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Xi arrives in Delhi for BRICS and a Modi meeting, his first India visit in seven years
The visit marks a cautious diplomatic thaw, but the border dispute, trade imbalance and security mistrust still define the relationship.
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BRICS is trying to find common ground on terrorism, global-governance reform and a more multipolar order
The Delhi Declaration is expected to test whether an expanded BRICS can convert broad dissatisfaction with the current system into workable consensus.
World
Saudi Arabia shuts its East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack, raising a new risk for global energy flows
The pipeline is a major bypass around the Strait of Hormuz, so any prolonged disruption matters directly to oil-importing economies such as India.
Economy
India-EU trade deal moves close to the finish line as Brussels awaits top-level approval
The European Commission has advanced the agreement toward the EU Council, bringing a long-running negotiation closer to formal closure.
Economy
SEBI proposes a new way to set derivatives settlement prices on expiry days
The regulator wants closing-auction prices and VWAP to play a larger role, aiming to reduce distortion and improve settlement accuracy.
World
Modi-Pezeshkian talks put safe navigation, seafarers and India-Iran ties at the centre
The meeting links India's Iran policy with maritime security, energy routes and the practical costs of instability in West Asia.
Environment
Indonesia prepares for possible repatriation of five baby orangutans rescued in Odisha
The case is being examined as a possible transnational wildlife-trafficking route because orangutans are not native to India.
Economy
BRICS is exploring pragmatic cross-border payments and more trade in local currencies
The emphasis is on interoperability and lower transaction costs rather than a single common BRICS currency.
Science
BRICS showcase puts 37 Indian deep-tech innovations in front of global investors and delegations
The exposition includes AI cancer screening, marine robotics, clean-energy systems and other university-linked innovations.
India
India crosses 80 lakh HPV vaccine doses in its national cervical-cancer prevention campaign
The campaign targets 14-year-old girls with a free, voluntary single dose and reports 100% coverage in four states.
Economy
India's new e-commerce rules target dark patterns, sponsored listings and price transparency
The amended consumer-protection rules will take effect from January 1, 2027 and tighten disclosure obligations across online marketplaces.
India
Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 2026 will take effect on October 1 and modernise how banking records are used in court
The new law replaces the 1891 framework and standardises certification for contemporary digital banking records.
Science
India is framing critical minerals as an energy-security and national-security problem, not just a mining issue
The government is pushing domestic capability, industry-research links and global partnerships to build more resilient strategic-material supply chains.
Economy
EU drops a proposed aluminium-scrap export duty after concerns it could complicate the India trade deal
India is a major buyer of European aluminium scrap, turning an industrial-policy proposal into a test of trade-negotiation leverage.
Opinion
BRICS is bigger than ever. Its main challenge is now coherence, not expansion
The enlarged bloc represents a huge share of the world economy and population, but members disagree on how geopolitical the grouping should become.
Economy
RBI says bond sales and FX swaps are on the table to drain excess banking liquidity
A liquidity surplus above ₹10 trillion is pushing overnight rates below the repo rate, forcing the central bank to think beyond routine absorption operations.
Economy
Nearly a third of India's coal power plants are at critically low fuel stocks
High electricity demand, low hydro support and limited storage are pushing the power system back toward its coal constraint.
Economy
The rupee posts its sharpest weekly fall in four months as oil and global yields squeeze India
The currency ended around 95.55 to the dollar after a fourth straight daily decline, keeping RBI intervention and imported inflation in focus.
India
CEC says zero appeals were filed against name deletions in 12 states after SIR
The claim puts the design and public awareness of electoral-roll appeal mechanisms under scrutiny, especially after earlier disputes over revision exercises.
Economy
BRICS finance chiefs push IMF-World Bank reform and a stronger cross-border payments architecture
The statement puts representation in global financial institutions and cheaper cross-border payments at the heart of the bloc's economic agenda.
World
India and China are arranging a Modi-Xi meeting as BRICS brings the two leaders back to the same table
The planned bilateral could test how far the recent diplomatic thaw can move beyond border management into economic and political cooperation.
World
Modi and Putin meet in Delhi with trade, energy and defence at the centre of the agenda
The bilateral comes just before the BRICS summit, with oil, defence ties, nuclear cooperation and trade diversification all in play.
Economy
Punjab's rice mills are running out of room as old stocks collide with the next paddy cycle
The Centre has extended the Custom Milled Rice deadline to November 30, but procurement for the new season begins on October 1.
