The Union Cabinet has approved the ₹23,731 crore National Unified GOBARdhan Scheme to accelerate the production of compressed biogas (CBG) from organic waste across India. The initiative aims to convert agricultural residue, cattle dung, municipal solid waste, and other biodegradable materials into clean energy, while promoting sustainable waste management and supporting the circular economy. The scheme is expected to create employment opportunities, increase farmers' income through waste...

Enterprise technology provider Kyndryl has expanded its specialized "Cloud Uplift" modernization solution into Microsoft Azure data center regions in Tokyo and Osaka.  This strategic rollout enables Japanese enterprises to seamlessly migrate legacy mission-critical workloads—including AIX and IBM i systems—directly to the cloud with minimal operational disruption.  By hosting data within domestic regions, the initiative ensures strict adherence to local data...

Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have pushed Brent crude past $105 a barrel, sending shockwaves through energy-dependent economies.  In India, state-run fuel retailers hiked petrol and diesel prices by 90 paise on Tuesday, marking the second major increase within a week. Reacting to the sustained energy crisis, rating agency ICRA downgraded India’s FY27 GDP growth forecast to 6.2% from its previous 6.5% estimate. Concurrently, the Indian Rupee hit a historic low, closing...

In a major victory for the Adani Group, the United States Department of Justice has officially withdrawn all criminal charges against billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani.  The permanent closure of the securities and wire fraud case triggered an immediate positive reaction in the financial markets, driving shares of multiple group firms—including Adani Enterprises and Adani Green—up by as much as 3.5%.  The legal resolution lifts a...

Tech giant Google and private equity firm Blackstone have announced a blockbuster partnership to form a new AI cloud company.  Blackstone will inject $5 billion in equity capital to secure majority ownership. Designed to challenge infrastructure rivals like CoreWeave, the venture focuses heavily on marketing Google’s proprietary Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) rather than relying on standard Nvidia chips. The joint venture plans to scale quickly, aiming to bring 500 megawatts of...

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India and China are currently holding discussions to resume border trade in domestic goods, marking the possible end of a pause that has lasted over five years.According to a Bloomberg report, talks are focused on re-establishing earlier trade channels that were suspended due to bilateral tensions.If successful, this move could indicate a positive shift and gradual improvement in relations between the two neighbouring countries.

INDIA -CHINA-After a long gap of nearly five years, direct passenger flights between India and China are set to resume, with services expected to start as early as next month. The suspension, which began during the COVID-19 pandemic, had severely impacted travel, trade, and cultural exchanges between the two countries. Sources indicate that a formal announcement about the resumption is likely to be made during the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China at the end of...

Union Cabinet approves the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme aimed at supporting job creation, improving employability, and strengthening social security across sectors, with a specific focus on manufacturing. The scheme, which was announced as part of the Union Budget 2024-25, aims to incentivise the generation of over 35 million jobs between August 2025 to July 2027, with a spending of ₹99,446 crore.

India’s fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has launched a formal investigation against India’s biggest paints firm, Asian Paints, for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the organised decorative paints market, following a complaint by Aditya Birla group’s Grasim Industries’ Birla Opus Paints division.

The Centre on Tuesday permits cab aggregators such as Ola, Uber, and Rapido to charge up to twice the base fare as a surge price during peak hours, up from the previous cap of 1.5 times.  During non-peak hours, the fare must be at least 50 per cent of the base rate.

In a setback to Apple’s India expansion plans, Foxconn Technology Group has been sending hundreds of its Chinese engineers and technicians back home from its iPhone factories in India, it is learnt.  This is likely to affect the Cupertino major’s production plans of iPhone 17,  expected to be unveiled in mid-September.