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NCC shares crash 10 pc after NHAI imposes 2-year debarment ban
Mumbai; Shares of NCC Limited tumbled nearly 10 per cent in intra-day trade on Thursday after the company and its step-down subsidiary faced a two-year debarment order from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The sharp fall…
AI’s “humble beginnings” to a tool for scientific discovery: Google DeepMind CEO…
New Delhi : Demis Hassabis, the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Google DeepMind, has hailed the India AI Impact Summit 2026 as a critical platform for international cooperation, noting that the world is currently at a "pivotal…
Swedish Deputy PM Ebba Busch arrives in India for AI Impact Summit
New Delhi : Ebba Busch, Sweden's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Business and Industry, arrived here in the national capital on Wednesday for the Global AI Impact Summit 2026. Upon her arrival, the Ministry of External…
Bharat1.AI to establish first-ever ‘humanity centric AI City’ in Bengaluru
Bengaluru; Bengaluru-based AI infrastructure company Bharat1.AI on Tuesday announced plans to build a 'Humanity‑First AI City' here, "for model training, fine‑tuning and inference" by hosting over 10,000 AI researchers and innovators by…
India’s GCC footprint to surpass 350 million square feet within next 3-4 years: Report
Mumbai: Over 200 new global capability centres (GCCs) have entered India in just the last two years, with projections indicating that total GCC footprint will surpass 350 million square feet within the next 3-4 years, a report showed on…
India AI Impact Expo 2026 was powerful convergence of ideas, innovation and intent: PM Modi
New Delhi :Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday shared highlights of the India AI Impact Expo 2026 and said that it was a powerful convergence of ideas, innovation and intent. PM Modi took to his social media handle on 'X' and said,…
Infosys, Anthropic join hands to deliver advanced AI solutions across industries
New Delhi:Tech giant Infosys on Tuesday announced a partnership with US AI company Anthropic to develop and deliver advanced enterprise AI solutions across telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, and software development…
Gold, silver prices continue to decline amid weakening safe haven demand
New Delhi; Gold and silver prices declined for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, as investors analysed mixed US economic data and waited for cues on the US Federal Reserve’s policy path. MCX gold April futures dipped 0.56 per cent to…
Can’t afford delay in using AI for inclusive growth, says CEA Nageswaran
Mumbai As the highly-anticipated ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ kicked off in New Delhi on Monday, senior policymakers and leaders called for urgent action to use artificial intelligence (AI) to promote inclusive growth. Chief Economic…
Currency in circulation hits record Rs 40 lakh crore even as UPI grows: Report
Mumbai: Currency in circulation (CiC) in India reached an all‑time high of about Rs 40 lakh crore by January 2026 end, with year‑on‑year growth accelerating to 11.1 per cent from 5.3 per cent last year, a report said on Monday. The report…
Sensex, Nifty trade nearly flat; IT index down 0.5 pc
Mumbai; The Indian equity markets opened the week almost flat with a mild negative bias on Monday, due to a weaker-than-expected earnings season and AI-led pressure on technology stocks. As of 9.25 am, Sensex lost 22 points, or 0.02 per…
UNFPA’s Andrea Wojnar warns of AI accountability gap and its impact on trust and the digital…
New Delhi : Andrea Wojnar Resident Representative for United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) India has raised concerns about what she described as a widening "accountability gap" in the age of artificial intelligence, warning that unequal…
Union Budget focuses on strengthening MSMEs for scale, competitiveness and global reach
New Delhi: Placing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises at the heart of India’s growth strategy, the Union Budget 2026–27 has unveiled a comprehensive plan to help MSMEs scale up, compete globally and integrate deeper into domestic and…
Stock market outlook: Global cues, policy minutes and FII flows likely to guide indices
Mumbai: After a sharp fall in benchmark indices, investors will closely track global and domestic cues next week, including the US Federal Reserve minutes, RBI policy signals, IT sector trends, bullion prices and foreign investor activity,…
India wedded to strategic autonomy: EAM Jaishankar amid US claims on Russian oil buys
Munich; Amid repeated assertions from the United States regarding New Delhi's purchases of Russian oil, India, reaffirming its "strategic autonomy", has conveyed a clear message on the global stage that its energy decisions will be…
FM Sitharaman discusses India-EU FTA, investments with top leaders in Germany
New Delhi:Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met top leaders and industrialists during her visit to Germany and discussed bilateral trade relations in the backdrop of the EU-India FTA deal, while scaling up the partnership in several…
New CPI series to make poverty estimates, policy responses more accurate: CEA Nageswaran
New Delhi; As India launched the Consumer Price Index (CPI) series with 2024 as the base year, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran has said the change better reflects household spending patterns, makes poverty estimates more…
Sensex, Nifty dip sharply as IT stocks plummet over AI fears
Mumbai: The Indian equity markets posted notable losses early on Friday as IT stocks plummeted for the second consecutive session tracking weakness in US tech stocks over AI fears.As of 9.25 am, Sensex lost 672 points, or 0.80 per cent, to…
India’s technology services sector can scale to $750–850 billion by 2035: NITI Aayog
New Delhi: India’s $265 billion technology services sector can scale to $750–850 billion by 2035, while strengthening global competitiveness in the AI era and supporting the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, according to a 10-year roadmap…
Precious metals’ prices dip over dollar gains
New Delhi:Gold and silver prices dipped moderately on Thursday, as the US dollar strengthened. MCX gold April futures dipped 0.24 per cent to Rs 1,58,371 per 10 grams on an intra-day basis. Meanwhile MCX silver March futures declined 0.72…