Environment
Centre defers limestone mine clearance near Great Indian Bustard habitat in Rajasthan
The decision brings the collision between mineral extraction and species conservation back into focus in one of India's most fragile grassland landscapes.
Economy
RBI governor tells fintechs to treat customer data as a fiduciary responsibility, not a monetisation asset
The message sharpens the regulatory debate around consent, purpose limitation and systemic responsibility in India's fast-growing fintech ecosystem.
Science
India reiterates its 2035 space-station and 2040 Moon goals while inviting global partners
At the International Space Summit in Paris, Modi framed India's next phase around international cooperation, private-sector growth and sustainable space activity.
Economy
Public-sector bank strike disrupts services as unions press for a five-day week and pending reforms
Most private banks remained open, but the nationwide strike affected branch operations across public-sector banks.
World
Iran's Pezeshkian arrives for BRICS with a Modi meeting on the agenda
The bilateral will unfold while West Asia tensions, energy security and differences over summit language put extra weight on India's balancing role.
Economy
BRICS is putting an incubator network, startup fund and supply-chain framework on the summit table
The proposals show the grouping moving beyond political signalling toward practical economic infrastructure for startups and logistics.
India
Supreme Court dismisses challenge to HPV vaccination rollout after consent and safety concerns are raised
The case put informed consent, adverse-event monitoring and public-health evidence in the same courtroom.
India
Supreme Court presses for food warning labels: what could change on packets
The debate turns on when a warning should apply and how quickly it should take effect. The final requirements still need confirmation.
Technology
Visa, Mastercard and Ant are trying to standardise how payment systems identify AI agents
The three payment firms are working on a shared 'Know-Your-Agent' framework as autonomous software begins making purchases on users' behalf.
Science
A metal-free photocatalyst could improve solar hydrogen production, but this is still laboratory-stage research
CeNS researchers used an amino acid and an organic light-absorbing molecule to improve charge transport and photocurrent without relying on precious-metal photocatalysts.
India
India's coastal cleanup drive will run September 12-19 across more than 100 locations
Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar 5.0 adds a national Ocean Olympiad to a week of beach cleanups, public pledges, rallies and youth activities.
India
Kerala police booked a TV anchor over a debate on a cleric's remarks. The legal issue is speech versus religious offence
Senior journalist Aparna Kurup faces an FIR over remarks made while questioning a cleric's comments on women's conduct, bringing criminal speech law and media freedom into the same case.
Science
India is backing patient-specific 3D-printed bone grafts as an import-substitution technology
The Technology Development Board is supporting Ceramat's effort to commercialise customised calcium-phosphate grafts made with DLP and extrusion-based 3D printing.
India
Madhya Pradesh says Dubai outreach brought ₹53,000 crore in proposals. Proposals are not investment yet
The state has reported interest across logistics, AI, green energy and other sectors, but the number describes proposed projects, not capital already committed or deployed.
India
Five baby orangutans found in Odisha point to a possible international wildlife-trafficking route
The apes are not native to India. Odisha Police's STF and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau are investigating how five juveniles reached Balasore.
India
Supreme Court flags alleged intimidation of a minor protester and raises the question of state protection
The court expressed concern over allegations that a girl who joined a Jantar Mantar protest was being threatened and indicated that her family may need protection.
World
India is pushing a BRICS digital-currency link. The hard part is interoperability, not the slogan
Reuters reports that India wants BRICS central-bank digital currencies linked for cross-border payments, but political, technical and adoption barriers remain substantial.
India
Mumbai-Goa highway delays have become a public accountability test for the highways ministry
Nitin Gadkari has publicly criticised the prolonged execution problems and promised action against contractors and officials responsible for poor work.
Economy
RBI is using FX swaps to drain rupee liquidity and make currency shorts more expensive
Sell-buy dollar swaps have pushed forward premiums higher, giving the rupee an indirect cushion even as expensive oil keeps the currency under pressure.
Economy
The AI boom is now big enough to become a financial-stability question, BIS warns
The Bank for International Settlements is looking beyond productivity gains to debt-funded investment, valuations, concentration and job disruption.
India
Karnataka is bringing back student-union elections after 37 years
The Cabinet has cleared a framework for college elections without party affiliation, reopening a debate about campus democracy, representation and institutional autonomy.
