Hunar.AI Raises ₹40 Crore: Can Voice AI Make Frontline Hiring Work Better in India? Founded by Krishna Khandelwal and Shantanu Bhattacharyya, the startup is building multilingual AI agents for recruitment, onboarding and employee engagement. Its funding reflects a growing enterprise-AI…
Who Is Toshniwal? The Pant Project’s ₹109 Crore Bet on India’s Trouser Market The co-founder is taking a business built around better-fitting trousers into its next phase, with ₹109 crore in fresh funding and a plan to grow from 25…
Anup Bagchi’s HDFC Bank Appointment: Can an ICICI Veteran Lead India’s Biggest Private Lender Into Its Next Phase? Anup Bagchi is set to take charge of HDFC Bank on 27 October 2026, bringing more than three decades of financial-services experience…
Lalit Kala Akademi Awards 2026: 20 Artists, 6,175 Entries and a Changing Landscape of Indian Art President Droupadi Murmu presented the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards to 20 artists selected for the 65th National Exhibition of Art. From terracotta and teak…
Blue Dart–India Post Partnership: Can India’s Small-Town Sellers Reach More Customers? A new agreement combines Blue Dart’s express logistics network with India Post’s reach across 1.64 lakh post offices. The phased initiative could help online sellers serve smaller towns and…
Delhi-NCR’s Air Turns ‘Poor’: What GRAP Stage I Means for Residents, Schools and Commuters Delhi’s AQI rose from 179 to 244 in a day, prompting the first stage of the winter pollution response across the National Capital Region. The immediate…
India’s Homegrown 32-Slice CT Scanner: The Real Test Will Be Hospital Readiness, Not Just Manufacturing Government support for Panacea Medical Technologies to develop an indigenous 32-slice CT scanner is a step towards strengthening India’s medical-device manufacturing base. But a scanner…
India’s ₹150-Crore Quantum Security Bet: Can QNu Labs Turn Research into Trusted Networks? Standfirst: India has committed ₹150 crore in support for Bengaluru-based QNu Labs to develop indigenous quantum-secure communications and sensing technologies. The wider ₹300-crore programme aims to move…
India Must Build Its Own Tech Giants: From Digital Dependence to Technological Power India has the engineers, entrepreneurs, digital infrastructure and market scale to create globally competitive technology companies. But building credible alternatives to X, Instagram, WhatsApp, AWS and ChatGPT will take more than patriotic…
The New Cost Calculus for Indian Students For Indian families, studying abroad is becoming a more careful financial decision—not simply a route to an overseas job or permanent residency. A ₹20-lakh budget can work for some programmes, but the country, course length, tuition rules, city…