India’s private sector growth hits 10-month low as year ends on softer note, PMI shows
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India’s HDFC Bank subsidiaries get nod to buy up to 9.5% stake in IndusInd Bank
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Skyworth Auto lays the groundwork to launch EVs in India
In a recent media announcement, Skyworth Auto revealed that it signed a framework cooperation agreement with Kaly Emotors on 27 November. The Hyderabad-based partner will assist with planning the launch of a new energy passenger model, along with its localisation, technical adaptation and market development. Skyworth did not specifically state the type of new energy
Why a Bollywood spy film sparked a political storm in India and Pakistan
New Delhi, India – A newly released Bollywood spy thriller is winning praise and raising eyebrows in equal measure in India and Pakistan, over its retelling of bitter tensions between the South Asian neighbours. Sunk in a sepia tone, Dhurandhar, which was released in cinemas last week, is a 3.5-hour-long cross-border political spy drama that
OpenAI hires veteran Google executive as corporate development VP
Lee will start his role at Microsoft-backed OpenAI on Tuesday and report to finance chief Sarah Friar [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS OpenAI on Monday confirmed that it has appointed Albert Lee, senior director of corporate development at Google, as its vice president of corporate development. Lee will start his role at Microsoft-backed OpenAI on
Why were IndiGo operations disrupted? | Explained
Staff members of IndiGo tag stranded bags and belongings following large-scale flight disruptions, at Terminal 1 of Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, on December 8. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The story so far: In the first few days of December, IndiGo saw a near-total meltdown of its operations, with over 5,000 flights cancelled
Does India need to upgrade its biosecurity measures? | Explained
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addresses a conference on ’50 Years of the Biological Weapons Convention: Strengthening Bio-security for the Global South’, in New Delhi on December 1. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: New age biotechnologies endow powers to understand biology better and, consequently, harness biological agents to target humans. Thus, biosecurity
Ukraine hits Russian submarine in first underwater drone attack
Footage released by the Security Service of Ukraine shows what it says is a strike on a Russian submarine at a port facility in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Region, Russia, in this screengrab from video released on December 15, 2025. Photo: Security service of Ukraine via Reuters. Ukrainian underwater drones struck and disabled a Russian Kilo-class attack
Why Joel Mokyr’s story of how science becomes technology is incomplete
On December 8, economic historian Joel Mokyr delivered his lecture in Stockholm as part of the ceremony in which he received his share of the special Nobel Prize for economics, for “having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress”. His talk recapitulated his long-standing argument that a self-reinforcing relationship between science and technology
India ranks 3rd in Stanford AI Vibrancy index
NEW DELHI: As the world moves towards AI-led transformation across industries, govt and the broader society, India has been ranked third in ‘AI Vibrancy’ index in a study conducted by Stanford University. The US and China lead the pack. The 2025 version of Stanford’s ‘Global AI Vibrancy Tool’ works with data coverage through 2024 across