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Thursday, August 20, 2026
TopicIndian startups

Topic: Indian startups

Bengaluru startup builds India’s first FFSC rocket engine. Why it matters

SpaceX’s Raptor is the only functional FFSC engine in the world to have actually flown to space.

Indian immigrants top US unicorn list. Anand Mahindra says real boom will be in India

Anand Mahindra says India’s startup boom will ‘surprise the world’. X replies turned into a debate over reverse brain drain and whether Indian soil can really let startups grow.

Inside Conquest: The accelerator backing India’s emerging startups

Conquest represents more than just another opportunity for startups to pitch. It represents a gateway into one of India’s fastest-growing founder ecosystems. 

Photos of the week: Kejriwal’s ‘satyagraha’ & final farewell to Raghu Rai

In Photos of the Week, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photo journalists, video journalists and reporters.

Meet the VCs powering India’s AI boom. Old rules aren’t working anymore

A small but growing cohort of VCs is bankrolling India's AI boom, putting money into undefined markets. ‘Real danger lies in mistaking wrappers for businesses.’

Gurugram startup grew a snakeskin shoe in a lab. It wants to make India a bioscience power

After 10 years of painstaking research, Gurugram bioscience startup Absolute is finally taking its groundbreaking science to market. ‘Economics is greater than genomics.’

Space insurance is gaining traction among Indian startups. PSLV failure highlights the need

The insurance companies operating in the Indian space industry are limited. It was only in 2024 that TATA AIG entered the market with its satellite in-orbit third-party liability insurance.

This tailoring startup is changing the way Indians interact with masterjis

There’s no immediate threat to the tailor industry, but the app is preparing for a world that is rapidly transforming into a gig economy.

Three Hyderabad start-ups are conquering the new frontier in space race — Low Earth Orbit

Half a dozen graduates from IIT, BITS Pilani, and other engineering colleges are propelling India into the next frontier of modern spaceflight — satellites in LEO. Hyderabad is a hub.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

On Camera

India bars JPMorgan unit for alleged market manipulation

SEBI board member Kamlesh Varshney alleged Copthall Mauritius Investment and Mansi Share and Stock Broking over manipulative trading pattern on a newly launched ​closing-price mechanism.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman