Month: August 2026
India-Sri Lanka focus on infrastructure projects; updating FTA to boost Comprehensive Partnership
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and top leaders in Colombo on Wednesday and both sides reviewed infrastructure projects,…
Earn Interest or Pay Interest? A Smarter Way to Buy a ₹1 Lakh Phone
A ₹1 lakh smartphone is no longer sold as a ₹1 lakh purchase. It is sold as an EMI of ₹8,000 or ₹9,000 a month….
India’s new 15-year tax break could unlock global rough diamond trade
Kolkata: India has moved closer to its ambition of becoming a global rough diamond trading hub after the government introduced a provision in the Taxation…
India’s economic growth may moderate in H2FY27, accelerate to 7.2% in FY28: Report
New Delhi: India’s economic growth will likely moderate in the second half of FY27 due to a high base effect; however, growth may strengthen to…
Spacetech Startups: Investors on a new mission: Funding spacetech startups
India’s fledgling private space industry has proven its expertise in building rockets and satellites, overcoming the single hardest capability hurdle in the newspace economy dominated…
India, Africa powerful force for global progress: Jaishankar
Africa is India’s partner and its “priority”, and whether one speaks of a multipolar world order or of a reformed multilateralism, it will happen only…
All about cars: Maruti Suzuki milestones, Ferrari’s order book & Xiaomi Kunlun
Opening thoughts. I must state some facts upfront: this edition of Wired Wisdom will be more about automobiles than our usual personal tech conversations, because…
KKR veterans Sanjay Nayar, Johannes Huth to anchor Rs 2,500-crore buyout fund Arjav Capital
Former KKR executives Sanjay Nayar and Johannes Huth, along with several family offices, are backing Arjav Capital, a Rs 2,000-2,500 crore mid-market buyout fund focused…
RBI holds repo rate at 5.25%, raises FY27 growth forecast, cuts inflation outlook
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% in the fourth consecutive policy review meeting, while marginally…
Govt mandates exporter registration for FDI-backed ecommerce inventory exports
New Delhi: An ecommerce company with foreign investment must register as an exporter-on-record (EOR) to hold inventory and can procure and stock goods only against…