For this edition of the India Business Briefing Q&A, I sat down with Pine Labs chief executive Amrish Rau to talk about the company’s plans for the future and the scope and scale of fintech in India and abroad. Fintech has grown rather fast these past few years. Looking ahead, what do you see as the biggest opportunities in India and abroad?

India's olive ridley turtle numbers appear to have rebounded after years of patchwork efforts to stem their decline. Can it last?

The decision to release Q1 and Q2 estimates in the new series is intended to smooth the transition and provide a coherent framework for analysis.

"This is part of a broader trend by the government to hasten economic reforms, especially in the wake of Trump's 50% tariffs, and an important signal that it is keen to ease doing business in India, attract more FDI [foreign direct investment] and integrate into GVCs [global value chains]," said Nomura, a broking house.

India's Adani Group plans to raise 900 billion rupees ($10.06 billion) in debt in the next financial year through a mix of bank loans, bonds and overseas borrowings, a senior company executive said on Friday.

In the past three years it has grown faster than India as a whole. UP was “once regarded as a sick state”, says Mr Adityanath. Now it is “one of India’s economic growth engines”. What changed? The most visible factor is an infrastructure boom.

The detention of Pema Wangjom Thongdok, an Indian citizen living in the UK, at Shanghai airport has fuelled a diplomatic row between Delhi and Beijing.

By Praveen Paramasivam (Reuters) -UK-based fast-food chain German Doner Kebab (GDK) plans to open its first restaurant in India early next year, as it targets 1 billion pounds ($1.32 billion) in global sales within five years,