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VCs favour technologists, not hustlers, in India's new AI, deep-tech wave

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- When Chennai-based space-tech startup Agnikul pitched to Artha Venture Fund in 2020, managing partner Anirudh Damani said it took only minutes to recognise the founders' deep doma... Read More


Corporates usually wait for RBI rate decision before bond offers. Not this time

Mumbai, Dec. 5 -- Bond issuers have flooded the market with long-term paper ahead of the 5 December Monetary Policy Committee meeting, breaking from past trends amid uncertainty about a rate cut, a we... Read More


Esops-The great reluctance to cash out

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- Employee Stock Option Plans (Esops) are a potent tool to ensure that the key employees stay and grow with the company. With startups, the Esop value is notional, meaning it is unl... Read More


Startups shake up IIT placements with high-skill AI roles and sky-high salaries, but in small numbers

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- In this season's race for top brains at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), artificial intelligence (AI) startups-both domestic and Silicon Valley-based-are pulling away f... Read More


Sheetal Tejwani, accused in rRs.r1,500-crore Mundhwa land fraud, made repeated bids to take possession: police tell court

India, Dec. 5 -- Sheetal Tejwani, arrested for the alleged illegal sale of nearly 40 acres of state-owned land in Mundhwa, made multiple attempts since 2013 to take possession of the plot despite the ... Read More


Falling rupee should cheer exporters; so why is no one smiling?

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- The Indian rupee's recent slide beyond the 90-per-dollar mark offers little relief to its exporters, most of which are struggling under the weight of crippling tariffs imposed by ... Read More


Airport turbulence: IndiGo requests relief, no solace for travellers after 600 flights cancelled

India, Dec. 5 -- India's biggest airline IndiGo cancelled over 400flights on Thursday - the third consecutive day of chaos - as the carrier admitted to aviation regulators that its operational meltdow... Read More


62 years on, Bhakra Dam set for first-ever desilting

Chandigarh, Dec. 5 -- Sixty-two years after the Bhakra Dam was dedicated to the nation in 1963, the iconic structure is preparing for its first-ever desilting operation amid reports of alarming sedime... Read More


DDA plans year-round cultural and wellness events across green areas

India, Dec. 5 -- The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is preparing to convert its major green spaces across the Capital into active public hubs with a year-round calendar of activities focused on art... Read More


Revenue official, watchman held for accepting Rs.10k bribe in Jammu

Jammu, Dec. 5 -- The anti-corruption bureau, on Thursday, arrested a revenue official and a watchman on the charges of bribery, said officials. The accused were identified as Ganderab Singh, Patwari, ... Read More