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Gr Noida freezes water tariffs for 2026, decides against annual hike

GREATER NOIDA, May 6 -- The Greater Noida authority board has frozen water tariffs this year and also decided against the routine 10% annual increase for the first time since 2013-14, officials aware ... Read More


A Rs.15,000-crore wipeout: how Xiaomi lost India's smartphone race to Vivo, Samsung and Apple

NEW DELHI, May 6 -- Xiaomi once sold one in every four smartphones in India. By 2025, it had fallen out of the country's top five brands. The reversal marks one of the steepest declines in India's sma... Read More


Quick fashion: Legacy brands race to match instant delivery demands.

Mumbai, May 6 -- Fashion retailers are speeding up deliveries to keep pace with instant-gratification shopping driven by quick-fashion startups, with established players and newer brands taking sharpl... Read More


BlackRock-backed GIP mulls IPOs for Pristine, Ascend at $500 mn valuations

New Delhi, May 6 -- Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the infrastructure fund manager that BlackRock Inc. acquired for $12.5 billion two years ago, is exploring initial public offerings (IPOs) for... Read More


Small businesses bagged nearly 50% of central govt orders in FY26. Here's what the data hides.

New Delhi, May 6 -- The central government's procurement from micro and small enterprises (MSEs) rose 21% to Rs.1.14 trillion in FY26, according to the MSME Sambandh portal. This surge meant smaller f... Read More


Border Villages Now at Centre of J&K's Progress: LG

Srinagar, May 6 -- Jammu- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said border villages are no longer the "last villages" of the country but have emerged as the "first villages" under the leadersh... Read More


War Enters Dangerous Phase, Competing Ceasefires Collapse, Strikes Intensify

New Delhi, May 6 -- The latest escalation in the russia ukraine war underscores how fragile ceasefire efforts have repeatedly failed under sustained military pressure and geopolitical mistrust. In a ... Read More


GTA 6 Could Trigger $80 Game Pricing Revolution, Bank of America Says

New Delhi, May 6 -- The debate surrounding the pricing of Grand Theft Auto VI has moved far beyond gaming communities and into global financial circles, where analysts and investors are increasingly t... Read More


9 rescued after fire erupts at three-storey building in Indirapuram

India, May 6 -- Nine people, including three minors and two senior citizens, were rescued after a fire broke out on the stilt floor of a three-storey residential apartment in Indirapuram's Niti Khand ... Read More


Why Google DeepMind workers in UK are trying to unionise over company's Pentagon AI deals

New Delhi, May 6 -- Workers at Google DeepMind's UK office have launched a landmark bid to unionise, citing deep concerns over the company's expanding military contracts and what they describe as a re... Read More