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India pitches inclusive AI roadmap to the world

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, the heads of OpenAI and Anthropic respectively, steered clear of a hand-holding pose during a photo opportunity at the AI summit.

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, the heads of OpenAI and Anthropic respectively, steered clear of a hand-holding pose during a photo opportunity at the AI summit.

4 min read . 09:04 pm IST Sakshi Sadashiv, Jatin Grover

Sam Altman, co-founder and chief executive of OpenAI. (PTI)

AI costs are dropping fast—and India stands to gain: Sam Altman

3 min read . 07:52 pm IST

Excess urea applied on farms is not absorbed by plants and is released as nitrous oxide, a toxic greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 272 times that of CO2. (Mint)

Invisible hunger: How soil depletion robs food of nutrients

9 min read . 05:00 pm IST

Within key indices, the share of FPIs in the Nifty 50 fell by 25 bps quarter-on-quarter to a more than 13-year low of 23.8%. (Reuters)

FPIs cut ownership in NSE-listed firms to 15.5-year low

4 min read . 04:24 pm IST

Elon Musk told a podcast of his plans to put satellites housing giant data centres in space that would be run on solar power. (istockphoto)

Data centres in space? Well, so long as AI starts easing life on Earth…

4 min read . 04:01 pm IST

From The Wall Street Journal

The last time the sectors diverged so much was just before Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. (File Photo: AFP)

What to make of this very weird market

4 min read .04:38 pm IST

Age limits on access to social-media apps are being debated or implemented in more countries. (Image: Pixabay)

From Paris to New Delhi, the push to ban teens from soc ....

5 min read .09:39 am IST

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor during takeoff.

US gathers the most air power in the Mideast since the ....

7 min read .07:03 am IST

The Fed held its benchmark short-term rate steady in a range between 3.5% and 3.75% on a 10-2 vote, the first time the central bank had held rates steady since July. (REUTERS)

Fed minutes reveal little appetite for rate cuts

3 min read .06:53 am IST

Some senior partners now charge as much as $3,400 an hour at the country’s largest law firms.

Top lawyers’ fees have skyrocketed. Be prepared to pay ....

5 min read .06:44 am IST

Vendors say big companies have become more cautious about what they buy. (Representative image) (iStock )

Pedaling AI software isn’t as easy as it used to be

4 min read .18 Feb 2026

Energy Corps is a nonprofit that aims to help developing nations such as Ghana, Zambia and Burundi build out their energy infrastructure and prosper.

The fossil fuel tycoon teaming up with the Rockefellers ....

5 min read .18 Feb 2026

Al-Hol detention camp in northeast Syria. Moises Saman for WSJ

Chaotic closure of a huge ISIS detention camp is testin ....

6 min read .18 Feb 2026

The U.S. dollar accounts for about 57% of central bank reserves, down from 64% in 2017, as the share of foreign holdings of US (Image: Pixabay)

The reign of the dollar is coming to an end. What investors can do about it.

11 min read . 03:26 pm IST

Rajat Verma, CEO, DBS Bank.

DBS Bank India targets ‘mass affluent’ customers in pivot to universal banking

4 min read . 03:09 pm IST

China is making progress on infrastructure support for the Global South. (Pixabay)

China's Belt and Road Initiative has evolved: Did critics miss the memo?

3 min read . 03:00 pm IST

Paytm’s H1FY26 distribution revenues were 2x of PhonePe compared with 10x in FY24. (REUTERS)

Paytm may look cheap next to PhonePe—but that could be a trap

2 min read . 02:36 pm IST

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Who should lead the US Federal Reserve next? (REUTERS)

Chris Waller, not Kevin Hassett, should lead the Federal Reserve

3 min read .02:09 pm IST

Crypto’s real threat to banks

3 min read .02:05 pm IST

A humanoid robot in festive red attire gestures onstage as a quadruped robot fitted with a lion head moves in the foreground during the second day of Lunar New Year celebrations at a temple fair in Beijing on Wednesday. (AP)

China’s humanoids are dazzling the world. Who will buy them?

