Small businesses to struggle with biometric verification for SIM issuance
Business Lineby Vallari Sanzgiri·25 Aug 2026
Small businesses will face operational hurdles with the biometric verification mandate for SIM issuance and related services, similar to SIM-binding challenges, as per experts.
ESDS flags local protest impact on data centre business during IPO announcement of ₹720 crore
Business Lineby Vallari Sanzgiri·25 Aug 2026
Data centre player and AI ecosystem provider ESDS Software Solutions flagged data centre protests by local residents in India as a financial and strategic risk to the business, in its draft red...
US targets four Indian firms in ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ against Iran
Business Lineby Amiti Sen·25 Aug 2026
The US has sanctioned four India-based companies for their alleged involvement in importing Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products, as Washington expands its economic pressure on Tehran under...
India’s July steel output rises 1.9%
Business Lineby Gayathri G·25 Aug 2026
India’s crude steel production rose 1.9 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 14.4 million tonnes (mt) in July, even as global output declined marginally, according to data released by the World Steel...
Tamil Nadu Government to rejig key AI agencies
Business Lineby BL Chennai Bureau·25 Aug 2026
To position Tamil Nadu at the forefront of the growing AI economy, the new TVK-led government of Tamil Nadu has announced a reorganisation of the Tamil Nadu Artificial Intelligence Mission (TNAIM).
Indian refiners lean on Russia, UAE, South America for August crude oil imports
Business Lineby Rishi Ranjan Kala·25 Aug 2026
Indian refiners are procuring crude oil cargoes from Russia, the UAE and South America during August as disruptions persist in West Asia following the conflict impacting supplies through the Strait...
MoD plans fast-track defence licensing in under three weeks
Business Lineby Dalip Singh·25 Aug 2026
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has created a concept paper, awaiting nod from the Union Ministries of Commerce and Home, to reduce timeline of processing a defence manufacturing licence to less than...
HEG fixes September 7 as record date for demeger
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau·25 Aug 2026
HEG Ltd, a manufacturer of graphite electrodes, completed the final operational steps of its proposed demerger that will create two independent listed entities.
Brands, q-comm, retailers witness a spike in Rakhi gifting demand
Business Lineby Meenakshi Verma Ambwani·25 Aug 2026
Brands, retailers and e-commerce players are expecting to garner double-digit sales growth in the run-up to Raksha Bandhan, which is slated to be celebrated this Friday.
SC notice on TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee plea for time-bound decision on disqualification of 20 rebel MPs
Business Lineby The Hindu Bureau·25 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea filed by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee contending that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was delaying disqualification proceedings under...
Letters to the Editor dated August 21, 2026
Business Line·25 Aug 2026
Unfair move Apropos ‘SBI widens cash withdrawal charges to all basic accounts’ to plug fee income leak (August 21).
Indian economy continues to display strength despite headwinds: RBI Bulletin
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau·25 Aug 2026
The Indian economy continues to display strength, characterised by buoyant domestic demand, and rising manufacturing and services activity, notwithstanding headwinds arising from fragile...
C-DOT will drive India’s shift from self-reliance to global telecom leadership: Scindia
Business Lineby BL New Delhi Bureau·25 Aug 2026
The government, on Tuesday, said the technological expertise of the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), State-owned telecommunications technology development centre, will play a crucial...
Defence Ministry opens DRDO’s conventional missile tech to private companies
Business Lineby Dalip Singh·25 Aug 2026
In a major boost to domestic defence manufacturing, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday approved the transfer of DRDO-developed conventional missile system technology to private firms in the...
Weekly Rupee View: Rupee recovers
Business Lineby Akhil Nallamuthu; BL Research Bureau·25 Aug 2026
The rupee made a sharp recovery in the final trading hours of Tuesday after having been stable for a week. The domestic currency has closed at 95.41 on Tuesday, compared with 95.68 a week ago.
WAE Joins United Nations Global Compact Network India, Advancing Technology-Led Water Sustainability
Business Line·25 Aug 2026
New Delhi, Delhi, India – Business Wire India WAE Limited, an Indian sustainability-led water technology and engineering company, today announced that it has joined the United Nations Global...
Public sector bank more efficient than Private Sector Banks, says EAC-PM paper
Business Lineby Shishir Sinha·25 Aug 2026
Contrary to popular perception, a working paper by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has said that efficiency of public sector banks (PSBs) is much better than private...
Coking coal market poised to be volatile in the short-term on China mine mishap, steel output dip
Business Lineby Subramani Ra Mancombu·25 Aug 2026
The global coking coal market will likely be volatile in the short-term as a decline in steel production and two rounds of the commodity’s price cuts will be offset by strict safety inspections of...
Telawne Power Unveils Next-Gen Smart Transformer Innovations at Bengaluru Industry Summit
Business Line·25 Aug 2026
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India – Business Wire India Telawne Power Equipments Pvt. Ltd., a global leader in power engineering solutions, successfully concluded its Consultant Meet 2026 at The Chancery...
GST’s Sec. 74 notice must contain clear, fraud/suppression grounds: Supreme Court
Business Lineby Shishir Sinha·25 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court has ruled that a show cause notice (SCN) under section 74 of the CGST Act to an assessee must contain clear grounds for fraud or suppression, rather than simply saying that there...
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