Month: May 2026
Not all startups are built the same. Which category defines yours?
Every founder has had this moment. You’re halfway through an award application form, confidently filling in your startup’s name, website, founding year and financials, until…
India needs to raise R&D spending to 2 pc of GDP by 2035 to boost manufacturing: Report
Mumbai: India’s manufacturing growth is constrained by low spending on research and development (R&D) at just 0.6 per cent of GDP, and it should increase…
Parle stock’s ‘melodious’ moment as price rises 5% after PM Modi gifts Melody to Meloni. But there is a twist
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Italy for an official trip, had an unusual gift for his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni – a pack…
‘A decisive phase’: Giorgia Meloni says India-Italy ties are being rewritten at speed
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday said relations between India and Italy had entered a “decisive phase”, adding that a deeper strategic alignment between…
Why CEA Anantha Nageswaran says India is facing a ‘Live Balance of Payments Stress Test’
India is facing one of its toughest external-sector challenges in years as rising oil prices, foreign investor exits, a weakening rupee, and slowing capital inflows…
Competition Commission of India says it won’t allow ‘winner-takes-all tyranny’ of Big Tech firms in digital markets
New Delhi: Competition Commission seeks to strike the right balance to ensure that it neither stifles innovation with over-regulation nor allows the “winner-takes-all tyranny” of…
Citi sees India tightening currency controls to halt Rupee slump
India may take a number of steps in coming months to bolster foreign reserves and the rupee, including possibly restricting outflows from businesses, according to…
UN cuts India’s 2026 GDP forecast to 6.4 pc, still among fastest-growing economies
United Nations: The United Nations has revised downward India’s economic growth forecast for 2026 to 6.4 per cent from its earlier projection of 6.6 per…
DG ICAR Jat felicitates progressive millet farmer K Chikkana at ICAR-IIMR
M L Jat, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR, on Tuesday felicitated K. Chikkana, a progressive millet farmer from Bombrahalli village in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district,…
Airtel’s Priority Postpaid 5G fast lane may reopen net neutrality fault lines
Bharti Airtel on Tuesday announced a significant change to the company’s telecom network infrastructure, implementing a new slicing technology that will prioritise the 5G experience…