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GitHub Copilot available at 39 a user per month

AI-POWERED DEVELOPER GitH ub has PLATFORM announced that its code completion tool GitHub Copilot Enterprise is now generally available and will cost an organisation $39 per user per month.

NCLT issues notice to Byju’s on foreign lender’s insolvency plea

THE NATIONAL COMPANY Law Tribunal (NCLT) issued a notice to the parent company of Byju's, Think&Learn, in response to a bankruptcy plea from Glas Trust Company LLC, a US-based non-bank loan agency.

Xerox turns troublemaker for HCLTech and TCS

A $1.3-BILLION OUTSOURCING deal from Xerox bagged by HCLTech, the third-largest Indian IT services firm, in 2019 seems to have become a matter of concern for the latter.

FMCG growth slowdown to continue this quarter

THE CURRENT SLOWDOWN in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector is expected to continue through 2024, according to research firm Kantar.

Disney-Reliance merger to transform media

BILLIONAIRE MUKESH AMBANI is known for thinking big and acting fast. On Wednesday, the Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) indicated that it was keen to dominate India's media and entertainment industry like it has other sectors by announcing that it was forming a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company through the merger of Viacom 18 and Star India

Eli Lilly’s obesity drug to hit Indian market next year

US DRUGMAKER ELI Lilly expects to launch Mounjaro, its blockbuster diabetes drug and wildly popular obesity treatment, in India as early as next year after it clears an ongoing regulatory review, CEO David Ricks told Reuters on Wednesday.

KKR mulls selling stake in 3 billion JB Pharma

KKR & CO. IS exploring options including selling its controlling stake in India's JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. amid interest from potential buyers, according to people familiar with the matter.

Global giants eyeing entry-level EV segment in India

Skoda and Kia targeting sub-₹15 lakh models

Target of wheat procurement set at 30-32 MT

AMID PROJECTION OF a record wheat output, the government on Wednesday increased the grain procurement target for the 2024-25 season (April-June) to around 30-32 million tonne (MT), against 26.2 MT purchased from farmers under minimum support price (MSP) operations.

Restore appellate body soon: India at WTO

INDIA ON WEDNESDAY strong pitch for immediate tion of the appellate body of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) dispute settlement system pending the outcome of the discussions on reform in the area.

CAG: Local governance calls for out-of-box audit approach

THE COMPTROLLER AND Auditor General of India (CAG), in collaboration with state governments, is extending audit support to the country's 262,000 local bodies to help them improve governance and utilise central grants fully to provide improved services, CAG Girish Chandra Murmu said.

Rise in non-food spends shows higher income

Increase in income levels pushes consumers to discretionary spending: Economists

Govt gets ready for GIC Re stake sale

Outreach elicits quite positive response” from global investors

Vodafone Idea may raise part of funding via FPO

BELEAGUERED TELECOM COMPANY Vodafone Idea is expected to mop up a portion of the approved 20,000-crore fundraise through a follow-on public offer (FPO).

Small, mid-caps fall over regulatory scare

MID-CAP AND SMALL-CAP stocks took a beating on Wednesday, falling almost 2% after the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) asked mutual fund houses to have a policy that will safeguard investors in midand small-cap schemes.

India blocks investment pact

Gets South Africa's support on China-backed move at WTO

RIL, Disney form $8.5 bn entertainment giant

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES AND Walt Disney on Wednesday announced the merger of their television and streaming media companies in India - Viacom 18 and Star India - creating an $8.5-billion entertainment juggernaut. The move has been in the works since December 2023.

Modi 3.0 To See Labour, Land Digital Infra Reforms: FM

Legislative moves on the cards, policy support also for space and AI

In Gill & Jurel, India may have unearthed potential chasemasters for the future

Duo a throwback to Dhoni-Yuvraj combo

Four IAF pilots in Gaganyaan crew

PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi on Tuesday hailed the four Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots who have been picked for Gaganyaan, India's first human spaceflight mission planned for 2025, as \"four shakti\" (power), and bestowed the prestigious \"astronaut wings\" on them

ARCs may see consolidation

THE ASSET RECONSTRUCTION company (ARC) segment may see some consolidation going ahead, especially if the guidelines for the higher net owned fund requirement are implemented, Crisil Ratings said in a recent report.

Sebi to address concerns of AIFs

SEBI'S WHOLE TIME member Ananth Narayan on Tuesday said circumvention of regulations is an industry-wide and generic issue with the alternate investment fund (AIF) ecosystem. He stressed that the regulator wants to learn from the industry and work in close collaboration with it to frame the rules going ahead.

Krutrim Al rates itself 7/10 on political neutrality

OLA'S RECENTLY LAUNCHED generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform Krutrim gives itself a 7 out of 10 in terms of the \"political neutrality\" of its responses, and believes that on a scale of 1-10, religious polarisation in India ranks around 6-7.

Biden’s stance on Gaza war sows re-election risks

YOUNG AMERICANS ARE BIDEN'S BIGGEST CRITICS OVER GAZA

Alibaba joins Tencent, others in GenAI investment wave

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING led the largest single financing round for a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, the latest in a string of sizable investments that suggest the ecommerce firm is again deploying capital in the hunt for growth.

Google says Microsoft creating walled garden’ in cloud biz

Microsoft’s collaboration with OpenAI has ratcheted up concerns

Mizuho courting India elite shows Japanese lenders’ global ambition

MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP is growing its foothold in India, a market that has lately been endorsed by Wall Street giants.

SBI junks plans to raise 12k cr via AT-1 bonds

STATE BANK OF India (SBI), the country's largest lender, is unlikely to utilise the enabling provision to raise nearly 11,900 crore through additional tier-I (AT-1) bonds due to pricing issues in the current fiscal, sources told FE.\"We had taken the approval to raise 20,000 crore via AT-1 bonds but looking at the redemptions that were due this year, we have completed requirement,\" a source said.

NCLT nod to Hinduja firm's plan for RCap

Process hinges on other approvals and decision on Torrent plea in SC

Rajya Sabha polls: Cong suffers setback in Himachal, SP in UP

IN A MAJOR setback to the Congress and its INDIA bloc ally Samajwadi Party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, some of their MLAs were said to have voted in favour of BJP candidates for Rajya Sabha in both Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Elections to 15 seats were held in Himachal Pradesh, UP and Karnataka.