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Startups' reverse-flip plans taking a pause
Valuation reset, tax uncertainty slow their homecoming to India
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February 20, 2026
Business Standard
‘AI democratisation talks incomplete without countries like India’
The global conversation on democratising access to artificial intelligence (AI) — so that as many people as possible can participate and benefit — is incomplete unless countries like India are part of it, Chris Lehane, chief global affairs officer at OpenAI, told Business Standard.
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February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Disrupting the disruptor
With AI automating code, IT services firms must redefine their role. The pivot to AI-driven models marks a structural shift — one that is fundamentally changing the $285 bn industry
6 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Iran concerns drag markets to worst day since Budget
Indian equities slumped on Thursday, with the benchmark Sensex and Nifty logging their sharpest single-day fall since the Union Budget, as fears of potential US intervention in Iran and its implications for global oil supplies unnerved investors.
2 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
₹10 trn over 7 yrs: RIL makes bold bet on AI
Ambani says move will cut cost of intelligence as 'we did' with data
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February 20, 2026
Business Standard
India's Al moment is about getting it to a billion people
Indian industry leaders at the AI Impact Summit converged on a clear theme: India's artificial intelligence (AI) moment will be defined less by breakthroughs in model-building and more by how effectively the technology is diffused across the economy.
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February 20, 2026
Business Standard
The taboo product marketing challenge
\"Menstrual health integral part of right to life and dignity, says SC,\" read a headline in Business Standard on January 31, 2026.
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February 20, 2026
Business Standard
AI scare triggers worst FPI fortnightly exit from IT stocks since July 2025
Fears around artificial intelligence (AI) sparked a global selloff in information technology (IT) stocks, dragging down domestic software shares and prompting the heaviest foreign portfolio investor (FPI) outflows since the second half of July 2025.
2 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Amazon dethrones Walmart as world's biggest firm by sales
Amazon.com Inc has officially dethroned Walmart Inc as the biggest global firm by revenue, a milestone attesting to the massive scale the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant has achieved since its humble beginnings in 1994 as an online bookseller in Jeff Bezos' Seattlearea garage.
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
WhatsApp alert linked to 8th Pay Commission might scam you
Central government employees and pensioners should be wary of a fresh WhatsApp scam linked to the upcoming 8th Pay Commission.
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
'Rurban' conflicts in the capital
Ekta Chauhan's Sheher Mein Gaon: Culture, Conflict and Change in the Urban Villages of Delhi is a study of nine urban villages of the National Capital Region (NCR) including well-known localities such as Shahpur Jat, Sonipat and Hauz Khas along with lesser-known areas such as Mitraon, Deoli and Sungarpur.
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February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand in landmark social media addiction trial
In a crowded Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, a lawyer drew a picture of a frowning stick figure and projected it on a screen in front of Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's chief executive.
3 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
PM puts MANAV at heart of AI vision
Welcoming world leaders to the AI Impact Summit 2026, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Thursday said India thinks differently from \"some countries and companies\" that view artificial intelligence (AI) as a \"strategic asset\" that must be developed confidentially.
5 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
NGT forms panel to curb Sunderbans coastal erosion
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a joint committee to tackle the 'alarming' coastal erosion affecting the Sundarbans region of West Bengal, particularly Ghoramara Island.
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Onus on banks to ensure agents behave
RBI'S DRAFT DIRECTIONS FOR RECOVERY AGENTS
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February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Global CEOs call for inclusive use of AI
Strike note of optimism and urgency, calling AI as an opportunity for economic acceleration
2 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
FMCG firms may see slow but steady growth in 2026
Numerator says categories that saw high growth are expected to normalise
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Ashok Soota disagrees with Khosla, says AI is transforming IT
Ashok Soota, the founder and chairman of Happiest Minds Technologies, said the idea of IT services company turning redundant in five years due to the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) is misplaced as technology has always evolved to create newer opportunities.
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Revitalising PPPs
India's experience with public-private partnerships (PPPs) offers a clear lesson. When designed and executed well, PPPs can transform infrastructure delivery; when poorly structured, they can stall development for years.
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February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Draft norms on INR derivative seen driving banks to GIFT City
The recent draft norms of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowing authorised dealers to undertake rupee non-deliverable derivative contracts (NDDCs) having operations in IFSC Banking Unit, will incentivise banks to deepen their presence in GIFT City in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad Metropolitan Region, said experts.
2 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Nothing looks to develop CMF as standalone brand
Launched its first flagship store in Bengaluru recently
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Aluminium long-term fundamentals constructive: Kotak Institutional Equities
Longer-term fundamentals for aluminium remain constructive despite a recent pullback in global prices of the industrial metal, Kotak Institutional Equities (KIE) has said.
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
CS TECH AI MARKS NSE LISTING WITH BELL RINGING CEREMONY
CS TECH Ai (Ceinsys Tech Limited), a publicly listed technology-led engineering and geospatial infrastructure solutions company, on 19-February, 2026 marked the commencement of trading of its equity shares on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) with a ceremonial bell ringing event.
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February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Indian Bank-led consortium looks to offload ₹738 crore bad loans of BLA Power
A consortium of lenders led by Indian Bank has called for bids for the sale of ₹738.18 crore of nonperforming loans of BLA Power Pvt. Ltd., a coal-based thermal power company, under the Swiss challenge method with an anchor bid of ₹285 crore.
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Probe agencies can't be high-handed in freezing bank A/Cs: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has observed that there can be no room for discrimination or highhandedness when investigating agencies instruct banks to freeze accounts during cyber fraud probes.
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
India to attract $200 bn in data centre capacity by'30
India is set to attract $200 billion investment in the creation of new data centre capacity by 2030, part of the larger $800 billion investment lineup in the Asia Pacific region, according to accounting and consultancy firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
EPFO may link with govt databases to enhance compliance
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is likely to integrate its database with multiple central ministries and state governments in a bid to strengthen compliance monitoring and streamline the implementation of employment-linked schemes.
2 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Barclays opens office in Gurugram
UK-based Barclays has opened a new office in Gurugram at DLF Downtown, marking its second facility in the National Capital Region (NCR) and reinforcing India’s position as a strategic hub for the group.
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Trump says US needs to make meaningful deal with Iran
Kremlin urges all sides to show restraint amid US military build-up in the region
1 min |
February 20, 2026
Business Standard
Drugmakers may face muted US mkt growth
IND-RA SAYS THIS COULD HAPPEN DUE TO LACK OF CONTRIBUTION OF GENERIC VERSIONS OF CANCER DRUG REVLIMID
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