5 min read .06:34 am IST

On February 4th its emir met with Khalid bin Salman, the Saudi defence minister and the crown prince’s brother. (AFP)

Why the Gulf’s most powerful countries are at odds

5 min read .18 Feb 2026

Export revenues are falling, and economic weakness means budget gaps cannot be filled with additional tax revenues. (REUTERS)

Russia’s economy has entered the death zone

5 min read .17 Feb 2026

Where the Maga movement has been more successful is in causing trouble for existing brands. (Getty Images via AFP)

Why MAGA brands have been a flop

2 min read .16 Feb 2026

The biggest challenge casting a shadow over India’s future is pollution. (HT)

Kaushik Basu: Why hope and disappointment seem condemned to coexist in India

4 min read . 02:00 pm IST

Torrent Power has recently acquired Nabha Power Ltd, a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T). (File Photo: Reuters)

Torrent Power valuation is pricey, but Nabha deal to fuel growth

2 min read . 01:41 pm IST

Navitaire’s website lists IndiGo, Air India Express, Akasa Air and SpiceJet among its Indian customers. (AFP)

Tech turbulence: Navitaire outage briefly jolts IndiGo, Akasa, AIX check-ins

3 min read . 01:05 pm IST

India and the EU have thrashed out a trade pact that will now be taken up for ratification by the European Parliament and is being called ‘the mother of all deals.’ (Bloomberg)

What India’s free trade pact with the EU reveals about the global trade order

4 min read . 12:30 pm IST

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The U.S. dollar accounts for about 57% of central bank reserves, down from 64% in 2017, as the share of foreign holdings of US (Image: Pixabay)

The reign of the dollar is coming to an end. What inves ....

11 min read .03:26 pm IST

Current highly positive sentiment could be a bearish signal for stocks. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP) (AFP)

The stock market is too confident. That’s a risk.

3 min read .09:54 am IST

An AI tool, Hazel is essentially writing code to analyze or solve particular problems on behalf of advisors. (Stock image: Pixabay)

Meet Hazel, the AI tool that sparked a stock market selloff

7 min read .18 Feb 2026

Kevin Warsh is set to become the next Federal Reserve chair. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid//File Photo (REUTERS)

Why Warsh won’t be remembered for cutting rates

4 min read .18 Feb 2026

Could Ford shoppers one day find Chinese brands on dealer lots? The idea might not be as far-fetched as it sounds.

Ford might look East for innovation. That’s a bad idea.

2 min read .18 Feb 2026

Meta glasses sit on display. (File Photo: AP)

Meta is the winner in smart glasses. How big the busine ....

2 min read .17 Feb 2026

Netflix agreed in December to buy Warner’s studios and streaming assets for $27.75, with the Discovery Global cable assets being spun out to investors. It made the bid all-cash last month. (File Photo: Reuters)

Netflix’s Warner Bros. Deal Is Under Fire. Why the odds ....

1 min read .16 Feb 2026

Students in the Valrose campus library, at the University Cote-d'Azur, in Nice, southern France.

College can break the bank. More Americans are going far away.

4 min read .16 Feb 2026

China’s luxury market shrank 18% to 20% in 2024. Here: a Gucci window display in Hong Kong.

China’s Gen Zers love knockoffs. Luxury retailers regre ....

4 min read .15 Feb 2026

Baby boomers are expected to pass on $53 trillion to their children by 2045.

Adult kids are getting their inheritances sooner. How p ....

4 min read .15 Feb 2026

Export-oriented fishers are facing mounting pressure to comply with stringent international standards on traceability and quality control. (AFP)

Can India’s new Access Pass unlock deep-sea tuna exports?

4 min read . 12:30 pm IST

Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of Ola Cabs, and founder of Ola Electric, speaks during a press conference ahead of the company's IPO launch in Mumbai last year. (Reuters / Francis Mascarenhas)

Can Ola Electric recharge its fading spark?

3 min read . 12:28 pm IST

Robust statistical indicators are not just important from an academic perspective, but also for policymaking.

Keep data fresh: Institutionalize India’s process of statistical revisions

3 min read . 12:00 pm IST

A dispute between Ranveer Singh and Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment has brought contract discipline in Bollywood under fresh scrutiny.

Ranveer Singh vs Excel: When a star exit forces Bollywood to rethink contracts

3 min read . 11:07 am IST

Under the proposal, the DGCA would build an independent revenue stream through a share of user development fees charged at airports, along with licensing charges and penalties

DGCA seeks share of passenger fees in push for financial autonomy

4 min read . 10:52 am IST