Seoul, Aug 27 — South Korea's privacy watchdog said on Thursday it has fined machinery company HD Construction Equipment 73.5 million won ($53,200) over a personal information leak that affected over 9,000 workers.The Personal Information Protection Commission also levied a fine of 4.8 million won…
Seoul, Aug 27 — The Bank of Korea (BOK) on Thursday raised its economic growth forecast for South Korea to 3.3 per cent for this year, citing strong semiconductor exports driven by steady demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.The revision represents a 0.7 percentage-point increase…
Washington, Aug 26 — Meta has reached a nearly $18 billion agreement with a bipartisan group of 52 US Attorneys General that would impose daily time limits and overnight restrictions on teenagers using Instagram and Facebook. The agreement, announced on Wednesday, is subject to judicial approval.…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — Meta Platforms has agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion to settle claims brought by US states alleging that Facebook and Instagram were designed to be addictive for children, misled users about platform safety and improperly collected personal data from minors, according to court…
Tokyo, Aug 26 — Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday highlighted India's emergence as the world's third-largest startup ecosystem, with nearly 250,000 startups established over the last decade, at the India–Japan Startup Roundtable here, according to an official statement.The…
Seoul, Aug 26 — Hyundai Motor said on Wednesday it plans to expand its overall production capacity by 1.27 million units by 2030 while rolling out more than 100 new and updated models to strengthen its presence in the global market.Hyundai Motor CEO Jose Munoz outlined the plans at its CEO Investor…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — Collective capacity building is increasingly important to meet emerging challenges, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday, adding that capacity building must evolve from an individual, skill-based approach into a collective and whole-of-society effort to respond…
Tokyo, Aug 26 — India-Japan bilateral trade has the potential to reach $50 billion by 2030, supported by growing economic complementarities and deeper business engagement, according to an apex body ASSOCHAM report released by Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday.The…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — India's LNG imports have shot up by 24 per cent to $5.6 billion during April-July of the current financial year, up from $4.5 billion in the same period of the previous financial year with shipments being increasingly sourced from the US amid the West Asia crisis, according to…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — Dr Priti Adani, Chairperson of the Adani Foundation, has said that by investing in youth, women and local creators, we are doing more than just solving local challenges — we are creating models for the Global South.Addressing the gathering at the ‘AVPN Global Conference 2026’ in…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — AI workforce penetration in retail GCCs has more than doubled, rising from 2.1 per cent in 2022 to 4.8 per cent in 2025 and projected to reach 10.6 per cent by 2028, according to a new report on Wednesday.Retail and consumer GCCs currently employ close to 7,800 professionals in…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — The government has asked the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to scale up lending to MSMEs in rural and semi-urban areas nationwide through the network of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), an official statement said on Wednesday.Sanjay Lohiya, Secretary, Department…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — India’s job postings on Indeed rose 1.2 per cent in July 2026, marking a modest recovery after three consecutive months of decline and bringing postings 8.3 per cent above the year-ago level, according to data released by the global job site on Wednesday.Despite recent…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — Apple and Samsung smartphones accounted for 26 per cent of global smartphone unit sales in the second quarter of 2026, up 2 per cent year-on-year even as the overall market declined 11 per cent, according to a report released on Wednesday.As per analysis of Counterpoint…
Mumbai, Aug 26 — Total occupied office stock in India’s commercial real estate market reached 901.1 million square feet (as of June 30, 2026, representing a 6 per cent year-on-year growth from the 847.0 million square feet recorded in H1 2025, a report showed on Wednesday.This underlined strong…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — The global market for securing AI is projected to reach almost $4.8 billion in 2027, a 68.7 per cent increase over 2026, according to a Gartner report on Wednesday.By 2028, the market is forecast to reach almost $7.7 billion."This surge is driven by the urgent need for…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman has invited Canadian investors to step up their participation in India's growth story, highlighting opportunities across banking, insurance, fintech, semiconductors, rare earths and other emerging sectors, it…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — Elon Musk-backed SpaceX will invest $100 billion to build a large-scale launch facility in Louisiana with the planned spaceport expected to create more than 11,100 direct and indirect jobs over the next decade, according to the Louisiana Economic Development.SpaceX said the…
New Delhi, Aug 26 — India and Seychelles have explored deeper cooperation in fisheries and aquaculture, including tuna fisheries, marine aquaculture, joint scientific research and the use of artificial intelligence in harvest management, an official statement said on Wednesday.According to the…
Tokyo, Aug 26 — Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that he highlighted India's growing investment and business opportunities across trade, mobility, industrial, banking and insurance sectors during discussions with top Japanese business and financial leaders.On the…
Ahmedabad, Aug 26 — Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) on Wednesday said it has won a Rs 4,700 crore transmission project for evacuation of 4,500 MW of renewable energy generated in Karnataka to major load centres in Maharashtra.The project will also support the growing pumped storage ecosystem in…