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Cognitive warmup. Your Google TV-based Smart TV is set to get more of an AI flavour in 2026. Google, at CES 2026 last week, demonstrated…
Regulatory delays, late-stage funding gaps slowing India’s deeptech startups: VCs
As interest in deeptech increases, investors say regulatory bottlenecks and bureaucratic delays continue to be the biggest drags on innovation, often slowing down grants and…
India unfazed as US slaps 25% tariff on countries trading with Iran, sees minimal impact due to limited trade with Tehran since 2019
US President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on any country trading with Iran to mount “pressure” on Tehran, which is facing anti-government protests. The…
Budget 2026 may be high on highways: Faster clearances, InvIT push expected
India now has the world’s second-largest national highway (NH) network, spanning 146,560 km, up from 91,287 km in 2014— an increase of over 61%. This…
UIDF allocation 2026: Budget 2026: Urban infra fund may get additional ₹10,000 cr injection
New Delhi: The government may announce several measures to boost urban infrastructure in the upcoming budget and is likely to augment the Urban Infrastructure Development…
Cooling prices, uneven relief: Inflation at 12-year low, but gaps widen across states and rural India
India’s retail inflation fell to a 12-year low of 2.2% in 2025, with food prices slipping into deflation (-0.2%) for the first time since 2014….
Iran unrest delays India’s ₹2,000 cr basmati rice export dues; exporters eye new markets
Kolkata: India’s basmati rice exports are facing a setback as about ₹2,000 crore of payments are stuck, after protests in Iran brought trade to a…
RBI’s likely to hold interest rates with inflation set to rise
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to keep its repo rate unchanged in its February policy meeting as the central bank would…
Spice exporters may face heat from China chillies
New Delhi: China has started growing and exporting cumin and chillies, two of India’s core spice exports, often with lower price tags. The development could…
India, US discuss trade, minerals, defence & energy in latest talks between Jaishankar and Rubio
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said he spoke with US secretary of state Marco Rubio, during which the two discussed trade, critical minerals,…