India-EU trade pact to be signed by end of this year: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi: India and the European Union (EU) have agreed to ink the free trade agreement by the end of this year, Commerce and Industry…
Bill to prevent insults to Vande Mataram, amend FCRA Act listed for Parliament’s Monsoon session
A bill to give national song Vande Mataram the same statutory protection as the national anthem Jana Gana Mana and another legislation to ensure that…
Meet the Indian startups that joined the billion-dollar club in H1 2026
India added five new unicorns in the first half of the year, according to Tracxn’s India Tech H1 2026 report. The startups span artificial intelligence,…
RBI’s financial inclusion index rises 4.48 pc in FY26
Mumbai: Reserve Bank’s FI-Index, which captures the extent of financial inclusion in the country, rose 4.48 per cent during the year ending March 2026, the…
Government targets 25 pc food processing level by 2031; mulls policy measure to boost investment
New Delhi: Food Processing Secretary Avinash Joshi on Thursday said the ministry has set a target to increase the food processing level to 25 per…
Indian rice export prices extend gain on higher reserve price, monsoon concerns
Indian rice export prices rose for a third straight week, on a higher reserve price for the commodity sold under the government’s Open Market Sale…
Development of India’s highest commercial Lilium cultivation field starts in Ladakh
Leh: The development of India’s highest commercial Lilium cultivation field has commenced in Ladakh’s Choglamsar area, as part of an initiative to establish Ladakh as…
Ex-Ultrahuman exec raises $5.5 million for AI-native hardware startup Aina
Aina, a Bengaluru-based consumer hardware startup founded by former Ultrahuman executive Apoorv Shankar, has raised $5.5 million in its first funding round, to build context-aware…
India, UK trade pact to enhance exports competitiveness, slash trade costs: Experts
New Delhi: The India-UK free trade agreement is expected to reduce trade costs, enhance the competitiveness of domestic goods in the British market and boost…
If countries without GM seeds can get better yields in pulses, why can’t India: Chouhan to ICAR scientists
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday asked the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to intensify efforts to raise productivity in pulses…