Yesterday US President Donald Trump announced the desire to end preferential trade terms for India under the GSP programme. The programme allowed for no tariffs on certain goods between the two countries–includng textiles, gems and chemicals–but did not, in Trumps’ […]
A new survey by Local Circles has found that Indian SMEs are being vastly underserved by Startup India with only 18% of startups claiming to having benefited from the program. Having spoken to over 33,000 startups in coming to this […]
China-US relations continue to strain as Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou awaits a hearing on extradition to the United States. A prolonged court battle is now on the cards following the executive’s shock arrest on 1 December in Canada on charges […]
Vinay Gupta had planned on a life of meditation and esotericism. A devotee of the Nath Sampradaya movement, the Scotsman Gupta had lived many years in the US imagining his life as a teacher of meditation and a more spiritual […]
A new drone startup has formed an AI engine so powerful that it can have anguished existential thoughts when soaring high above landscapes. Czech startup Nomore drew on their love of innovation and their inherent anxieties to form the first […]
Many will go to work this morning without knowing a crucial battle is being played out and that India has much to lose–and even more to gain–from the results. Yes, today, the question that is on everyone’s mind is whether […]
Given that private expenditure on healthcare accounts for 70% of healthcare expenses–of which 62% is out-of-pocket expenditure– India has one of the world’s most miserable healthcare records in the world. But is this diagnosis chronic? Could AI play a part […]
After having waded into contract law and being the basis of cryptocurrency, blockchain is now about to invade your local supermarket. Courtesy of Nutchain, India’s newest blockchain-based peanut company, the technology will now be used for the wholesale manufacture and […]
The well-heeled elite of India are lauding the launch of a new startup that takes the hassle out of walking to their car-sharing ride. Olala!, which was founded by two IIT graduates, is premised on the idea that no one […]
It takes longer to drive in peak traffic–or be driven–than it does to walk in some Indian cities. Which is why drastic solutions have been sought to alleviate India’s congestion problems. Enter Uber, who now claim that they plan to […]
