The system will combine farmer, grain, warehouse, insurance and loan data for lenders, though no launch date or initial deployment size was disclosed.
Cointelegraph•Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra10 Sept
Valdas Dambrauskas takes Sabah to Manchester United after journeying from Lithuania and a game show win, via London pub work Valdas Dambrauskas can reel off the questions and answers without a moment’s pause. Who won the first Academy Award for best actor in 1929? It was Emil Jannings, even if someone else might have been tempted to go with Charlie Chaplin. Which country publishes the highest number of daily newspapers? India was the clear winner. Can you name the nation that produces the most electricity per capita in the world? His family, watching back home, clasped heads in hands but he was right: back then, in 2002, the answer was his native Lithuania. It was enough to win Dambrauskas about £725 in his appearance on Six Zeros – A Million, the Lithuanian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? “At that time it was quite big money,” he says. “I could have bought a flat in my home town; it was a very difficult period there and they were almost free. But my plan was to go to England and follow my dream to become a coach, and that’s how it started.” Continue reading...
The Guardian•Nick Ames10 Sept
The 200-hotel target is only part of Wyndham’s India bet. The bigger opportunity may be getting Indian travelers to stay at Wyndham hotels wherever they go — from Jaipur to Athens and beyond.
Skift Airlines•Peden Doma Bhutia10 Sept
Adani Airport Holdings, one of India’s largest private airport operators, has entered into binding agreements to raise around US$1 billion in equity capital from a consortium of investors. The group […]
Ahead of the group’s leaders’ summit, New Delhi is pulling out the stops.
Foreign Policy•Michael Kugelman9 Sept
India's regulatory scrutiny on trading practices highlights the need for transparency and compliance, impacting market trust and investor confidence.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team9 Sept
The expansion of India's FX-Retail platform could enhance market accessibility, reduce transaction costs, and diversify currency reliance.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team9 Sept
RBI's liquidity management may tighten conditions, potentially strengthening the dollar and negatively impacting global gold prices.
CryptoBriefing•Estefano Gomez9 Sept
India's FIU issued non-compliance notices to 15 crypto platforms and sought takedowns of their apps and URLs.
The Block•Brian Danga9 Sept
India’s Financial Intelligence Unit has issued non-compliance notices to 15 crypto service providers and ordered action to take down their apps and URLs in India for operating without meeting the country’s anti-money laundering requirements. The Financial Intelligence Unit-India said Tuesday…
CoinDesk•Omkar Godbole9 Sept
On this day in history, two masters of early ocean exploration returned to their prospective homes—Vasco da Gama 527 years ago to Lisbon, and Thomas Cavendish 438 years ago to Plymouth. The former had chartered the first European course to India via the Cape of Good Hope, while the latter completed the world’s first intentional […]
Good News Network•Good News Network9 Sept
The BRICS summit 2026 takes place in Delhi this weekend. Unlike last year, Putin and Xi are expected to attend. Can India keep the expanded bloc united?
Deutsche Welle9 Sept
The report follows a BBC Eye investigation that found Instagram running paid ads promoting such material in India.
BBC8 Sept
India's global UPI expansion could revolutionize cross-border payments, reducing remittance costs and challenging traditional financial systems.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team8 Sept
India’s Defence Acquisition Council has granted in-principle approval for defence acquisitions valued at approximately Rs1.1trn ($11.64bn).
Naval Technology•Jangoulun Singsit8 Sept
QantasLink’s first Embraer E190, VH-E9A, has arrived in Perth, marking a key step in the airline’s fleet renewal programme for its Western Australian resources charter operations. The aircraft began its 20-hour journey in Norwich, UK, making stops in Bulgaria, Tajikistan, India, Malaysia and Broome in Western Australia before touching down in Perth on September 7. […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm8 Sept
Fly91’s firm order for 40 ATR 72-600s lands at a moment when its own fleet stands at just six aircraft, a bet that India’s regional and Tier 2/3 markets have room to run. It’s worth checking that bet against the last decade of data, because the headline growth numbers and the metro concentration numbers tell […]
NetworkThoughts•Network Thoughts8 Sept
India’s statistical system once commanded respect, and its data on economic and social indicators was considered rigorous – that appears to have eroded • Don’t get This is India delivered to your inbox? Sign up here There isn’t much that we Indians agree on these days. GDP numbers are no exception. Last week, India released glowing GDP numbers for the latest quarter – 7.8% growth – higher than the forecast 7% . It sparked a furore. Subhash Garg, a former finance secretary under Narendra Modi’s government and now a critic, reframed what Modi called a “herculean feat” as mere smoke and mirrors. According to Garg , the government revised last year’s current-price GDP downwards to inflate this year’s number – he believes the real growth is only 2.6%. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Niha Masih8 SeptIndia’s statistical system once commanded respect, and its data on economic and social indicators was considered rigorous – that appears to have eroded • Don’t get This is India delivered to your inbox? Sign up here There isn’t much that we Indians agree on these days. GDP numbers are no exception. Last week, India released glowing GDP numbers for the latest quarter – 7.8% growth – higher than the forecast 7% . It sparked a furore. Subhash Garg, a former finance secretary under Narendra Modi’s government and now a critic, reframed what Modi called a “herculean feat” as mere smoke and mirrors. According to Garg , the government revised last year’s current-price GDP downwards to inflate this year’s number – he believes the real growth is only 2.6%. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Niha Masih8 Sept