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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 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.
Indian newsprint mills are able to meet only about 40 per cent of total demand
The Supreme Court issued notices to the Election Commission and the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal on CM Mamata Banerjee's plea
Sam Altman also addressed ongoing tensions with Musk and the frequent criticism Musk directs at OpenAI, particularly around safety
Last month, the Supreme Court asked the CBI and ED to file status reports on their investigations into alleged large-scale banking and corporate fraud
January services PMI: New orders increased faster in January after slowing at the end of 2025
The latest clarification came after reports suggested Nvidia had paused or slowed its $100 billion investment plans in OpenAI
Walmart's entry is significant because trillion-dollar valuations are usually linked to technology firms
Secretary of the Department of Financial Services M Nagaraju urged industry leaders to be cheerful about the India-US trade deal
The court was hearing Meta's plea against a Competition Commission of India order that imposed a penalty of ₹213.14 crore over WhatsApp's privacy policy
Even as both PM Modi and Trump hailed the agreement, details on several key issues, including agriculture, India's purchase of Russian oil and the services sector, remain unclear
After the US imposed 50 per cent tariffs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India would "never compromise" on the interests of farmers, livestock rearers and fishermen
Crisil Intelligence said that the Budget aims to strengthen both manufacturing and services to support the next phase of growth
Employees linked to data centres and non-core units are likely to be most at risk
The summit will be significant for India, which is trying to strengthen domestic supply chains
The 2026 Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, signalled a clear push to strengthen ties with the neighbouring countries
January manufacturing PMI: The rebound in January came after the seasonally adjusted PMI touched a two-year low of 55.0 in December 2025
Chidambaram, who has served as the finance minister four times, said the Budget failed "the test of economic strategy and economic statesmanship"
The central government raises its money from a mix of taxes, borrowings, and other receipts, while it is spent on states, interest payments and pensions
The exemptions are aimed at simplifying tax rates, supporting domestic manufacturing, boosting exports, and removing old duty exemptions that are no longer needed
Sitharaman said that the focus will be on tier-2 and tier-3 cities so that growth is not limited to big metros