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17.12 / 00:37

Provident Research Bill Universities innovations Colleges International Mint Explainer: What Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill means for India's higher education

education. Operational powers will be split across three independent councils, each dealing separately with regulation, accreditation, and academic standards.

15.12 / 05:19

UPS Progressive Discover students Xiaomi innovations A productive day includes regular breaks, says Xiaomi COO Sudhin Mathur

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The early 1990s were an exciting time for the field of communications. Sudhin Mathur had always been interested in innovations and real-world application as a student of mechanical engineering.

13.12 / 02:07

markets UPS Man innovations Schools Updates Fallen titan: Re-examining Rajat Gupta’s tainted legacy

McKinsey, the world’s foremost consulting company, so influential that it was referred to merely as The Firm. He was the first Asian and the first Indian to head the consulting giant during its glory years, when it still enjoyed a pristine reputation, before scandals like its advising of Purdue Pharma during the opioid epidemic and the Transnet affair in South Africa tarnished its name.During his sterling career, Gupta also helped set up institutions like the Indian School of Business (ISB) and the American India Foundation (AIF).

12.12 / 18:13

markets CEO economy Sustainability Bill innovations reports Govt clears 100% FDI, composite licences in sweeping insurance reforms

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The government has paved the way for 100% foreign direct investment in the insurance sector, composite licences and easier capital requirements, among other sweeping reforms, as the Union Cabinet cleared the enabling legislation, said two officials aware of the matter. The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill is expected to be introduced in both houses of Parliament next week, the first of the two officials quoted above said.

10.12 / 10:47

markets COST UPS Digital Food country innovations Manish Tiwary wants to make Nestlé India faster, flexible and focused with the use of technology

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: “Faster, more flexible and more focused." That’s what Nestlé India chairman and managing director (MD) Manish Tiwary wants the packaged foods company to become. Less than a year at the company, the former Amazon India country manager and Unilever executive plans to achieve these goals by making the company more tech-ready across operations, improving its reach in the urban and rural markets, and using micro-markets to step up innovation and premium launches.

10.12 / 05:31

Digital security economy country innovations information China is building an entire empire on data

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CHINA’S 1.1BN internet users churn out more data than anyone else on Earth. So does the country’s vast network of facial-recognition cameras.

09.12 / 03:37

UPS CEO JPMorgan security innovations Jamie Dimon forms adviser supergroup for $1.5 trillion American resiliency pledge

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Jamie Dimon wants to protect America from potential foreign adversaries. He is assembling a group of national titans and close friends, from Jeff Bezos to Condoleezza Rice, to help him get it ready.

08.12 / 08:01

markets COST Aviat Platform Airlines social innovations Lesson from India’s aviation market failure: The Invisible Hand is theory but regulation is a must

Last week was yet another education in how fragile markets truly are. When one private airline faltered, schedules collapsed, weddings were disrupted, families struggled, students fought to reach exam venues and businesses scrambled. A logistical nightmare became a dark reminder of something even more profound: markets, especially concentrated ones, can turn predatory in a crisis unless they’re regulated well.Let us look at the symptoms.

07.12 / 14:15

markets UPS Manufacturing Bill innovations testing patient India plans toolkit to help diagnostics startups commercialize their products

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India is moving to reduce its heavy reliance on imported diagnostic technology by fast-tracking commercialization of homegrown solutions.

05.12 / 09:15

markets Digital Manufacturing Research country innovations International India’s problem isn’t restrictive labour laws but a failure to innovate—Making workers work harder won’t help

While the rest of the world frets over artificial intelligence and how it could hollow out demand for human effort, a zeitgeist-defying idea is taking hold in India. Several corporate bosses have publicly said that at India’s stage of development, a 70- or even 90-hour workweek is a national imperative.

05.12 / 01:15

markets Waves Research innovations 2020 reports testing VCs favour technologists, not hustlers, in India’s new AI, deep-tech wave

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Chennai-based space-tech startup Agnikul pitched to Artha Venture Fund in 2020, managing partner Anirudh Damani said it took only minutes to recognise the founders’ deep domain expertise. “It was obvious they weren’t theorizing.

04.12 / 05:49

markets UPS IPO Sustainability trends innovations Retail investors seize spotlight in record-breaking IPO rally

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As total fundraising through initial public offers barrels towards a record high in 2025, the definitive trend is of the impressive rise of the retail investors this year — climbing to nearly a quarter of allotments in such share sales. Marquee IPOs from Aequs, Meesho, Vidya Wires, and Wakefit Innovations hit the Street in December and are set to take total fundraising for the year past ₹1.61 trillion across 97 issues this week surpassing last year’s ₹1.59 trillion raised from 91 issues.

