DeepSeek, Alibaba’s Qwen and Moonshot’s Kimi are putting pressure on AI inference prices with increasingly capable open-weight alternatives. As developers and enterprises gain more ways to mix models by task, the economics of building with AI are changing
India’s spacetech start-ups are making big breakthroughs and taking off after a long lull. Can they become world beaters?
After decades of building fortunes in steel, power and infrastructure, Indian conglomerates are making big bets on coffee, cosmetics, groceries, jewellery and other consumer businesses
According to the Trusts, the merged entity would have posted operating revenues of ₹105,043 crore as of March 31, 2026, well above its ₹40,072 crore in income from financial assets
India’s billionaires pay a small percentage of their wealth as tax. It makes sense to squeeze them a bit to finance the country’s Viksit Bharat dreams
UPI has made payments easier for consumers and cheaper for merchants. But with a new MDR on some transactions above ₹2,000, the cost of accepting UPI, cards and cash is set to look different for businesses
India’s spacetech start-ups are making big breakthroughs and taking off after a long lull. Can they become world beaters?
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said higher economic growth would help accelerate India's journey towards Atmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit Bharat
India’s carbon market could become a major channel for financing its low-carbon transition, but predictable regulations, credible carbon-crediting systems and investor confidence will be crucial to unlocking private capital at scale
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
Rising crude prices, FII outflows, a weaker rupee and higher volatility deepen pressure on Indian equities
Pronab Sen, in an interview with Outlook Business, says the bigger concern with the new GDP series is not just the sharp downward revision to past growth estimates but the lack of transparency over the data and methodology behind it
Inflation risks are rising because of a confluence of food, fuel and imported price pressures, and testing monetary policy’s ability to engineer a soft landing
