BENGALURU: A rising number of Indian startup founders are stepping away from their ventures to start afresh. While reasons vary, they often stem from personal and professional challenges, including co-founder disagreements, dwindling passion for the original problem statement, time constraints, and intensifying market pressures.As the Indian startup ecosystem grapples with a funding winter and increasingly…
NEW DELHI: An engineer-turned-space sector administrator Pawan Kumar Goenka, who is the chairman of space regulator and promoter Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (INSPACe) and is also leading a trade promotion panel, has been selected for the Padma Shri award.Besides his significant contribution to the space sector as space regulator, Goenka, who earlier…
NEW DELHI: Amid expectations of a relief in income tax in the Budget, govt is keen to keep the new tax regime free of concessions, while it looks at raising the threshold and offering concessions through a rejig of slabs.Income tax rates are usually among the last set of announcements to be finalised and typically…
NEW DELHI: Despite efforts by India Inc and regulations to address gender diversity, women still occupy just 19% of C-suite roles in India, far below the global average of 30%, highlighting the need for targeted talent search initiatives.A key barrier preventing women from accessing and excelling in these leadership positions is work-life integration, with around…
NEW DELHI: NDA will further improve its tally in the Upper House of Parliament as resignation of one more YSRCP Rajya Sabha member, V Vijayasai Reddy – the fourth since the party’s rout in 2024 assembly elections – would give the BJP-led alliance one additional seat in the imminent by-election. Reddy, leader of the party…
NEW DELHI: Amid tensions in South China Sea, PM Narendra Modi and visiting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto reaffirmed the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, stability, maritime safety and security, freedom of navigation and overflight in the region, and other lawful uses of the seas, including unimpeded lawful maritime commerce.In a joint statement issued a…
ROORKEE/DEHRADUN: Making a mockery of the law, two senior politicians in Uttarakhand – Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion, former MLA from Khanpur and a BJP member, and the independent MLA from the same seat, Umesh Kumar – went at each other with loaded weapons, even as their supporters clashed, spreading fear and panic in the region…
LUCKNOW: UP STF arrested the mastermind of a ‘digital arrest’ cyber fraud syndicate from IGI Airport in New Delhi Sunday. STF identified the suspect as Suresh Kumar Sain, 43, a school dropout hailing from Rajasthan. He fled to Cambodia after a series of scams across India, including ‘digital arrest’ frauds. Vishal Vikram Singh, additional SP,…
DHAKA: Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma Sunday said both nations are important stakeholders in “peace and development” of Bay of Bengal, and collaboration between the two is vital to address shared challenges of environmental sustainability & climate change.India’s partnership with Bangladesh must benefit people on both sides, he said. “As a neighbour with…
Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) Wishing the country on the 76th Republic Day, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said the Constitution is under a serious assault under BJP govt, with institutions being degraded, opposition netas being targeted, minorities being assaulted and “secular” politicians being tarnished by propaganda. He said citizens should be ready for sacrifice to save…
