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The unveiling of India's first electric air taxi prototype has brought a technology that has long been under development into the spotlight

Why is the government making it harder for some Isro scientists to leave? The answer lies in India's growing private space industry, and lessons from abroad

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India's solar generation has surged to record levels, but an average 24 GWh of electricity went unused every day in May 2026 because the grid could not absorb it before demand shifted to the evening

Retail GCCs in India now employ over 0.27 million professionals, with hiring increasingly shifting towards AI, engineering and supply chain roles, a report said

Industry and policy experts say the original framework helped exports but struggled to deliver the manufacturing transformation once envisioned

Delhi University has received more than 1.42 lakh registrations for undergraduate admissions for the 2026-27 academic session, with over 43,500 aspirants submitting their programme and college preferences under the second phase of the admission process, officials said on Saturday. Dean of Admissions Haneet Gandhi said that 1,42,733 candidates had registered under Phase I of the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS), with 43,547 applicants filling in their programme and college preferences under Phase II. The second phase of the undergraduate admission process began on July 3 and will remain open till 11.59 pm on July 11. Admissions to over 71,000 seats, covering 73 undergraduate programmes and over 100 BA programme combinations across 67 colleges, will be based on CUET-UG 2026 scores, subject to programme-specific eligibility criteria. During Phase II, candidates are required to map their Common University Entrance Test subjects with those studied in Class 12 before submitting their

The proposed financing is equivalent to about $10.5 billion at current exchange rates, the company said

As app-based carpooling platforms expand in India, questions remain over where cost-sharing ends and commercial transport begins under the country's existing motor vehicle laws

The Indian public relations industry is expected to reach Rs 4,500 crore by 2030, having grown 11 per cent in FY26 to reach Rs 3,230 crore, according to a report. The growth rate of 11 per cent in FY26 is a moderation from a decade-long CAGR of 12 per cent, signalling a maturing industry, said the SPRINT 2026 report by Public Relations Consultants Association of India (PRCAI). In FY26, the Indian PR industry accounted for 12.6 per cent of the Asia-Pacific market, the report, which was released on Thursday, added. As per the report, the government's share of top client categories has nearly tripled between 2022 and 2026, from 4 per cent to 11 per cent, even as private corporates -- the industry's mainstay -- slipped from 48 per cent to 42 per cent over the same period. Start-ups have nearly quadrupled their share, from 6 per cent to 22 per cent over the same period. "Overall, start-ups, education and ed-tech, government and FMCG are the strongest sectoral gainers," it said. The re

Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday alleged some private transport service companies are engaging in unfair competition by operating at a loss and slashing fares to drive out the cooperative mobility platform, Bharat Taxi. He declared that Bharat Taxi will reach more than 500 cities across India within two years. Speaking at the official launch of Bharat Taxi in Gujarat at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Shah said reports claiming Bharat Taxi's fares are higher were misleading. He launched Bharat Taxi service in 14 major cities of the state, including Ahmedabad, Surat, Dwarka, Vadodara, Rajkot, Somnath, Valsad, Anand, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Nadiad, Junagadh, Mehsana and Amreli. Bharat Taxi was soft-launched in Gujarat in December 2025. "Today, I received some phone calls, and some newspapers have reported that Bharat Taxi's fares are higher. I want to tell customers across the country that wherever Bharat Taxi is entering, competing companies are slashing their fares, re

Country's youngest consumers are reshaping wardrobes as brands expand kidswear offerings to capture rising demand

MoSPI has proposed a framework to assign a monetary value to India's coal reserves. Here's what natural capital accounting means and why it differs from pricing coal

Goyal said the government is prepared and focused on safeguarding farmers' interests. "If a water crisis arises, all necessary steps to tackle it will be taken," he assured

Here are the key takeaways from the India-UK trade deal, from lower tariffs on cars and Scotch whisky to duty-free textile access, social security relief for professionals and steel export safeguards

Measures on LPG monitoring, gas allocation and fuel hoarding were imposed to protect domestic supply after disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz

Private equity-backed transactions accounted for 92% of claim notifications, with tax-related issues emerging as the most common trigger

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that the lateral entry has not been suspended and consultation was going on with all stakeholders. The lateral entry is referred to as the appointment of specialists, including those from the private sector, in the government departments. "There is no such order suspending the process," Singh told a press conference, when asked about the status of lateral entry. The minister was addressing the presser on the "12 Years' Achievements of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions". The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) had in August 2024 cancelled its advertisement to fill key posts in government departments through lateral entry, amid a political row over the lack of a reservation provision for those positions. Singh, the minister of state for personnel, said that the consultation was going on "not with the stakeholder ministries alone, in fact with everybody" (concerned). Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT

Employers in India are now seeking deployment of artificial intelligence in governance and scaling up workflow, reflecting a shift in the hiring trend of AI talent from experimentation to execution, a report said. Hiring demand has shifted decisively from AI experimentation to implementation, with employers increasingly seeking professionals who can deploy, manage, integrate and scale AI solutions across core business operations, according to staffing and workforce solutions company Quess Corp's 'India AI Workforce Analysis 2026' report. The report, based on secondary data and 3.5 lakh job postings, found that India has around 9,20,000 AI professionals. Of them, 2,57,000 are in core AI roles and 6,63,000 in AI-embedded roles. The report found differences in job descriptions. Global capability centres (GCCs) are hiring for reusable internal AI platforms, enterprise integration and governance, while IT services firms are recruiting to deliver AI across client programmes. Enterprises

Agriculture Secretary Atish Chandra on Wednesday said the ministry is awaiting the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) forecast by the end of this month to get a clearer picture on the El Nino timeline before deciding on concrete steps to mitigate the likely impact on kharif crops. "The prediction on when El Nino will set in is still to come. By the end of this month, IMD will come out with the forecast, and then the picture will be clearer. We will then be in the thick of the kharif sowing season and will know how it is going to pan out," Chandra told PTI in an interview. While there have been broad forecasts of El Nino setting in around November, IMD is seeking greater certainty before firming up its assessment. A key variable being tracked is the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) a climate pattern characterised by irregular sea surface temperature oscillations in the Indian Ocean. After remaining positive in May, the IOD has turned neutral in June. "Whether it will remain neutral