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India's Rice Exporters Seek to Expand Commercial Links with Global Buyers
The Bharat International Rice Conference (BIRC) 2026 in New Delhi has scheduled 2,038 business-to-business meetings and ...
Google's Energy Shift: Michael Terrell Departs, AI Boom Fuels Infrastructure Hurdles
Google's Head of Advanced Energy, Michael Terrell, leaves the company after 19 years, while the AI boom fuels infrastruc...
India's Opposition Parties Unite Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar Amid Police Crackdowns
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and the INDIA bloc plan a protest march and memorandum to the Chief Justice of India ove...
India's Tourism Ambitions Face Reality Check as Arrivals Plummet
India's ambitious target of 100 million foreign arrivals by 2047 is under scrutiny as the country's tourism industry fac...
India's Modi Government Faces Backlash Over Election Commissioner's Resignation Demand
Opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, have criticized the Modi government's decision to impose security restrictio...
India Moves Beyond Advocacy, Steps Up Efforts for Russia-Ukraine Conflict Resolution
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced that India has moved beyond mere advocacy and is now actively engaging ...
Parliamentary Panel Demands MCA and ICAI Answer by 5 October on Reservation and Caste Bias Claims
A parliamentary committee has given the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the chartered accountants' institute until 5 O...
Uruguay's metaBIX Signs Global Licensing Deal With India's HiMedia, Projects $40M in Royalties
The AI-driven animal biovigilance startup will earn royalties on products HiMedia Laboratories develops using its data a...
India’s Gold Imports Plunge 57.75% in August While Silver Imports Jump 127%
Record gold prices and a higher import duty are reshaping India’s precious-metals trade, with August gold imports at $2....
Forbes India Brand Connect Profiles Ten Founders in Paid Entrepreneur Feature
A paid Forbes India Brand Connect feature highlights ten founders across tech, wellness, hospitality and audio. The perf...
India Clears DRDO Conventional Missile Technology Transfer to Domestic Defence Firms
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's approval opens DRDO-developed conventional missile systems to Indian manufacturers, aim...
India Now Has More Renewable Capacity Than Fossil Fuels, but the Grid Can’t Use It All
Solar drove an 81 GW jump in India's clean power capacity to 331 GW, yet clean sources still supplied only about a fifth...
SBI Research Sees $50 Billion Balance-of-Payments Surplus for FY27 as Inflows Surge
The bank expects another $25–30 billion in FCNR(B) inflows this month, taking total collections to around $85 billion an...
India's E-Commerce Order Volumes Jump 31% in Independence Day Sales
Fashion led order volumes while FMCG nearly doubled, as e-commerce sales value rose 30% during the August 6–14 sale wind...
TRAI's 5G Slicing Rules Should Test User Harm, Not PRB Use
TRAI wants to cap 5G network-slicing congestion with an 80% PRB threshold. The editorial argues that measuring radio res...
End of UGC-CARE List Pushes Indian Universities to Build Their Own Research Quality Systems
The withdrawal of India’s UGC-CARE journal list has shifted research evaluation to universities, creating new risks arou...
Independence Day Has Become a Consumer Holiday—and the Cure May Be Local
A personal essay from The Economic Times traces how August 15 shifted from spontaneous post-Partition celebration to fla...
Russia's Refineries Are Becoming the Economic Fault Line of the War
Ukrainian long-range drone strikes have knocked a large share of Russian refining capacity offline, forcing fuel rationi...
Pew Survey Finds Europe Warming to India While US Views Cool
A 36-country Pew Research survey shows Europe's view of India improving, led by Germany and the UK, while US sentiment c...
India Rice Export Prices Hit Near One-Year High as Tight Supply Meets El Niño Fears
Indian 5% broken parboiled rice rose to $362–$368 per ton, with Vietnam and Thailand following higher as El Niño worries...
RSWM and Noize Design Studio Joint Venture to Build India’s First Industry 5.0 Green Garment Plant
RSWM Limited partners with Barcelona-based NDS9 to set up a design-led denim and activewear manufacturing platform in In...
Kharif Sowing Gap Shrinks Under 2% as August Rains Revive Planting, Sugarcane Acreage Revised Down
India’s kharif crop coverage reaches 87.6% of normal, with the year-on-year deficit narrowing to 1.8% after accelerated ...
India Bans Renewable Energy Projects Within 1km of Borders, Expands Security Vetting to 50km
New MHA guidelines prohibit solar, wind and hybrid energy projects in a 1km strip along the LoC, LAC and International B...
VB-G RAM G Sees 49% Drop in Rural Employment in Debut Month
India's new rural jobs programme generated 77.6 million person-days in July 2026, half the 153.3 million under MGNREGA a...
Indian Founders Launch Ventures Across Education, Tech, Wellness, and Hospitality
From AI wellness companions to integrated business operating systems and portion-controlled honey, a wave of Indian entr...
Bollywood Stars Rally for Assam Flood Relief with Ground Support and Donations
Bhumi Pednekar visited flood-affected villages in Sivasagar district, while comedian Samay Raina contributed Rs 10 lakh ...
NEET-UG surge masks India's rural doctor crisis and medical education quality gaps
Despite a doubling of medical colleges and seats, chronic specialist shortages at rural health centres and uneven qualit...
India Slashes Unlawful Content Takedown Window to Just 3 Hours
The Indian government amends IT Rules 2021, reducing the mandatory removal time for sensitive online content from 36 hou...
India’s Round-the-Clock Renewable Tariff Hits ₹5.25/Unit, Signalling Cost-Competitive Clean Power
MNRE Secretary Santosh Sarangi highlighted the competitive tariff discovered by SECI, reflecting India's ability to inte...
Payments Council of India warns sustained investment needed to run UPI, backs merchant fees on large merchants
The industry body says small merchants and consumers will be shielded from charges, but large merchants may need to pay ...