alleged offences of criminal conspiracy, criminal misappropriation and cheating. The agency said its investigation revealed th

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Friday that reforms in all spheres are his government's commitment and that India continues to take several steps to ensure continued growth momentum. Addressing the Economic Times World Leaders Forum, Modi also said India has political stability and continuity in its policies, and the world sees the country as a bright spot of growth and hope. India continues to take several steps to ensure continued growth momentum. India is pushing ahead with reforms a

The banking system had a liquidity surplus of Rs 3.5 trillion on Thursday, while banks parked Rs 95,970 crore in the three-day VRRR auction on Friday

From Star TV and Zee's satellite revolution to Netflix and JioStar, India's media industry has evolved into a 2.8-trillion digital and entertainment powerhouse

Odisha has approved 14 projects across 10 districts, spanning food processing, textiles, chemicals, electronics and steel, with potential to create 14,104 jobs

Experts say workers in some hospitals, educational institutions and service establishments could lose access to retrenchment safeguards and dispute mechanisms

Tata Trusts will fund academic infrastructure, research and faculty development at IIM Bangalore's undergraduate school and support its new residential campus

Sources said the directions have also been issued to prepare a model for increasing employability and upskilling opportunities for ITI students and rejigging the method of granting them degrees

Joyalukkas emerged as the lowest bidder for Tamil Nadu's Rs 755-crore scheme to provide 1-gram gold rings to 4.42 lakh newborn babies, quoting a symbolic service charge

Seven projects worth Rs 427.8 crore were inaugurated, while concession agreements for three mechanisation projects involving around Rs 1,580 crore were signed

Petitioner argued Arsenicum Album had not undergone requisite clinical trials; court said a separate petition could challenge alleged non-compliance with protocols

New Delhi and Dhaka are exploring a summit between the two prime ministers later this year as they renegotiate the 30-year-old Ganga Water Treaty expiring in December

Strong order pipelines and comfortable balance sheets offer support, but project delays, commodity inflation and higher input costs continue to weigh on execution and margins

Three entities, including global venture capital firm Accel, on Friday divested nearly a 5 per cent stake in SaaS company Amagi Media Labs for Rs 587 crore through open market transactions. A total of 1,04,88,021 equity shares, representing a 4.85 per cent stake in Bengaluru-based Amagi Media Labs, were offloaded by Trudy Holdings, AVP I Fund and Accel through its affiliates, according to block deal data on the NSE. The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 560 apiece, taking the com

New regime takes effect from April 1, 2027; selected candidates will undergo one year of intensive training followed by a year-long structured clerkship

The government on Friday relaxed the 'One Star Export House' eligibility condition for exporters by revising the specific international trade and financial performance norms in three consecutive fiscal years. Earlier, exporters were required to achieve specific export performance in all three preceding financial years to receive the 'Star Export House' status. Under the revised norms, export firms reporting the same in any two of the three preceding fiscals will be eligible to get this recogniti

US-based retail giant Walmart has said the timing shift of the 'Big Billion Days' sales event of its Indian e-commerce arm Flipkart in FY27 will create a headwind in the third quarter, while it will provide a corresponding boost in the fourth quarter. Walmart said it expects a headwind of more than 100 basis points to third-quarter sales growth due to the shift in timing of Flipkart's Big Billion Days event between the third and fourth quarters. For Q3 sales guidance, we expect a headwind of ove

MNRE has asked renewable energy implementing agencies to explore ways to secure power purchase agreements for stalled projects, including by changing their profile

I4C notices said websites and databases were impersonating Android apps of major banks and using offers of reward-point redemption and credit limit upgrades to defraud users

Mumbai bench holds Rs 20 crore paid by Pen India towards film release as financial debt under IBC, imposes moratorium and appoints interim resolution professional

The new pipelines will traverse Telangana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Goa, expanding the common carrier LPG network by nearly 23.5%

Tata MF, HDFC MF, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF and Axis MF have removed restrictions on direct gold ETF investments as supply and macroeconomic concerns ease

Normally, India has had a surplus of sugar, with 32-34 mmt produced annually, against domestic consumption of around 28-29 mmt

The India vs Netherlands Women's Hockey World Cup phase 2 match will be available for live streaming on JioHotstar through its app and website

Banks have already mobilised $52.3 billion under RBI's concessional swap window, helping deposit growth and LDRs, but analysts expect NIM dilution of 3-15 basis points

The RBI's Central Board also reviewed various areas of the central bank's operations, including the functioning of its committees and the Ombudsman Scheme

Delhi has registered more than 1,700 cases of swine flu this year, health department officials said on Friday, as the national capital sees a surge in seasonal influenza cases during monsoon. On the day, Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh and representatives of the health department are scheduled to meet Union Health Minister J P Nadda and senior officials from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to review the swine flu situation in the capital. A report is being prepared to as

New Delhi [India], August 21: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), one of India's leading NAAC A++ accredited institutions and ranked #3 in NIRF, has launched three new online programs: Master of Science (MSc) in Financial Economics, MSc in Biostatistics, and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Information Systems and Management.

Crompton targets 13-14% annual revenue growth over FY26-29 and aims to double revenue by FY31, aided by premiumisation, new categories and expansion of adjacencies

Centre is discussing the issue with states amid industry concerns that denial of input tax credit on construction of own-use assets raises the cost of large investments