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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After a two-year hiatus in India, the world's biggest technology investor is on the move again. Masayoshi Son-led SoftBank is now examining Indian startups pursuing artificial intelligence (AI), the technology world's sunrise sector.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Centre has opened discussions on whether India should move to higher ethanol blends in petrol from the current E20 (20% ethanol, 80% petrol), two people aware of the matter said, amid continuing consumer unease over the current E20 blend.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : With hundreds of flight cancellations and delays affecting thousands of fliers since Tuesday, IndiGo—India’s largest budget carrier by market capitalization—is grappling with one of its most severe operational disruptions, prompting a probe by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Crew shortages due to new duty-time rules, technical breakdowns at key airports, and heavy winter congestion have precipitated the crisis, according to the airline.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Navneet Gupta left his employer in 2020, he walked out with more than experience—a life-changing Esop payout. As an early employee, his stock options grew in tandem with the company’s rapid rise, driven by a global mobility boom and a series of acquisitions in the cab-hailing segment.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) prepare to face Gujarat Titans (GT) in the 19th match of IPL 2025 on April 6, Sunday, all eyes will be on the pitch and weather conditions at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. The SRH squad, led by Pat Cummins, will be looking to bounce back after a tough stretch of three consecutive losses. Their explosive batting approach, which brought them a massive 286-run total in their opening match, has struggled in subsequent games, leaving them at the bottom of the points table. They’ll be eager to rediscover their form at their home ground, hoping to get back on track against a confident Gujarat Titans, led by Shubman Gill, who are riding high after an impressive victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Elon Musk doesn’t share the spotlight with many people. Donald Trump is one.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Writer, translator and cultural critic Shanta Gokhale, 85, has often returned to the complexities of gender, power and resistance in her writing in Marathi and English, portraying the tensions and nuances of women navigating patriarchal structures while seeking autonomy and agency. Gokhale says women have “a long way to go yet" because all women still don’t have basic human rights.

George Clooney's big Broadway debut was filled with excitement, and one unexpected absence. As celebrities packed the theater for Good Night and Good Luck, fans noticed Amal Clooney was missing. Her absence sparked speculation online, but Clooney remained unconcerned and focused on the present. George, ever composed, responded with a simple four-word message that divided fans.

Fred Ridley’s quiet diplomacy offers a temporary truce. Ridley, the chairperson of the Augusta National Golf Club, walks a careful line – safeguarding Augusta’s traditions while navigating golf’s deepest divide. The Florida man has emerged as an unexpected diplomat amid the sport’s most contentious civil war. His committee upholds strict qualification standards, demonstrating subtle flexibility that acknowledges golf’s evolving landscape without explicitly taking sides in the PGA TourLIV Golf dispute. Joaquin Niemann received a second consecutive special invite alongside Nicolai Hojgaard.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Barff, a play written and directed by national award-winning actor Saurabh Shukla, is set in Kashmir—however, it is not connected with the politics of the region. The inspiration lies in the people and landscapes.

Lok Sabha adjourned sine die on Friday amid government-Opposition sparring, with Speaker Om Birla criticising Sonia Gandhi's statement that the Waqf Bill was «bulldozed through» even as the Congress leadership said it would petition the Supreme Court, questioning the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill passed by Parliament. The Congress floor leaders didn't attend the customary tea at the Speaker's chamber after the adjournment of the House. When the House commenced, the BJP benches protested against the statement Sonia Gandhi had made on Wednesday in her address to party MPs.

Motion of Thanks to the President's Address, Union budget and the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025. A total of 16 Bills were passed in this session. Though the Opposition registered its protests over issues, it refrained from forcing adjournments and chose to stage walkouts or attack the government through debates on most occasions. Rajya Sabha ex-officio Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar informed the House in his concluding address on Friday that productivity of the session was 119% (PRS Legislative Research data puts it at 112%).

Aman Gupta, cofounder of wearables brand Boat, asked young entrepreneurs not to do a startup for the sake of it. He urged a more grounded perspective on entrepreneurship, suggesting that it should not be seen as a magic fix. He further highlighted the rise of founder branding, a strategic tool where entrepreneurs leverage their personal image to boost business visibility and trust.

Startup Mahakumbh 2025, an event being organised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), is hosting a series of competitions to promote innovation in in fields such as cybersecurity, AI, robotics, biotech, and more. The prize pool for the competiton, will be Rs 70 crore according to Union minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday. Goyal described the Startup MahaRathi Challenge as India’s largest private-funded challenge. Goyal took to X to praise the initiative and said, “Rs 70 crore challenge money to encourage new startups!”

non-reciprocal trading arrangement. Here, India has an early mover advantage that it needs to drive home at the earliest. India is among the few countries with which the Trump Administration has already announced and progressed talks on a trade deal. It’s probably the first country to which the USTR has sent delegation to negotiate and by all accounts, the conversation is now at advanced stage. From Trump’s perspective the modification authority clause — Section 4 of the tariff order under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act – provides him with an effective bargaining chip in a trade negotiation. It allows to him raise tariffs and deploy other remedies in case a trading partner were to deploy retaliatory measures. At the same time, it gives him the power to reduce tariffs or limit the scope of duties imposed if the country aligns itself to the US on economic and security matters. Israel, which too has got hit with 17 per cent tariffs despite being among the first to officially cut duties for the US, falls in this category and is likely to benefit from this clause. As for India, a trade deal will open the doors for Trump to make that exception, counting on the overall strategic convergence between both countries across a range of national security issues including critical and sensitive technologies. More importantly, it’s not also in US interests to allow tariffs to impact cooperation in other areas like defence, space and nuclear sectors.

Racing fans from various parts of the UK as well as other regions reached Aintree to witness the opening day races live as it promoted new talent in horse racing.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been awarded a contract by Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) for Operation and Maintenance of three corridors of its Phase-II: Corridor-3 (Madhavaram Milk Colony to Siruseri SIPCOT-II Metro — Indigo Line), Corridor- 4 (Lighthouse to Poonamallee Bypass -Orange Line) and Corridor-5 (Madhavaram Milk Colony to Sholinganallur — Red Line) including Maintenance Depots at Madhavaram, Poonamallee & Semmancheri. The term of the contract is 12 years from date of Commercial Operation date of the last stage of Phase II. An official statement said DMRC will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of three corridors consisting of 116.1 Kms and 112 stations.

Maruti Suzuki, believes electric vehicles (EVs) will take time to gain mass adoption, as customers still see them as secondary cars and remain concerned about public charging infrastructure, battery range, and post-sales support. However, Hyundai, the country’s second-largest carmaker, takes a different view, expecting EV sales to nearly double to 5% of total car sales by FY27 from an estimated 2.7% in 2024-25. This comes at a time when the central government is actively discussing plans to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR in a bid to tackle air pollution. However, the comments were not based on reports that government is discussing phasing out fuel vehicles. Maruti has been among the slowest large carmakers to launch EVs, and its doubts about their mainstream acceptance persist. “EVs sold today are not primary cars, but rather secondary. Till the time we don't solve customer concerns on range, charging infrastructure and post-sales, buyers will not have confidence. EVs will remain a secondary car, where numbers will not grow fast,” TOI quoted Partho Banerjee, senior executive officer (marketing & sales) at Maruti Suzuki, as saying.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When actor Kareena Kapoor Khan took the stage on 30 March in Mumbai to close the five-day Lakme Fashion Week, in collaboration with the Fashion Design Council of India and Reliance, she made it point to pay tribute to everyone behind the scenes. "The real icons are fashion stylists, make-up artists, hair stylists, choreographers and the 60 smashingly hot fashion models who are backstage...