Rishika Agarwal

Rishika Agarwal

Rishika Agarwal is a Senior Sub-Editor at Business Standard, covering everything from global developments and the economy to startups, technology, and human-interest stories. She loves untangling complex ideas and turning them into stories anyone can enjoy. When not in the newsroom, she’s often found lost in a book, pausing to admire art, or letting herself get carried away by music.

Rishika Agarwal

SpiceJet adds new flights from Delhi, Mumbai amid IndiGo operational chaos

SpiceJet is adding new flights from Delhi to Mumbai, Ayodhya, Pune, Bangkok, Bengaluru and Kolkata, among others

Updated On: 05 Dec 2025 | 5:13 PM IST

IndiGo flight chaos derails Big fat Indian weddings: Flyers share ordeal

A newly married techie couple found themselves attending their own wedding reception virtually after their IndiGo flights from Bhubaneswar to Hubballi were cancelled

Updated On: 05 Dec 2025 | 4:28 PM IST

India, Russia ink key agreements across energy, labour and health

PM Modi said the friendship between India and Russia has remained steadfast like a 'pole star' over the past eight decades

Updated On: 05 Dec 2025 | 4:00 PM IST

'We allow market to determine price': RBI Guv Malhotra on INR depreciation

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said the central bank does not target exchange-rate levels and intervenes only to curb abnormal volatility

Updated On: 05 Dec 2025 | 1:15 PM IST

RBI MPC meet: What stayed the same, what changed in December policy review

The most significant change in the December policy meeting was the reduction of the repo rate, the interest rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks

Updated On: 05 Dec 2025 | 11:49 AM IST

RBI MPC cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 5.25%, projects FY26 growth at 7.3%

The RBI MPC revised its inflation forecast downward from 2.6 per cent to 2 per cent in the December meeting

Updated On: 05 Dec 2025 | 10:07 AM IST

Traffic advisory issued in Delhi amid Putin visit: All you need to know

The Delhi police asked commuters to avoid key routes, including Mother Teresa Crescent, Teen Murti Marg, Akbar Road, MLNP, Janpath Road, Firoz Shah Road and Sikandra Road

Updated On: 05 Dec 2025 | 9:03 AM IST

RBI MPC December 2025 meeting: When and where to watch rate decision live

Economists believe that the six-member committee will maintain the status quo on its stance at the December policy meeting

Updated On: 05 Dec 2025 | 7:51 AM IST

IndiGo reports flight delays, cancellations due to tech issues, congestion

Civil aviation ministry data shows that IndiGo had an on-time performance of only 35 per cent on Tuesday, placing it among the lowest performers compared to its peers

Updated On: 03 Dec 2025 | 5:36 PM IST

Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races towards listing ahead of OpenAI

Anthropic has held early, informal talks with major investment banks about a potential public listing, though it has not selected any banks yet

Updated On: 03 Dec 2025 | 4:14 PM IST

Not losing sleep over it: CEA Nageswaran on rupee hitting record low

Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran expressed hope that the currency will recover next year

Updated On: 03 Dec 2025 | 3:16 PM IST

Russia clears key military pact ahead of Putin's India visit: What it means

Inked on February 18, the RELOS agreement was sent to the State Duma last week for ratification by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin

Updated On: 03 Dec 2025 | 12:42 PM IST

RBI December MPC meet begins: Repo rate, growth outlook, and more

After slashing repo rates for three consecutive months since February, the MPC kept the rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent since August

Updated On: 03 Dec 2025 | 11:11 AM IST

India's services PMI rises to 59.8 in Nov on 'historically sharp' expansion

November services PMI: Companies added more jobs in November, but the increase was mild and at a similar pace as compared to the last two months

Updated On: 03 Dec 2025 | 10:35 AM IST

Do new labour codes support 72-hour work week idea? Here's the truth

The 72-hour work week has been a topic of debate. Some industry leaders support the idea, while many young professionals strongly oppose it. Do new labour codes support it?

Updated On: 02 Dec 2025 | 5:34 PM IST

Explained: What new labour codes mean for petroleum industry workers

Earlier, safety regulations in this sector relied mainly on the Factories Act, 1948, which provided a limited, factory-centric approach to hazardous industries

Updated On: 02 Dec 2025 | 4:17 PM IST

New complex housing Prime Minister's Office to be called 'Seva Teerth'

The building is part of the larger Central Vista redevelopment project, which aims to bring major government offices into one integrated zone to improve efficiency

Updated On: 02 Dec 2025 | 4:03 PM IST

Air India flew 8 times without airworthiness licence: Here's what it means

The incident raised concerns as it came months after the deadly London-bound Dreamliner crash in June that killed 260 civilians

Updated On: 02 Dec 2025 | 1:33 PM IST

SC rejects Reliance plea over ₹30 lakh fine for not disclosing Jio-FB deal

In June 2022, Sebi imposed a penalty of ₹30 lakh on Reliance Industries for not making a prompt clarification to stock exchanges regarding the Jio-Facebook deal

Updated On: 02 Dec 2025 | 12:54 PM IST

DeepSeek unveils 2 new models, claims performance on par with GPT-5, Gemini

The latest launch comes as the Hangzhou-based company didn't deliver any powerful models while its rivals, Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT, gained a lot of traction with their latest models

Updated On: 02 Dec 2025 | 11:05 AM IST