Month: October 2026
Rupee sinks to two-month low amid FPI selling and rising US yields
Kolkata: The Indian rupee fell 0.5% Thursday to 96.3150 against the dollar, making it a two-month low and mirroring the fall in major Asian currencies,…
New data points to a sharper divide in consumption trends in rural, urban India
Kolkata: Indian households have entered 2026 on a more cautious footing, with urban consumers pulling back on spending even as rural households continued to increase…
Decoding Apple Pay, Vi’s international roaming, and Xiaomi’s new power banks
Opening thoughts. It took a while to get here, but Apple Pay is now in India. The launch partners are Axis Bank as well as…
Foreign capital is slipping away. Can India lure investors back?
Contrary to what many may be thinking, India is not facing a wholesale flight of foreign capital. Its foreign direct investment prospects remain relatively firm,…
Global business leaders and visionaries honoured at ET Indo Global Leaders 2026 in Dubai
The prestigious ET Indo Global Leaders 2026 brought together an influential gathering of entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors and policymakers at Al Habtoor Palace, Dubai, celebrating…
Technology Development Board: Tech development board pauses R&D funding citing flood of proposals , denies cash crunch
The Technology Development Board (TDB) has closed its call for proposals under the government’s Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) scheme for administrative reasons, its secretary…
Technology Development Board: Tech development board closes R&D funding call citing administrative reasons, denies funding shortage
The Technology Development Board (TDB) has closed its call for proposals under the government’s Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) scheme for administrative reasons, its secretary…
India cuts sugar stock holding period for dealers to 15 days to curb hoarding ahead of festivals
The Centre has cut the period for which sugar dealers can hold stock to 15 days and capped their holdings at 1,000 quintals, with effect…
India needs to shift more household savings to long-term pension assets: CEA Nageswaran
New Delhi: India needs to encourage households to commit a larger share of their savings to long-term pension products as pension and insurance assets remain…
From farm to classroom: Mahatma Gandhi’s vision for basic education and future of agricultural learning
October 2 is not merely an occasion to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. It is an opportunity to revisit his ideas in the…