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Saturday, July 19, 2025
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Byju’s acquires Osmo for $120 million in US education push

Osmo, a developer of learning games, will continue as a standalone brand once the deal is completed.

Angel tax makes a comeback, tax department defends notices to start-ups

Start-ups are in the process of making a representation to the government over notices from the Income Tax department.

Top angel investor & former IRS officer says civil servants throttling India startup scene

Venktesh Shukla, a leading angel investor, says India's civil services officers are the ‘worst’ to devise startup policies.

The problems with China’s $856 billion startup juggernaut

As China struggles to fund its technological ambitions and catch up to the US, its basic problem is that too much capital is chasing after too few startups.

Can India be the next space startup haven, or will China beat us to it?

India and China are competing in the world economy for many things, one of them being the private space industry. There have been over...

35-year-old unknown Chinese entrepreneur creates the world’s most valuable startup

Bytedance Ltd is on its way to a more than $75 billion valuation, a price tag that surpasses Uber Technologies Inc.

Meet the 24 year old who built a $5 billion hotel startup in five years

Ritesh Agarwal model combines a reservation site with a full stack of services for small hoteliers who want to up their game.

The US business whiz-kid is likely a 45-year-old, at least 15 years older than India’s

The founders of the fastest-growing American startups are well into their 40s, while the domestic landscape is dominated by youth.  

Startups fear that Trump’s tariffs will stifle the next Apple

Unlike larger companies, American startups fear they will not be able to cover up for the losses due to Trump's tariffs.

Only a political startup can crush India’s anti-prosperity machine

India’s rulers have changed, but the rules have not. Without smashing the anti-prosperity machine, we are not going to become free and prosperous. Poverty is...

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Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.