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Lead story · NEWS
Byju’s Fall and the Hard Times for India’s Edtech Startups
Byju’s once stood tall with a $22 billion valuation. Today it is nearly worthless, stuck in insolvency, with heavy layoffs and legal fights. That crash changed everything for Indian edtech. Investors who once threw money at online education now stay far away.
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NEWS · Agriculture
Sugar Backgrounder Reframes the Sector as a Massive Rural Livelihood and Price Story
A new PIB backgrounder on sugar links recent price movement with the wider structure of a sector that touches farmers, factories and consumers alike.
NEWS · Banking
SIDBI-RRB Conclave Pushes Rural MSME Credit as the Next Lending Frontier
A Delhi conclave on co-lending suggests the government wants regional rural banks to play a larger role in MSME financing.
OPINION · Other Opinion
Current Affairs Need Explanation, Not Just Accumulation
A week filled with scholarship, maritime, trade and technology updates is a reminder that information overload becomes useful only when readers can connect the dots.
NEWS · Breaking
India and Vietnam Coast Guards Hold Seventh High-Level Meeting in Chennai
The August 26 meeting in Chennai pushed maritime coordination back into the day’s front-rank news, with both sides reviewing practical cooperation between two coastal security agencies.
NEWS · Constitution & Governance CA
Students Corner: India-Vietnam Coast Guard Meeting Highlights Maritime Governance
The Chennai meeting is useful for students because it sits between diplomacy, maritime security and institutional cooperation below the summit level.
NEWS · Maritime
India and Vietnam Coast Guards Use Chennai Meeting to Deepen Maritime Coordination
The seventh high-level meeting in Chennai places coast-guard cooperation in a wider Indo-Pacific security and operational context.
EXPLAINER · How it works
Explained: Why the Government Uses Onion Buffer Stocks
A fresh August 26 release on onion availability points to one of the state’s recurring anti-inflation tools: buying early, releasing later and trying to soften seasonal price spikes.
NEWS · Breaking
Centre Says It Is in Close Watch Mode After Flash Flood in Nepal
A late-evening government response on August 26 brought regional disaster coordination and cross-border risk monitoring into India’s breaking-news frame.
NEWS · Maritime
INS Sudarshini’s Lisbon Call Turns Lokayan 2026 into a Visibility Mission
A three-day stop in Lisbon underlines how sail training and outreach voyages are also instruments of maritime diplomacy.
NEWS · Internal Security
Strong internal security key to developed India by 2047:Amit Shah
Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of a developed India by 2047 depends first on strong internal security. He stressed the need to spot problems early and stop them before they grow.
NEWS · Economy
What's going on in Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2026
The world sees India as a bright spot for growth and hope: PM. Today, India is implementing next-generation reforms at the policy level and undertaking reforms at governance level: PM
NEWS · Public Policy
Traders’ Welfare Board’s 100th Virtual Meeting Highlights the Politics of Routine Engagement
The milestone virtual meeting suggests trader outreach is being positioned as an ongoing dialogue mechanism, not a one-time consultation exercise.
NEWS · Banking
Regional Rural Banks Post Record Profit, Strengthening the Rural Finance Story
A record net-profit and business update from Delhi gives regional rural banks a stronger growth profile than they often receive in national discussion.
NEWS · Cinema
Information & Broadcasting Ministry Uses State Conference to Push Creative-Economy Agenda
A Delhi conference on August 25 framed media and live events as part of a broader creative-economy strategy rather than only communication administration.
NEWS · Music
Publications Division Wins Seven FIP Awards, Giving Government Publishing a Rare Cultural Spotlight
An awards haul for the Publications Division on August 25 offers an unusual reminder that public publishing still shapes India’s documentary and cultural landscape.
NEWS · Investment
India-Japan Investment Talks Turn Attention Toward Long-Term Institutional Capital
The Tokyo engagement broadens India’s Japan conversation from trade volume to deeper, steadier capital relationships.
EXPLAINER · Daily
What Five Years of e-Shram Say About India’s Push to Formalise Informal Worker Visibility
A backgrounder marking five years of the e-Shram portal turns one database milestone into a broader summary of how labour registration is being used in India’s social-security story.
NEWS · Defence
India-New Zealand Defence Dialogue Puts Maritime Security and Training Back in Focus
The second strategic dialogue in Wellington shows India using newer partnerships to widen defence cooperation beyond immediate geography.
NEWS · Defence
Navy’s Nipun Commissioning Signals Fresh Depth in Underwater Support Capability
The upcoming commissioning of the second indigenous diving support vessel adds a more specialised layer to India’s naval readiness story.
NEWS · Breaking
Critical Minerals Innovation Hackathon 2026 Opens to Students, Start-ups and Researchers
The Mines Ministry has launched a new challenge centred on exploration and technology intelligence, bringing a strategic resource debate into a more public innovation format.