India
Uttarakhand's Form-7 numbers are highly concentrated. That does not by itself prove wrongful deletion
More than 85% of 1,30,382 Form-7 applications came from four plains districts, but an application to delete a name is not the same as a verified deletion.
Economy
India is building an AI-agent registry for UPI. Liability is the unresolved part
Reuters reports that NPCI is developing a registry to verify AI agents that make payments on users' behalf, but rules for errors and unauthorised transactions are still unsettled.
India
The Supreme Court will take up the marital-rape exception for final hearing in three weeks
The case returns the conflict between marital status, consent, bodily autonomy and criminal-law policy to the constitutional centre.
Business
FIU has moved against 15 crypto platforms. The key issue is AML compliance, not a blanket crypto ban
The enforcement action focuses on registration and reporting obligations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Technology
UIDAI has opened Aadhaar face authentication to native apps with a new SDK and sandbox
The toolkit adds native Android and iOS integration, liveness checks and a testing environment for entities building face-authentication services.
India
DILRMP 3.0 is set to launch this evening with a GIS-enabled 'Land Stack'
The ₹565.5-crore phase is designed to integrate maps, records and digital land administration from 2026 to 2031.
World
India and Sri Lanka are pushing maritime cooperation toward real-time domain awareness
The agenda spans search and rescue, counter-narcotics, piracy, illegal fishing and humanitarian response across a shared maritime neighbourhood.
Business
Indian markets are flat, but oil above $100 is changing the risk map underneath
Energy producers can benefit from higher crude even as the broader economy faces pressure through inflation, the rupee and input costs.
India
India's One Health Mission is linking human, animal and wastewater surveillance
The surveillance network is tracking 13 pathogens across 47 cities while genomic hubs and a national biosecurity policy are being developed.
India
Eight railway multitracking projects worth about ₹20,800 crore will add nearly 1,200 km of capacity
Two CCEA packages span 31 districts and are aimed at easing congestion, improving freight movement and expanding rail capacity.
Technology
India has joined a 6G security initiative with a target of shaping global standards, not just deploying networks
The government's 6G strategy is increasingly about patents, standards and trusted infrastructure rather than simply being early to launch a service.
India
The Centre will consult farmer leaders today before finalising a tougher law against fake seeds
The meeting is scheduled for 4 PM on September 10, so the consultation should be treated as upcoming until it actually takes place.
World
Brent is holding above $100 as tanker attacks deepen the Strait of Hormuz shock
Oil prices remain elevated as attacks and shipping disruption intensify fears around the world's most important energy chokepoint.
World
Xi's India visit may deepen the diplomatic thaw. Business ties are still constrained by mistrust
The expected BRICS visit would be Xi Jinping's first trip to India in seven years, but visas, investment screening and technology concerns still limit a full reset.
Business
The rupee has weakened to around 95.30 as expensive oil keeps pressure on India's currency
RBI-linked dollar sales may slow the slide, but the broader pressure is coming from India's oil import bill and sustained demand for dollars.
World
West Asia is testing BRICS unity before leaders even enter the summit room
Sherpas are trying to bridge differences over the West Asia crisis as an expanded BRICS prepares for its New Delhi summit.
India
Article 371(K) is on the table for Ladakh. The unresolved question is how much power it would actually protect
The Centre has floated a new constitutional safeguard for Ladakh, but land, jobs and the powers of elected institutions remain the real negotiating points.
World
Brent is nearing $100 again. For India, the risk runs from inflation to the rupee
Escalating Middle East conflict has pushed crude sharply higher, reviving concerns over India’s import bill, inflation and external balance.
Business
The rupee has slipped past 95 to the dollar as oil tests the RBI’s defence
Rising crude prices and persistent dollar demand pushed the currency weaker despite recent intervention by the Reserve Bank of India.
India
India and China held two days of senior military talks as Arunachal tensions persist
The MEA confirmed back-to-back senior commander meetings in the eastern sector, extending the border dialogue beyond eastern Ladakh.
World
Modi and Putin are set to meet ahead of the BRICS summit in New Delhi
The planned meeting puts energy, defence, trade and strategic coordination back at the centre of India-Russia ties.
World
Nepal’s flood disaster has moved the loss-and-damage debate from COP halls to the Himalayas
Kathmandu is seeking international support after catastrophic flooding, putting climate finance and Himalayan vulnerability in sharp focus.