04.12 / 03:05

BLOCK Citizens Bill President innovations prevention Commentary The federal government is becoming an agent of AI chaos

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At the behest of a handful of Silicon Valley executives, officials within the Trump administration and their allies in Congress are trying yet again to prohibit states from regulating AI companies. Even as House members heard about the horrific impact of AI chatbots on children, its GOP leadership tried to insert federal pre-emption of state AI laws into the unrelated National Defense Authorization Act.

04.12 / 01:51

UPS War innovations 2020 reports Relationships India’s defence-tech startups are thriving

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ANIRUDH SHARMA was a computer-science undergraduate with no training in aerospace when he co-founded Digantara, which gathers intelligence on satellite movements, in 2020. Today it employs 150 people in India, Singapore and America and is valued at more than $65m.

03.12 / 10:53

markets Manufacturing Platform Mobile trends country innovations India could be a different kind of AI superpower

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking off in India. The country is now the second-largest market for OpenAI, whose ChatGPT service has 700m active users worldwide.

03.12 / 08:13

markets Extreme security Strategy performer innovations Courts Natco Pharma’s cyclical business model, low revenue visibility are bitter pills to swallow

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shares of Natco Pharma Ltd have dropped 38% from the 52-week high of ₹1,505 (December 2024), as the Street grows cautious about its high-risk, high-reward business model. Natco focuses on extremely complex, niche drugs, mainly in cancer treatment, injectables, peptides, and legally challenged patents in the US market.

03.12 / 02:01

Research students Universities innovations reports Department America is foolishly waving goodbye to thousands of Chinese boffins

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CHINESE-BORN brainiacs have long been at the forefront of innovation in America. Yang Chen-Ning, a Nobel-prizewinning physicist who died in October, was one such.

06.04 / 15:37

markets Assurant Remark ICE Food country innovations Semiconductor founder hits back at Piyush Goyal’s ‘ice cream or chips’ remark

semiconductor startup founder has issued a strong rebuttal to Union Minister Piyush Goyal’s recent criticism of Indian consumer internet startups, highlighting the challenges faced by deep-tech entrepreneurs in India. At Startup Mahakumbh 2025, Goyal had taken a swipe at the direction many startups were heading, saying, “Do we have to make ice cream or chips? Dukaandari hi karna hai?” His comments suggested a preference for innovation in areas like semiconductors over consumer-facing ventures such as food delivery or boutique D2C products. Also Read: Zepto's Aadit Palicha, Mohandas Pai react to Piyush Goyal's comments on Indian startups

06.04 / 13:49

WhatsApp Myanmar innovations cricket Lankans' aggressive play in 1996 foreshadowed T20 cricket: PM Modi

Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup-winning squad included Sanath Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas, Aravinda de Silva, Marvan Atapattu, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Upul Chandana, Kumar Dharmasena, and Romesh Kaluwitharana. «PM Modi acknowledged that the aggressive and innovative style of Sri Lankan cricket in the 1996 World Cup in a way giving birth to T20 cricket,» an official said. During his sojourn to the island nation, Modi recalled India's visit to Sri Lanka in 1996 despite a bomb blast, calling it a strong symbol of sportsmanship and enduring friendship. He said he visited Lanka immediately after the 2019 terror attacks. The spirit of India remains the same, he added.

06.04 / 08:07

Career Software Enterprise IBM innovations Schools Wipro Ventures heads into new decade with a fresh pair of hands at its wheels

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Wipro Ventures’ new co-managing partner Ali Wasti is expected to drive a deeper focus on artificial intelligence at the $500-million corporate venture arm of Wipro Ltd. The investment firm recently appointed Wasti, a veteran investor in deep-tech startups, to replace Venu Pemmaraju, who retired from the company last week.

06.04 / 06:33

markets Platform Align Enterprise inclusion innovations Department GeM facilitates over Rs 38,500 crore in transactions for over 30,000 startups

GeM is a Section 8 company established under the administrative control of the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, for procuring goods and services by central ministries, State Departments, PSEs, and Autonomous Bodies. In India, the GeM has emerged as a game-changer in public procurement, creating an open and inclusive platform that benefits not just government buyers but also local entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses.

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