Author: Shivendra Saxena

Mumbai: India’s largest retail brokerage, Groww, isn’t just filing for an IPO. It’s rewriting the startup playbook, with a $9 billion valuation and Satya Nadella in its corner. From Delaware to Delhi: The U-Turn That Paid Off Groww’s IPO is more than a money grab. It’s a statement. Just over a year after yanking its corporate base from Delaware back to India, the Bengaluru firm is ready to go public on home turf. That makes it the first Indian startup to list after reversing a U.S. domicile move. This wasn’t cheap. Groww shelled out nearly $159 million in taxes to…

New Delhi: GST on renewable energy just got rationalised from 12% to 5%. Translation: cheaper rooftop solar, affordable farm pumps, and a serious push for India’s clean energy race. GST on Renewable Energy – The Big Move The GST Council’s 56th meeting (September 3, 2025) delivered what the renewable energy industry has been lobbying for: a rate cut that actually makes sense. From September 22, every device in the renewable energy value chain, from rooftop solar panels to irrigation pumps, will attract just 5% GST instead of 12%. In plain numbers: the cost of a utility-scale solar project (₹3.5–4 crore…

New Delhi: Donald Trump is back in Britain. This time, the royal pomp isn’t just for show; the U.S. and U.K. are using his state visit to seal major technology and nuclear energy agreements, even as political scandals swirl around Keir Starmer. Tech and Energy at the Core The Trump UK state visit is more than gold carriages and royal gun salutes. Behind the glitter, the U.S. and Britain are closing multi-billion-dollar deals in two strategic sectors: technology and civil nuclear power. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s team confirmed the signing of a “world-leading tech partnership” with Washington. Translation: Silicon Valley…

New Delhi: India’s youth aren’t just the future, they’re the present. The Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2026 (VBYLD) is putting them on stage, not in the waiting room. Democracy with a Direct Line When Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya says VBYLD is “turning vision into voice and voice into impact,” he isn’t throwing around slogans. The second edition of this mega youth platform, announced in Delhi on September 13, 2025, is about giving young Indians the rare privilege: presenting their ideas directly to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. No filters. No gatekeepers. Dr. Mandaviya referred to it as “youth-led democracy.” Translation:…

New Delhi: Meta Connect 2025 lands September 17–18, and yes, the show is about smart glasses, AI, and the metaverse. Mark Zuckerberg wants applause. He might get it.  What Meta Connect 2025 will reveal, short version Meta’s annual developer-and-hype festival is back with a new schedule and a packed agenda. Expect next-gen smart glasses that actually feature a display, new Meta AI playbooks, Horizon OS updates, and developer toolkits designed to enable apps to run seamlessly inside glasses and VR headsets. The main keynote is Sept. 17 at 5:00 PM PT; the developer day follows on Sept. 18 at 10:00…

Mumbai: Robotics startups aren’t playing sidekick anymore. With $6 billion raised in just seven months of 2025, the industry has officially moved from hype to heavyweight. A Decade of Hard Lessons Pays Off Ten years ago, robotics founders were pitching into a void. Investors didn’t see a business, just science projects. Seth Winterroth of Eclipse Ventures remembers it well: most robotics talent came straight out of MIT or CMU, only to be ignored by Silicon Valley. Now? The money is flowing. Why? Cheaper hardware, smarter playbooks, and an investor class that finally sees robots as more than toys. The Kiva…

Mumbai: When Xi Jinping rolled tanks, missiles, and fighter jets through Beijing this week, it wasn’t just for show. Flanked by Vladimir Putin, Masoud Pezeshkian, and Kim Jong-un, the Chinese president staged a blunt reminder: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are done playing defence. The Axis of Upheaval 2025 has arrived, and it’s coming straight at American dominance. From “Fragile” Talk To Real Muscle – Axis of Upheaval 2025 A year ago, most analysts wrote this group off as smoke and mirrors. Symbolic at best, doomed at worst. Remember June, when Iran endured nearly two weeks of US-Israeli strikes?…

New Delhi: India just pulled the trigger on one of its most sweeping tax resets. The latest GST reforms slash rates across healthcare, automobiles, fisheries, and nutraceuticals, with ministers calling it a transformational move. Lower taxes, higher demand, and a stronger “Make in India” push. Simple. Piyush Goyal: GST relief must reach consumers Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, speaking at Bharat Nutraverse Expo 2025, didn’t mince words. He said the nutraceuticals sector is one of the biggest winners of the reforms announced on September 3. With GST rates cut to as low as 5% in some categories, Goyal said…

Mumbai: Kim Jong Un rolled into Beijing for his most important foreign outing yet, and didn’t come alone. At his side: his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, the heir apparent, stepping onto the global stage for the first time. A Debut Designed For Headlines? Forget the armoured train. The real spectacle in Beijing was the teenager in black trailing her father. Kim Ju Ae, around 12 or 13, made her first international appearance this week at China’s military parade. For North Korea-watchers, it wasn’t a surprise, just confirmation. She’s no longer the “mystery daughter.” She’s the heir apparent. Authoritarian regimes don’t…

New Delhi: The capital’s air isn’t just filthy. It’s infectious. A government-backed study has revealed that the capital’s notorious smog isn’t only about soot, stubble smoke, and exhaust. It’s also packed with airborne bacteria hitching free rides on PM2.5 particles, which double in number in the city’s crowded areas. Every winter, Delhi makes global headlines for being one of the most polluted capitals in the world. But this new finding pushes the crisis into an even darker lane: the air itself is now a delivery service for disease. Crowded Streets, Double The Danger Scientists from Kolkata’s Bose Institute studied Delhi’s…