Science
India is preparing the ground for deep-sea mining. The real prize is critical minerals
A government-industry workshop linked ocean technology with supply security for nickel, cobalt, copper and manganese.
Business
India’s 7.8% GDP print has triggered a methodology debate. MoSPI is defending the new series
The statistics ministry says the new base year and wider use of direct digital and survey data make the revised series stronger.
India
Maharashtra’s SIR data shows large gaps in some constituencies. The numbers need careful reading
An analysis found higher ‘uncollectable’ rates in many Muslim-heavy seats, but the dataset itself does not identify voters by religion.
Technology
A Delhi High Court PIL is targeting infinite scroll and autoplay, not just harmful content
The petition argues that engagement-maximising design itself should be examined as a regulatory issue, especially for young users.
India
Delhi High Court wants a concrete rabies-elimination plan for 2030
The court has asked the government to explain how it will implement vaccination, sterilisation and animal-birth-control infrastructure.
India
Exercise Veer Guardian 2026 deepens India-Japan air-combat cooperation
The bilateral drill at Jodhpur brings together Tejas, Su-30MKI, Rafale and Japan’s F-2A fighters.
World
Shipping through Hormuz has fallen below recent averages as Gulf risks rise
Reduced vessel traffic through the chokepoint is an early warning signal for energy and commodity supply chains.
Business
NSE’s long-awaited IPO is moving closer, with a reported ₹1,700-1,785 price band
The proposed listing would place India’s dominant exchange among the country’s most valuable listed companies.
World
India and Morocco have opened a new Joint Defence Committee channel
The inaugural meeting covered training, peacekeeping, cyber defence, military medicine and defence industry cooperation.
India
Lumpy Skin Disease is under control, but India is tightening cattle surveillance and vaccination
The animal-husbandry department reports 3,461 active cases and is urging states to maintain vaccination, movement control and vector management.
India
At WHO RC79, health-worker shortages and specialist access took centre stage
India highlighted expansion in medical education as the region adopted the Dili Declaration on equity in specialised care.
Business
Sponge iron prices have hit a two-year high as coal costs squeeze Indian producers
Higher imported-coal costs and domestic supply constraints are feeding into steel-making inputs.
Business
Indian markets fell as crude surged and IT stocks came under pressure
The Sensex and Nifty declined as investors reassessed inflation and growth risks from higher oil prices.
Technology
Adyen is expanding in India as global payment firms rethink the UPI market
The Dutch fintech sees long-term opportunity in cross-border commerce and India’s fast-growing digital-payments ecosystem.
Science
India and Japan are widening forest cooperation beyond protected forests
The latest joint working group focused on trees outside forests, forest genetics and improved planting material.
India
NIA’s latest chargesheet puts immigration law alongside a terror investigation
Seven foreign nationals face action under the Foreigners Act as the agency continues a wider national-security probe.
India
Supreme Court tells Odisha to decide Dara Singh’s remission plea instead of delaying it
The case brings executive remission, sentence-review boards and judicial oversight back into focus.
India
Raghav Chadha’s voter-roll dispute shows how SIR, shifting residence and Form 6 can collide
His name was deleted from Punjab’s draft roll and later appeared in Delhi, triggering competing claims over the enrolment process.
India
UP has raised Anganwadi honoraria and added ₹5 lakh health cover
The state also plans wider smartphone use and real-time data systems in Anganwadi centres.
India
Kolkata suspended 40 food licences after a citywide safety drive
Inspections found refrigeration, sanitation and pest-control failures, underlining the enforcement side of food regulation.
Technology
Pune Police will use AI to predict congestion during Ganeshotsav
The Trafficure platform will analyse patterns in real time and help officers redeploy personnel before bottlenecks worsen.
Science
Indian researchers have built a single-piece bi-layer dental implant to reduce repeat surgery
The design combines titanium alloy and zirconia in an attempt to improve stability, durability and biocompatibility.
World
A Taiwan conflict would be a global economic shock, not only a regional security crisis
A senior US representative in Taipei warned of catastrophic consequences as tensions remain high across the Taiwan Strait.
India
J&K medical interns have ended their stipend strike after a government assurance
The dispute highlights how workforce conditions can directly affect public-hospital capacity.
India
The ‘shuddhikaran’ FIR in Uttarakhand has reopened questions about caste, dignity and public space
Police registered a case after complaints over an alleged purification ritual following Mallikarjun Kharge’s rally in Haldwani.
