Putin, Modi to discuss trade, defence deals, local currency payments on Friday: Kremlin
Business Lineby Amiti Sen·8 Sept 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, ahead of the BRICS Summit, as the country looks to deepen trade and financial cooperation...
Navy Chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan to visit Australia, New Zealand to boost ties
Business Lineby BL New Delhi Bureau·8 Sept 2026
Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, will embark on an official visit to Australia and New Zealand from Wednesday to further strengthen maritime cooperation with the navies of the two...
REIT-backed office space expands 74% on-year in first half of 2026
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau·8 Sept 2026
India’s operational office space held through listed Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) expanded 74 per cent year-on-year to 167 million sq ft in the first half of 2026, but institutional...
CDB’s Chhattisgarh farm tops coconut production among non-traditional farms in 2025
Business Lineby BL Mangaluru Bureau·8 Sept 2026
Coconut Development Board’s (CDB) farm in Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh recorded the highest coconut production among all non-traditional demonstration-cum-seed production farms in the country...
Editorial. Himalayan meltdown
Business Line·8 Sept 2026
The recent disaster in the wake of a flash flood in Nepal’s Rasuwa has shaken up the world to the dangers arising from glacial lake outbursts and hanging glaciers.
MAHE joins US-India TRUST Fellowship as Indian host institution
Business Lineby BL Mangaluru Bureau·8 Sept 2026
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has been selected as one of three Indian host institutions for the US-India TRUST Fellowship 2026-27, an initiative designed to strengthen scientific and...
Quick commerce gains as e-commerce loses share: Report
Business Lineby BL Bengaluru Bureau·8 Sept 2026
India’s quick-commerce platforms are steadily gaining share from traditional ecommerce players, with the shift particularly visible in metros, according to data from Datum Intelligence.
GCCs will follow a hiring pattern similar to that of IT services: Neeti Sharma, CEO of TeamLease Digital
Business Lineby Vallari Sanzgiri·8 Sept 2026
Global Capacity Centres (GCCs) had become a safe haven for freshers during last year’s AI transformation phase when every IT services company seemed to be downsizing.
2026 to herald worst festive season in years in face of rising smartphones prices
Business Lineby Vallari Sanzgiri·8 Sept 2026
Ahead of festive season, retailers flagged September for the lowest Android smartphone sales in the year, owing to persistent price hikes, upcoming Apple launches, and shifting consumer behaviour.
SPVs set up under Smart Cities Mission in TN reduced to funding conduits: CAG report
Business Lineby PTI·8 Sept 2026
The SPVs set up under the SCM in Tamil Nadu have been reduced to mere funding conduits, with public funds routinely diverted to routine municipal works outside designated development zones...
BRICS Summit may consider invoice-discounting mechanism to ease MSME funding crunch
Business Lineby Amiti Sen·8 Sept 2026
BRICS member countries could take forward a proposal to create an invoice-discounting mechanism for small businesses, along with a broader package on global value chains and digital trade, at the...
BondsIndia re-brands as Digifinn to widen fixed income offerings
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau·8 Sept 2026
BondsIndia, a leading digital fixed income investment platforms, has rebranded itself as Digifinn, to mark its evolution from a bond-focused marketplace to become a comprehensive digital platform...
Uttar Pradesh may spoil India’s sugar party in 2026-27 season
Business Lineby Prabhudatta Mishra·8 Sept 2026
Despite an anticipated 10 per cent boost in sugarcane yields, especially across its western belt, Uttar Pradesh's sugar production is likely to remain stagnant at around 9 million tonnes (mt) next...
Indian govt should reduce ethanol blending to E15 on supply constraint, says ICRIER
Business Lineby BL New Delhi Bureau·8 Sept 2026
Policy think-tank ICRIER has urged the government to be flexible with the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme.
PM Modi calls for deeper UPI links with overseas payment systems
Business Lineby K Ram Kumar; Avinash Nair·8 Sept 2026
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for the next phase of India’s UPI expansion to go beyond making the payment system available overseas and focus on linking UPI with domestic payment...
EV registrations make records with best-ever August in each category
Business Lineby S Ronendra Singh·8 Sept 2026
August 2026 was not only the biggest-ever August for overall vehicles retail sales in India, but for electric mobility too, across categories that reached 2,98,448 units, up 53 per cent...
Leveraging Jio brand, fund launches, JioBlackRock aims for faster break-even
Business Lineby Mithun Dasgupta·8 Sept 2026
Leveraging the Jio brand, Jio Financial Services’ wide network and frequent new fund launches, JioBlackRock Asset Management is aiming for a faster break-even.
Apple Event 2026: Foldable iPhone, AI integration, and a new face on stage
Business Lineby Sindhu Hariharan·8 Sept 2026
Apple’s ‘Surprise and Shine’ launch event on Wednesday night has generated high anticipation on many counts.
FinTechs helping bridge India’s MSME credit gap: RBI Governor
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau·8 Sept 2026
FinTechs are helping bridge India’s MSME credit gap by extending formal, collateral-like credit to millions of small businesses that, for decades were invisible to traditional underwriting models...
Firm truck rentals and ageing fleet replacement demand fire up India’s heavy truck market
Business Lineby Amit Vijay Mohile·8 Sept 2026
Firm truck rentals, rising goods carrier registrations and accelerating heavy truck sales, are converging with replacement demand from an ageing fleet as India enters its peak festival freight...
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