New Delhi, Sep 3 — Meta-backed messaging platform WhatsApp on Thursday announced the rollout of bill payments in India which allow users to find, manage and pay household and utility bills directly.The feature is being rolled out gradually and will be available to all Android and iOS users in the…
New Delhi, Sep 3 — India's services sector strengthened in August because of resilient demand and a continued rise in new business, while employment growth accelerated to a 15-month high, according to the HSBC India Services PMI data released on Thursday.The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Services…
Seoul, Sep 3 — Nearly 40 million user accounts of South Korean streaming platform Tving were compromised in a massive data breach stemming from a hacking incident reported in June, a joint investigation showed on Thursday.The Ministry of Science and ICT announced the results of a three-month…
New York, Sep 3 — Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman has pitched for India's reform-led growth story to investors at a high-level business roundtable here, highlighting the country's 7.8 per cent economic growth in the first quarter of 2026-27 and improved…
New Delhi, Sep 3 — In a bid to develop modern digital and critical infrastructure, the government has notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026 — marking a significant step towards establishing Indian Standard Time (IST) as the common, legally recognised and traceable time…
New Delhi, Sep 3 — The GIFT City IFSC emerged as a strong international banking hub, mobilising over $52.8 billion under RBI’s FCNR(B) Swap Facility, $11.62 billion in ECBs and $11.12 billion in bond listings by banks in IFSC exchanges, according to the government.As on August 31, 20 IFSC Banking…
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 3 — Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang says he does not need to keep working. He simply cannot bear the thought of missing what artificial intelligence (AI) could deliver over the next decade."I've been working a long time and Surely I don't have to work, but I…
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 3 — Palantir Chief Executive Alex Karp said that India could emerge as a major artificial intelligence (AI) power, citing its technical talent, energy initiatives and capacity to develop advanced AI models. "I could see it doing very, very well," Karp told IANS…
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 — Artificial intelligence (AI) can now complete in minutes the work that start-ups were once expected to perform over three months, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has said, predicting an unprecedented surge in entrepreneurship and small-business creation. "The…
Asheville (North Carolina), Sep 2 — India has moved to deepen economic partnerships with the European Union, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and several major economies, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman using the G20 meeting in Asheville to seek greater investment, stronger…
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 — US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has urged G20 nations to protect intellectual property (IP) while allowing artificial intelligence (AI) to flourish, warning that countries which fail to safeguard the rights of both domestic and foreign innovators could…
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 — OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has warned governments against shutting artificial intelligence (AI) out of their countries, comparing such a move to rejecting electricity and saying that AI adoption is essential for economic growth and improved public…
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 — Every country must develop domestic artificial intelligence capacity and decide which parts of the rapidly expanding technology chain it wants to build, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has said, warning governments against outsourcing all their intelligence…
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 — Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has rejected fears that artificial intelligence will eliminate employment, arguing that the technology will automate tasks while allowing people and companies to pursue far greater ambitions.“The idea that somehow all the…
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 — A conversation with friends more than a decade ago persuaded Anthropic Executive Tom Brown to leave engineering and pursue artificial intelligence (AI), beginning a journey that took him through OpenAI and eventually to the founding of Anthropic.Speaking during…
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 — Anthropic Executive Tom Brown has urged G20 countries to clear the way for data centres, warning that shortages of power and construction labour have become the biggest constraint on the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI). In a fireside…
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 — Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang has said India must move faster to seize the opportunities offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), describing the country as one of the world’s leading information technology powers and urging its companies and start-ups to…
New Delhi, Sep 2 — Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday that India must accelerate its transition to secure, clean, sustainable and self‑reliant energy systems amid geopolitical uncertainty and volatile markets. Dr Singh was addressing the 6th International Climate Summit 2026 here,…
New Delhi, Sep 2 — Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Wednesday emphasised the need to make the issuance of no objection certificates (NOCs) process hassle-free, transparent, automated and time-bound, with minimal manual intervention.The proposed reforms are aimed at facilitating members of…
New Delhi, Sep 2 — India will need to more than double electricity's share in its total energy consumption by 2047 as the country moves towards its net-zero ambitions and a developed economy status, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) Chairperson Ghanshyam Prasad said on Wednesday.Addressing the…
New Delhi, Sep 2 — India’s auto‑component industry has grown at a 17 per cent compound annual growth rate to reach $86 billion in FY26 and is targeting roughly $200 billion by FY30, but the sector must build resilience to withstand recurring shocks, a report said on Wednesday.A joint report by…