Indians paid nearly £970 million in the form of fees hidden in inflated exchange rates while making remittances in 2020. This is more than a third (36%) of the total fees of £2.63 billion that Indians paid for sending money across their country’s...
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21st Jun 2026 | Updated at 12:52am 21st Jun 2026
India’s AI Summit marks global tech turning point
Over the past week, Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi has emerged as a central hub for the global tech community, hosting the India AI Impact Summit 2026, which attracted over 250,000 participants from more than 60 countries.Addressing world leaders,...
Union Budget boosts India’s medical tourism and NRI investments
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament amid global economic uncertainty and shifting supply chains, while reaffirming India’s commitment to growth and fiscal discipline.Calling it a Yuva Shakti–driven...
The government reappointed Shaktikanta Das as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a period of three years from December 20, 2021, or until further orders. Completion of the term would make Das the longest serving governor in...
The Amazon-Future battle over the Reliance Retail deal has yet again reached the Delhi high court, with the Future Group seeking a stay on an interim order...
The £1.83 billion mega IPO of Paytm’s parent One97 Communications will open on November 8 and close on the 10th. The company cleared the last hurdle for...
The government signed the share purchase agreement (SPA) with Tata Group for Air India’s divestment, sticking to the timelines that aim at transferring the airline to its new owner by the end of this fiscal. The £1.8 billion deal, which will...
Reliance Industries (RIL) reported a 46% rise in quarterly profit, helped by higher price realisations in its oil-to-chemicals (O2C), digital services...
In a double win for Amazon, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has rejected Future Retail’s (FRL’s) plea to lift the interim stay on...
Markets regulator Sebi has cleared the £1.66 billion initial public offer of One97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm. This would make the IPO...
The US has overtaken China as India’s largest trading partner, thanks to faster growth during the first nine months of 2021. Data collated by the commerce department showed that during January-September, two-way trade between India and the US...
Indian startups have got record funding in Q3 of 2021, with investment totalling $10.9 billion across 347 deals - the first-time investments in a quarter have crossed the $10 billion mark, as per the PwC India. This was twice the amount of funding...
