India pricing not yet announced: Starlink

New Delhi: After putting up consumer prices for its India satcom services on its website, Starlink withdrew them and blamed a “glitch” that briefly made “dummy test data” visible. “The Starlink India website is not live, service pricing for customers in India has not yet been announced, and we are not taking orders from customers…

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Virat Kohli invests 40 crore in Agilitas Sports

BENGALURU: Ex-India captain Virat Kohli has invested Rs 40 crore in sports platform Agilitas Sports, co-founded by former Puma India MD Abhishek Ganguly. Agilitas is also acquiring One8, the sportswear brand co-created by Kohli, to fast-track its ambition of crafting India’s high-performance sportswear label.In April, Kohli ended his endorsement deal with Puma and has instead…

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Trai, DoT at loggerheads over charges for satcom spectrum

NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai and the department of telecom (DoT) are at loggerheads over fixation of satcom spectrum charges for the companies and other critical matters at a time when satcom players, such as Elon Musk’s Starlink and Sunil Mittal’s Bharti group-backed Eutelsat OneWeb wait for regulatory clarity before beginning commercial services in India,…

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The trillion-dollar shock: What tariff? How Xi Jinping beat Trump in trade war

President Trump’s trade war strategy – featuring sweeping tariffs – has not curtailed China’s export machine. (AI image) Driving the news:Despite nearly a decade of US tariffs under President Donald Trump, China’s trade surplus has exploded, hitting $1.08 trillion through November – the highest ever recorded globally and a level China didn’t reach until year-end…

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8th pay commission: Govt shares major update in Lok Sabha after ToR notification; what’s next for employees and pensioners

More than 50.14 lakh Central government employees and around 69 lakh pensioners are set to be covered under the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC), with the government saying the timing of implementation and funding will be decided later.The update was shared in the Lok Sabha on Monday in a written reply by Minister of State…

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India-US trade talks: US deputy ambassador for trade to visit India; discussions resume this week

The US Deputy Ambassador for Trade, Rick Switzer, will visit India on December 10 and 11 as New Delhi and Washington continue discussions aimed at concluding a fair and mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreement, ANI reported.Confirming the visit at a media briefing on Monday, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the trip would…

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IndiGo crisis: Rs 827 crore refunds, 1,800+ flights operated; slow recovery explained in key numbers

Chaos amid Indigo flight cancellations NEW DELHI: India’s largest airline IndiGo is scrambling to restore stability after a week of unprecedented operational chaos sparked by the rollout of revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) for pilots. The disruption, which began on December 2, quickly snowballed into one of the worst aviation meltdowns the country has…

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