China’s robotics industry has more than 150 humanoid companies, while India has only handful. With China building its manufacturing base for last few years, experts say India's first focus should be on being the first follower
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India’s Q1 FY27 GDP growth came in at 7.8%, beating the RBI’s 7% projection, with investment, manufacturing and services emerging as key growth drivers. A sharp rise in bank credit and resilient consumption also point to sustained domestic momentum
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The approach broadly reflects the interests of major US-based AI companies, which have sought to limit regulations that could slow the rollout of new models
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India’s spacetech sector has grown from one start-up in 2014 to over 450 now. It’s time policymakers looked beyond legacy champions and backed India’s new space companies
India’s spacetech start-ups are making big breakthroughs and taking off after a long lull. Can they become world beaters?
Pawan Kumar Chandana, co-founder, Skyroot Aerospace, discusses the spacetech start-up’s journey, fundraising challenges, India’s space reforms and the future of the private space sector
Raghu Mahajan, assistant professor, physics, ICTS Bengaluru, says India’s ambitions in AI, quantum tech, space and robotics require sustained basic-science funding, global collaboration and research-friendly institutions
Awais Ahmed, co-founder of spacetech start-up Pixxel, talks about building domestic space capabilities, government demand and India’s ambition to compete in the global space industry
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Renewed US-Iran military tensions sent crude prices sharply higher, while rising US Treasury yields added pressure on global equities
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MoSPI chief, in an interview, discusses the new Index of Services Production, the Producer Price Index, the Household Income Survey and the government's defence of official labour statistics
AI is lifting productivity and compressing effort-based billing, challenging the growth model behind India’s $224-billion IT industry
