Month: July 2026
Uber to acquire Germany’s Delivery Hero in $14.8 billion deal
Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to buy Delivery Hero SE in a deal that values the German food-delivery company at $14.8 billion. The Delivery Hero…
Corporate demand resilient amid new opportunities opened up by FTAs, says Ficci chief
India’s corporate sector has entered the current financial year on a firm footing, with demand holding up across most parts of the economy despite inflationary…
‘The AI rationale is shifting, to cost and trust’: Mehran Gul
For much of the past three years, the artificial intelligence (AI) race appeared deceptively straightforward. The fastest, strongest and most powerful will likely win. The…
ICAR to cap rice, wheat area under crop diversification plan; forms 52 task teams for 2047 roadmap
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will push for crop diversification under its roadmap for 2047, with the area under rice to…
India-UK trade deal: Luxury cars get cheaper, but your Scotch will have to wait
British carmakers have moved quickly to pass on tariff benefits from the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which came into effect on Wednesday,…
PM Modi pushes to cut imports to shield India from shocks
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking steps to reduce key imports into the economy in order to protect supply chains and ease pressure on…
Maharashtra govt to waive Rs 48,000 crore pending farm power dues: Devendra Fadnavis
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced that the state government will waive around Rs 48,000 crore in pending electricity dues of farmers to…
India’s direct tax body notifies Cost Inflation Index for this fiscal year
India‘s direct tax body has notified the Cost Inflation Index (CII), a tool to measure the rise in cost due to inflation, for fiscal year…
Tech Tonic | Xiaomi is no longer making just gadgets, it is building an empire
When Xiaomi first made its intentions clear with the Human x Car x Home philosophy in early 2024, skeptics would have likely brushed it aside…
Mozilla calls out Microsoft, placebo sleep, Stuffcool Lumo, and Xiaomi Sky Nomad
Opening thoughts. Mozilla isn’t at best pleased with typical Microsoft tactics. Monopolistic behaviour, is another way to describe it. Mozilla’s published the Over The Edge…