Business
Steel prices are rising again. Coking coal and imports explain why
Post-monsoon demand is colliding with costlier coking coal even as rising imports limit how far domestic mills can push prices.
Business
Nifty’s closing auction is creating a new kind of expiry-day volatility
India’s new closing-auction mechanism is meant to improve price discovery, but derivatives expiry is exposing a volatility problem.
India
After Satya Niketan, the Supreme Court may push student-housing safety nationwide
The Delhi hostel collapse has moved from a local building-safety failure to a possible national regulatory question.
India
India’s ambulance gap is an emergency-care problem, not just a vehicle shortage
The real question is whether India has a coordinated pre-hospital emergency-care network with the right vehicles, staff and response times.
World
Nepal’s flood rescue exposes the Himalayan risk to hydropower infrastructure
A glacier-driven flood damaged hydropower projects and trapped workers underground, turning climate risk into an infrastructure-resilience test.
World
Kailash Mansarovar is a pilgrimage shaped by geography — and India-China ties
The sacred journey crosses extreme high-altitude terrain in Tibet, while access for Indian pilgrims has repeatedly depended on bilateral relations.
India
Colonial forest policy changed the Himalayas. The ecological legacy remains
Commercial timber extraction did more than remove trees: it recast forest rights, institutions and the relationship between mountain communities and the state.
India
Vadodara’s ₹35,000-crore package links tribal rail, highways and floating solar
Beyond the completed freight corridor, the package combines rail capacity, tribal connectivity, highways, housing, water and a 110 MW floating-solar project.
India
Allahabad High Court turns an NSA case into a lesson on administrative accountability
The court’s response to a preventive-detention case goes beyond release: it targets personal accountability for the use of extraordinary state power.
Culture
The National Film Awards are moving beyond Delhi — and widening their cultural map
The 72nd National Film Awards will be presented at Ekta Nagar as the government begins taking the ceremony to different parts of the country.
India
India’s Dedicated Freight Corridor is finally complete. Here is what changes
Three final Western DFC sections connect the freight network directly to JNPT, completing a two-decade infrastructure project with major implications for logistics and trade.
Technology
Fintech is moving from payments to agentic AI, tokenisation and quantum
Global Fintech Fest 2026 puts emerging technologies at the centre of the next phase of digital finance, with inclusion and trust as the policy test.
India
Kharif sowing has crossed 1,086 lakh hectares, but rice acreage is lower
India’s latest sowing data show broad crop coverage holding up, even as rice acreage remains below last year’s level.
Business
₹37,500 crore coal-gasification push draws seven bids. The trade-off matters
The scheme is designed to turn domestic coal into products such as syngas, urea and synthetic gas while reducing selected import dependencies.
India
FCI’s new MoU puts technology and accountability at the centre of foodgrain management
The FY 2026–27 agreement is a reminder that food security depends not only on procurement, but also on storage, movement, data and institutional performance.
India
IAF’s DRONATHON puts indigenous drones and counter-drone systems to an operational test
The initiative brings domestic unmanned and counter-UAS technologies closer to real military requirements rather than laboratory demonstrations alone.
India
PM-SETU clears ₹735.70 crore for industry-led ITI transformation
The latest approvals take cumulative sanctioned investment to ₹2,171 crore across nine ITI clusters, with industry participation built into the model.
India
A new cancer day-care facility in Vidisha tests decentralised oncology care
The DAE-Tata Memorial model is being extended closer to district-level patients, where travel and continuity of care often become major barriers.
Culture
Bhupen Hazarika at 100: why his legacy matters beyond music
The centenary is a window into Assam’s cultural history, the Brahmaputra imagination and the role of art in connecting the Northeast with the rest of India.
India
India’s packaged-food crackdown is really a governance story
Enforcement against misleading labels, hygiene failures and unsafe products is exposing the gap between food-market growth and regulatory capacity.
India
Women’s reservation is law. The next question is implementation
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla says the 33% quota can reshape political leadership; the delimitation-linked implementation path remains the key issue.
Business
RBI is defending the rupee again as oil pressure returns
State-run banks were seen selling dollars as the rupee weakened, highlighting how oil and capital flows feed into exchange-rate management.
Business
Indian banks have a hidden FX risk in overseas deposits
Large foreign-currency deposits have strengthened funding, but interest payments can still create exchange-rate exposure if banks leave them unhedged.
