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Pine Labs to acquire Tiger Global-backed Shopflo

New Delhi, April 27 -- Fintech firm Pine Labs Ltd, which listed on domestic bourses last year, has agreed to acquire Tiger Global-backed Shopflo Technologies, a direct-to-consumer checkout platform, i... Read More


'Dhurandhar 2' breaches the Rs. 1,000 crore box office mark and Bollywood believes there is room for more

With Dhurandhar, April 27 -- The Revenge crossing the Rs.1,000 crore mark at the domestic box office-becoming the first Hindi film to do so-industry watchers believe India's theatrical potential could... Read More


China's consumption revival may start with social safety net. These 3 sectors could benefit.

New Delhi, April 27 -- Wu Jingliang, a human resources manager in Beijing, got a raise at the beginning of the year, and the first financial move her family made was to increase their monthly savings ... Read More


Rs.24K for lake view in average room, Techie reveals Bengaluru rental reality: 'Not worth it'

New Delhi, April 27 -- Rental woes continue to trouble many across India, especially in metro cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru. Among them is a 24-year-old software developer who left the inte... Read More


Rajya Sabha chair accepts Raghav Chadha, other AAP rebels' BJP merger: 'Welcome to nation-building NDA'

India, April 27 -- Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan has accepted the BJP merger announced by MP Raghav Chadha, along with six others who left the AAP last week. The BJP's total tally in Rajya Sab... Read More


2026 West Asia: Global wake-up call

India, April 27 -- The spring of 2026 has been marked by a catastrophic descent into a regional conflagration that has fundamentally altered the moral and physical landscape of West Asia. What began a... Read More


In Humla, residents walk six hours for salt - and still don't get enough

Surkhet, April 27 -- In Nekpa, ward 5 of Chankheli Rural Municipality of Humla, Purna Budha is forced to walk nearly six hours one way just to buy salt. "There is no road access in the village, so we... Read More


What the US-Iran ceasefire really reveals

India, April 27 -- The ceasefire between the US and Iran, first announced on April 8, now looks less like a diplomatic breakthrough and more like a fragile, reversible pause shaped by coercion, miscal... Read More


For Humla residents, new road, same old hardships

Surkhet, April 27 -- Residents of Humla, arguably the country's most remote district, complain that a newly opened road link has brought little relief as high fares, unsafe conditions and regulatory g... Read More


Mapping the fallout: Which Indian sectors face risks from the West Asia war?

New Delhi, April 27 -- Two months into the West Asia war, a conflict that triggered the world's greatest energy crisis, second- and third-order effects are surfacing everywhere, from falling fertilize... Read More