India's unexpected 0-2 loss to South Africa in the recently concluded Test series has left the team reeling. Earlier this week, South Africa handed India their heaviest Test defeat by runs, defying expectations.

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?

South Africa hand India their heaviest defeat by runs to complete a compelling 2-0 series sweep in Guwahati on Wednesday.

The crash on June 12 killed 260 people, including all but one of the 242 people aboard the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 19 on the ground when the aircraft plummeted into a hostel for medical students in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff.

China allows visa-free transit for Indian nationals for up to 24 hours. By comparison, U.S. citizens are given 10 days. Thongdok’s treatement caused an uproar in India and threatened to refreeze relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors which have thawed in recent months after a deadly border dispute.

But speaking at the Tesla Centre launch in Gurugram, India head Sharad Agarwal said buyers can recoup up to two million rupees ($22,400; £16,900) over four years on fuel and maintenance - a third of the price of its Model Y sold here.

India's biggest carmakers including Tata Motors and Hyundai want the government to scrap a weight-based emission concession for small cars under planned new efficiency rules, a move they say would benefit just one company,

Tension and suspicion between U.S. and Indian experts have marked the continuing inquiry into the crash of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

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.

Diageo and Pernod Ricard's Indian lobbying group has sued Maharashtra state over a sharp tax hike on their affordable brands and for excluding the companies from a new lower tax category reserved for some local firms.

Jennifer Lopez performed at heiress Netra Mantena and New York tech entrepreneur Vamsi Gadiraju's wedding in India on Nov. 23, where she performed a slew of her hits for the crowd and shared a toast to the bride and groom.