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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Topic: startups

Why Indian space start-ups are feeling forced to set up base abroad

India makes a great place for building a space business as a startup. But several local startups are still searching for foreign shores.  

Start-ups and AI can rescue choked Indian courts

Reform to reduce the burden on Indian courts has been long overdue. The coronavirus pandemic has merely exacerbated the urgency to use technology.

Sandeep Mathrani, WeWork’s new CEO says he has ‘plenty of luck’. He’ll need it

Sandeep Mathrani is a fixture in the clubby world of commercial real estate, but he also has some experience working with start-ups.

Modi’s Budget 2020 is less taxing for startups, salaried class. Not so for e-commerce giants

To boost the startup ecosystem, Budget 2020 proposes to ease the burden of taxation on the employees by deferring the tax payment on ESOPs of startups.

Virtual tour of Taj Mahal, digital puja at Kashi — when historians and techies join hands

An IIT-incubated start-up has created detailed 3D digital models of Indian heritage sites, transforming how one can experience them.

Fintech startups to make a bigger move in 2020, experts suggest

Sweeping mergers, acquisitions have transformed some of the industry’s largest incumbents in payments, who are gearing up for a bigger fight with newcomers.

In India’s quest for jobs, here’s what Modi government’s policy agenda should be

In a new Carnegie India paper, an IAS officer and a scholar from Chennai lay out policy prescriptions for the government to create conditions and generate employment for India’s youth.

Bengaluru-based startup Udaan raises $585 million from Tencent, others

Udaan, an e-commerce marketplace for businesses, has now raised a total of $870 million since its inception in 2016.

Indian techies behind ‘Google for numbers’ raise $248 million at $1.95 billion value

Valuation of California-based ThoughtSpot Inc., has doubled in 5 quarters as more companies use its search and artificial intelligence-powered analytics.

Siddhartha ‘suicide’: Economic slowdown & tax terror creating dread among Indian businesses?

Cafe Coffee Day founder V.G. Siddhartha’s body was found Wednesday near Mangaluru, 30 hours after he went missing Monday evening.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.