World
China’s export surge is reshaping the trade picture
August exports rose 25% year on year and imports 28.2%, giving policymakers another signal about Chinese demand, industrial strength and global imbalances.
World
Houthi attacks on Saudi energy facilities put oil security back on India’s radar
Attacks across Saudi cities injured dozens and disrupted energy facilities, adding another layer of risk to already elevated crude prices.
World
Russia resumes strikes on Kyiv after a brief diplomatic pause
Missile and drone attacks returned after a short pause around US diplomatic activity, underlining how fragile battlefield-to-diplomacy linkages remain.
Business
The US now supplies more than half of India’s LPG imports
The shift from less than 10% to over 50% in six months shows how the Hormuz crisis is rapidly rewiring India’s energy-supply geography.
World
UAE is building trade routes that can bypass Hormuz
East-coast port capacity and alternative energy routes are becoming strategic assets as the Strait’s vulnerability becomes an economic problem for Asia.
World
Ahead of BRICS, India-China trade frictions are back in focus
New Delhi is expected to raise restrictions affecting high-technology imports and Indian investment as interdependence collides with strategic distrust.
Science
ISRO says it is not being privatised. The private space economy still has to grow
Chairman V Narayanan’s clarification separates ISRO’s public research role from the policy of expanding private participation in commercial space activity.
Business
India’s next EV challenge is freight, not just cars
NITI Aayog’s new PACT platform and Zero Emission Truck Marketplace are designed to solve a difficult problem: making clean trucking commercially scalable.
Business
RBI pulled more than ₹6 lakh crore from banks in a day. Here is what a VRRR does
A record liquidity surplus has turned an obscure monetary-policy tool into a useful real-time lesson on how the RBI manages money-market conditions.
India
Why the Western Zonal Council matters for India’s federal system
The 28th Western Zonal Council meeting offers a useful window into how Centre-State coordination works beyond Parliament and the courts.
Business
DGFT has opened Certificate of Origin systems to business software. Why that matters for trade
The Open API can reduce duplicate data entry for exporters and is a useful case study in digital public administration and trade facilitation.
India
Defence procurement worth ₹1.10 lakh crore puts indigenisation back at the centre
About 98% of the proposals cleared in principle are expected to be sourced from Indian industry, linking military modernisation with defence manufacturing policy.
India
Allahabad High Court’s NSA ruling is a lesson in preventive detention and constitutional limits
The court quashed a student activist’s detention and ordered compensation, putting executive accountability and the right to peaceful dissent back in focus.
India
NCAP says 108 of 130 cities improved PM10 levels. What does that actually tell us?
The latest clean-air assessment gives aspirants a current data point, but also a reminder that air-quality policy must be judged beyond a single pollutant.
India
Poshan Maah 2026 shifts attention to community ownership of Anganwadis
The ninth Rashtriya Poshan Maah is scheduled to begin on September 9 with a governance theme that goes beyond nutrition delivery alone.
India
Four Supreme Court vacancies put the Collegium system back in focus
With all 25 High Courts now having regular Chief Justices, attention has shifted to appointments at the Supreme Court and the unresolved debate over how judges are selected.
India
Border villages are being treated as security infrastructure. The logic behind VVP
VVP-I and VVP-II together carry a ₹11,639 crore outlay, linking connectivity and livelihoods with the strategic goal of sustaining populated border communities.
Business
India grew 7.8%. The argument is now about how that growth is measured
A strong headline number has opened a deeper debate over deflators, the new GDP series, jobs and whether official growth is matching what households and businesses actually feel.
Business
India wants every new government solar and wind project to come with storage
The next phase of India's renewable build-out is not just about adding solar panels and turbines. It is about making clean power available when the sun is down and the wind is weak.
Business
RBI has more dollar firepower. It is already using it to steer the rupee
The rupee has gained despite expensive oil and weak Asian currencies, as the central bank repeatedly sells dollars after special schemes brought in more than $136 billion.
Technology
UPI could have reached deeper into Asia. India stopped the Alipay+ link
A proposed cross-border payments connection ran into the hardest question in digital infrastructure: how much convenience is worth giving up control over financial data?
Science
India has put its first imaging satellite into geosynchronous orbit
EOS-05 is designed to watch large areas for longer, changing how India can monitor weather, disasters, agriculture and the ground below.
Business
India wants 100 GW of nuclear power. That creates a uranium problem
An elevenfold expansion in nuclear capacity will require far more than reactors. India is now widening fuel relationships from Australia to Uzbekistan.
