India

Tata Capital’s ₹15,500-Crore IPO Rocks 2025 Markets – Should You Bet on India’s Biggest Listing?

Tata Capital IPO Overview & What’s at Stake Tata Capital Ltd – the financial services flagship of the 155-year-old Tata Group – is making its stock market debut with one of India’s biggest IPOs ever. The ₹15,512 crore (~$1.7 billion) offering opened for public bidding on October 6 and runs till October 8 timesofindia.indiatimes.com. This IPO is the largest in India this year, surpassing all other 2025 listings and even putting the Indian IPO market on track for a record fundraising month ndtv.com ndtv.com. The shares are offered in a price band of ₹310 to ₹326. Retail investors must buy

14 October 2025

AI Pioneer Pushpak Bhattacharyya Dies at 63 – Inside His Legacy and India’s Ethical AI Future

Remembering a ‘Godfather’ of AI in India India’s technology community is mourning the loss of Professor Pushpak Bhattacharyya, a towering figure in artificial intelligence and linguistics. Bhattacharyya, 63, breathed his last on Sunday, October 5, in his hometown Shillong theshillongtimes.com. An alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and IIT Kanpur with a PhD from IIT Bombay, he built a distinguished academic career – eventually becoming a professor at IIT Bombay and later Director of IIT Patna theshillongtimes.com. Colleagues and students celebrate him as a pioneer who put Indian languages on the AI map. In fact, tech magnate Nandan Nilekani once praised Bhattacharyya

6 October 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Ethics in AI · Indian Innovators · Obituaries · Technology News

SNAP Stock Just Got a 48‑Hour Jolt: India Creator Boom, New Sticker Push—and a $14B TikTok Twist Investors Can’t Ignore

Key facts (Sept 25–26, 2025): In‑depth report 1) What actually moved SNAP during Sept 25–26 Snap’s 1.34% gain to $8.33 on Sept 25 stood out in a weak tape, with ~247M shares trading (well above recent norms). The session left SNAP still well below its 52‑week peak ($13.28), but the resilience contrasts with declines across mega‑cap peers that day. That divergence sets up a near‑term narrative where company‑specific news (product rollouts, user‑growth geographies) can temporarily outweigh macro drag. MarketWatch+1 2) New product: Stickers—everywhere your audience chats Snap’s “Say it with a Sticker, Anywhere” update does three things investors should care about: 3) India momentum:

26 September 2025

India News · Investments · NYSE:SNAP · Social Media · Stock Market · Technology

1MW vs 100kW Solar Power Plants – Cost, ROI & Global Insights (India in Focus)

100 kW solar plants typically use about 250 panels of ~400 W each, cover roughly 600–1,000 m², and generate about 150,000–175,000 kWh per year, enough to serve 15–30 homes. 1 MW solar farms deploy about 2,500 panels of ~400 W each, require ~16,000–20,000 m² (4–5 acres) of land, and produce around 1,600,000–1,800,000 kWh annually, enough for about 150–200 homes. In India, a 100 kW system costs about ₹50–80 lakh (₹0.5–0.8 crore) and a 1 MW system about ₹4–5 crore, roughly ₹60–₹80/W for 100 kW versus ₹40–₹50/W for 1 MW. India’s LCOE estimates place 100 kW at roughly ₹3–5/kWh and 1

6 July 2025

Cost Analysis · India · Power Plants · Renewable Energy · Solar Power

Drone Laws in India 2025: Comprehensive Guide to Regulations, Rules & Policies

The Drone Rules, 2021 expanded regulation to cover all civilian drones up to 500 kg and introduced five weight categories: Nano, Micro, Small, Medium, and Large. The Digital Sky platform serves as the single-window portal for drone registration, Type Certification, flight permissions, and Remote Pilot Certificate issuance, with electronic enforcement of No Permission, No Takeoff. Nano drones (≤250 g) are exempt from registration and UIN requirements, and may optionally obtain a Drone Acknowledgement Number (DAN) for record. The Drone (Amendment) Rules, 2022 abolished the DGCA-issued Remote Pilot License and replaced it with a Remote Pilot Certificate (RPC) issued by Authorized

1 July 2025

Drones · India · Law · Regulations · Technology

India Grants License to Starlink: A New Era for Satellite Internet Connectivity

In mid-June 2025, India’s Department of Telecommunications granted Starlink a Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite (GMPCS) license, publicly confirmed by Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. Starlink becomes the third GMPCS licensee in India after Eutelsat OneWeb and Reliance Jio’s satellite venture. Starlink operates a Low-Earth Orbit constellation at about 550 km altitude, and globally has deployed nearly 7,000 satellites by early 2025, with about 4.6 million subscribers in 2024. The DoT license will be followed by spectrum allocation, with TRAI recommendations in May 2025 for a renewable 5-year license and 4% of AGR annual spectrum fee, plus a minimum ₹3,500

21 June 2025

India · Internet · NASDAQ:AMZN · NYSE:BHARTIARTL · NYSE:GS · NYSE:RELIANCE · Satellite · Starlink · Technology

Internet Access in India: A Comprehensive Guide for Residents and Tourists

As of early 2024, India had about 750–950 million internet users, roughly 50–68% of the population, with rural users totaling over 440 million. There are over 1.15 billion mobile connections in use, and more than 95% of internet subscriptions are via wireless mobile networks. Fixed broadband accounts for roughly 4% of subscriptions, with about 40–45 million wired connections nationwide. Fiber-to-the-home and DSL dominate fixed broadband, with fiber plans offering 50 Mbps to 1 Gbps in many metro and tier-2 cities. Entry-level fiber plans start around ₹399–₹499 per month for about 30–40 Mbps unlimited data. 4G coverage now reaches about 99%

15 May 2025

Guide · India · Internet · NYSE:BHARTIARTL · NYSE:RELIANCE · NYSE:VOD · Tourists · Travel