Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Trends & Future-Focused

Trends & Future-Focused

27 - 09 - 2026

What 136 Heart and Lung Transplants Say About India’s Evolving Transplant Care

Narayana Health’s Bengaluru programme highlights the growing complexity of cardiopulmonary transplantation—and a central challenge that technology alone cannot solve: the shortage of donor organs

25 - 09 - 2026

India’s Enterprise AI Opportunity Lies Beyond Pilots, SAP Labs India MD Says

Business context, responsible leadership and India’s digital infrastructure will determine whether AI moves from experimentation to measurable enterprise impact

19 - 09 - 2026

Karnataka Targets $6–8 Billion Blue Bioeconomy by 2031 With New Marine Biotechnology Policy

Five-year policy seeks to turn Karnataka’s 343-km coastline into a hub for marine biotechnology, seaweed products, biomanufacturing and sustainable coastal enterprises

19 - 09 - 2026

Karnataka Targets 1 GW Data Centre Capacity Under New Sustainable Policy

Five-year framework seeks 10–12% share of India’s AI-ready capacity while pushing renewable energy, advanced cooling and data infrastructure beyond Bengaluru

18 - 09 - 2026

UPI Is Free, But the Infrastructure Isn’t, Says Mohandas Pai

There remain legitimate questions about who should ultimately bear the cost, whether small merchants can absorb it, how the threshold would work and whether the economics of UPI should be structured differently

12 - 09 - 2026

India’s private wealth is going global faster than ever — but the exit routes may not be keeping pace

As GIFT City deepens as a gateway for outbound private capital, due diligence on exit mechanics — not just headline IRRs — may matter as much as manager selection itself

10 - 09 - 2026

Vast Bets on Commercial Space Stations to Open a New Era of Orbital Research

Tom Shelley says predictable access to orbit could take human spaceflight beyond government programmes, opening new markets in research, biotechnology and in-space manufacturing

10 - 09 - 2026

Gaganyaan Is Only the Beginning of India’s Human Spaceflight Ambitions: Astronaut

Indian astronaut says Gaganyaan will establish the foundation for the Bharatiya Antariksh Station, advanced orbital research and future lunar exploration

10 - 09 - 2026

Sunita Williams on the Human Future in Space: ‘We’re All on One Little Spacecraft’

At Bengaluru Space Expo, the NASA astronaut reflects on the changing role of astronauts, the promise of microgravity research and why humans, robots and AI must explore together

09 - 09 - 2026

‘50 Launches a Year’: ISRO Chief V Narayanan Says India’s Space Ambitions ‘Cannot Be Done Only by ISRO’

With demand for 200–300 new satellites over the next six to seven years, Narayanan calls for deeper industry, startup and academic participation to scale India’s space economy