Month: April 2026
IPL teams appeal for tax rematch: ‘Treat event as sport, not entertainment’
New Delhi: Indian Premier League (IPL) teams have asked the finance ministry to treat the tournament’s cricket fixtures as sporting events and not entertainment, a…
Lovable denies data breach, says public settings are ‘intentional’
Stockholm-based AI app-building platform Lovable said it did not suffer a data breach after concerns surfaced over the visibility of chat messages and code in…
RBI plans to remain nimble to prevent persistent supply shock amid West Asia crisis
Kolkata: Reserve Bank of India governor Sanjay Malhotra said the central bank will stay agile in policymaking to ensure that the supply shocks triggered by…
Deal activity value jumps 18 pc to USD 123.8 bn in 2025; volumes drop marginally
Mumbai: Overall deal activity in the country jumped 18 per cent by value to USD 123.8 billion in 2025, despite a 3 per cent drop…
Phase-I of bilateral trade agreement with US almost ready: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi: India and the US have almost finalised the first tranche of their bilateral trade agreement (BTA), and New Delhi will discuss a mechanism…
The luxury of hindsight, the urgency of foresight: What India can still get right
There is a peculiar asymmetry in statecraft, foresight is often dismissed as alarmism until events confer upon it the legitimacy of hindsight. The unfolding crisis…
AI talent gap of nearly 40% emerges as biggest bottleneck for GCC growth: Quess report
India’s Global Capability Centre (GCC) ecosystem is facing a widening shortage of specialised AI and data talent. The gap now stands at 38-42%, making it…
West Asia crisis poses risks to India’s trade and macroeconomic stability: NITI Aayog report
New Delhi: The geopolitical tensions in West Asia pose risks to India’s trade and macroeconomic stability by widening the current account deficit (CAD), exerting pressure…
Core sector output fell 0.4% in March, lowest in 19 months
India’s core sector output fell by 0.4% year-on-year in March, the lowest in 19 months, due to a steep decline in fertiliser production amid the…
RBI draft for upper layer non-banks affects CICs disproportionately, raises compliances costs
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank’s recently released draft on upper layer non-bank finance companies (NBFCs) impacts core investment companies “disproportionately” by upping compliance costs, a report…