Business
NSE is closer to an IPO after years under the shadow of co-location cases
The exchange that sits at the centre of Indian markets has spent years trying to list itself. A Supreme Court development removes another major regulatory obstacle.
World
Only a handful of commodity ships crossed Hormuz. India should care
Traffic through the world's most important oil chokepoint remains far below normal, pushing Brent above $96 and turning a distant conflict into a direct risk for India's import bill and inflation.
Technology
India wants its official systems to run on one clock
New Legal Metrology rules make IST the common reference for legal, administrative and commercial systems. The change takes effect after 180 days.
Technology
IT hiring is coming back. The mix of jobs has changed
Active demand in IT services has reached about 57,000 roles, an 18-month high. Nearly 60% of the openings are for mid-senior and senior talent.
Business
India grew 7.8%. August factories tell a more cautious story
The June-quarter GDP print beat expectations. A day later, manufacturing PMI fell to 52.8, its weakest expansion in five years. Both signals matter.
Business
VinFast pauses local manufacturing plans for three EVs in India
Supplier work on the VF3, VF6 and VF7 localisation programmes has been suspended while the Vietnamese carmaker reassesses costs.
Business
Unacademy sold for $206 million. In 2021, it was worth $3.44 billion
upGrad has acquired the edtech company in an all-stock deal. The price captures how sharply India’s pandemic-era edtech boom was repriced.
World
Nepal flood death toll crosses 1,000 as rescue enters a harder phase
More than 1,000 people have died and thousands remain missing after the Himalayan disaster. Rescue teams are still trying to reach remote communities and trapped hydropower workers.
Opinion
Perspective: oil chokepoints and AI optimism are pulling markets in opposite directions
Hormuz disruption keeps inflation risk elevated while Nvidia’s outlook continues to support the technology trade.
World
More than 90,000 affected as Himalayan disaster risks trigger fresh evacuations
Rescue work in Nepal was briefly halted after a landslide-dammed lake began overflowing, adding to fears of cascading floods.
Business
India’s forex reserves climb to a record $729.33 billion
RBI data shows reserves rose for an eighth straight week, supported by strong capital inflows and recent measures to attract foreign currency.
India
India’s industrial output growth slows to 6.7% in July
Official data showed manufacturing stayed strong, while mining contracted and overall growth cooled from June’s revised pace.
Business
Japan spent a record $96.5 billion in a month to support the yen
Finance Ministry data shows the scale of Tokyo’s intervention as the currency struggled near four-decade lows.
Culture
‘Toxic’ crosses ₹190 crore worldwide after its second day
The Yash-starrer opened strongly but saw a sharp second-day drop, according to entertainment trade coverage.
Science
Aditya-L1 spots possible early warning signals before major solar flares
ISRO says short-lived brightenings seen in ultraviolet and X-ray observations may help improve space-weather forecasting.
Science
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is set for an August 30 launch
The next-generation observatory will study dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics from a wide-field view of the universe.
Culture
Alia Bhatt and Sharvari’s ‘Alpha’ arrives on Netflix
The YRF Spy Universe film began streaming on August 28, nearly two months after its theatrical release.
Sports
India take Sri Lanka series 1–0, but Colombo draw leaves unfinished business
Shubman Gill highlighted the positives after Sri Lanka’s late resistance denied India a clean sweep and valuable WTC points.
Business
S&P keeps China at A+ and expects growth above 4%
The stable outlook reflects expectations of stronger fiscal support, even as weak domestic demand and property stress remain risks.
World
Iran rejects new US sanctions as mediators focus on reopening the Strait of Hormuz
The six-month conflict has pushed diplomacy toward one of the world’s most important oil transit routes, where shipping remains well below normal.
Technology
US judge rules Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklisting unlawful
The ruling found unlawful retaliation and due-process failures in the Pentagon’s treatment of the AI company.
Technology
More than 100 companies call for a defensive surge against AI-driven cyberattacks
OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and others warned that AI-enabled hacking could become far more widespread in the coming months.
Sports
India’s WTC path is now unforgiving: six wins may be needed from seven Tests
The Colombo draw reduced India’s margin for error before away Tests in New Zealand and a five-match home series against Australia.
Opinion
Perspective: why RBI communication is becoming a market issue
Recent signals on liquidity and rates have not always pointed in the same direction, increasing the burden on investors to infer policy intent.