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Ballot paper out of its ambit: Law ministry tells parliamentary panel

THE QUESTION OF reverting to ballot papers does not fall under the ambit of the mandate of a joint committee of Parliament examining the two bills on simultaneous polls, the Union law ministry is learnt to have said.

Success Is The Only Tag We Will Give To AI, Says Goyal

UNION COMMERCE AND industry minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday indicated that artificial intelligence may not get industry status anytime soon.

Pack lightly, learn the customs, join a tour: Tips for solo women travellers

Travelling alone overseas can be a much-needed break, but safety is paramount

Oscars 2025: Global, political cinema in the top race

Looking at the strings tying together this year's frontrunners in competition

Auto sales skid 17%

Weakening Demand

Hyundai Sees India Topping Europe in Sales This Year

INDIA COULD EMERGE as the third-biggest market for Hyundai Motor Company in 2025, replacing the entire European market, as the Korean auto heavyweight prepares to up the ante with new launches amid sluggish demand conditions.

MFIs need a course correction

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are critical for facilitating credit access and thereby income generation for some of the economically weakest sections in India.

Don't file updated ITR to get tax refund

Total income must be equal to or more than that in original return

Must for India to build its own AI: Tata Sons chief

TATA SONS' CHAIRMAN N Chandrasekaran on Friday outlined four essential layers and four key pillars necessary for India to achieve AI sovereignty while speaking at the Mumbai Tech Week.

India, Japan Renew $75-bn Bilateral Currency Swap Pact

INDIA AND JAPAN have renewed the $75 billion bilateral currencies swap agreement, the Reserve Bank said in a statement on Friday.

OpenAI Unveils GPT-4.5, Aimed at Better Coding

OPENAI IS ROLLING out an early version of a long-awaited new artificial intelligence (AI) model called GPT-4.5 to select users after hitting stumbling blocks in developing the AI system last year.

Social media posts derail Oscar front-runners

NETFLIX'S HOPES FOR claiming an Academy Award for best picture appear to have vanished after a series of embarrassing social media posts resurfaced.

Zerodha Sees First-Ever Degrowth in Biz Amid Market Correction

Amid a sharp correction in Indian equity markets, Zerodha is seeing a \"massive drop\" in the number of traders and trading volumes on its platform.

Al-enabled Alexa devices this fall, says Amazon CEO

AMAZON WILL RELEASE companion devices in the fall for the artificially intelligent version of the Alexa voice assistant, CEO Andy Jassy said in an interview with Bloomberg Television.

Regulating the regulators to spur growth

Plan to remove bottlenecks with deregulation and bring about oversight for regulators can help fuel the next wave of start-up innovation and growth

Adani Green hits 12GW milestone

ADANI GREEN ENERGY (AGEL), the renewable energy arm of the Adani Group, on Friday announced that it has surpassed a record 12,000 megawatts, or 12 gigawatts, of operational capacity.

Fiscal deficit at 74.5% of target in April-Jan

CAPEX RISES

Skype shuts down after 14 years as Microsoft forces users onto Teams

MICROSOFT IS SIGNALLING the end of the line for Skype, the iconic internet calling and chat service it bought almost 14 years ago.

Ukraine nears IMF deal on next payout from $15.5 billion package

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged President Donald Trump on Friday to make \"no compromises with a killer,\" referring to Russia's leader, as they met to sign a deal for US participation in Ukraine's mineral industry.

Good but not enough

Economic growth accelerated in Q3 but there are still too many uncertainties going ahead

Equity slump more technical than macro: Jefferies report

THE ONGOING SELL-OFF in Indian equities is primarily technical in nature, reflecting multiple compression rather than any drastic macro issues, according to Jefferies' latest 'GREED & fear' report.

Michelin to step up focus on innovation

• With premium car sales rising, the market for premium tyres is also evolving

Lucas TVS arm forays into battery making

TVS INDEON, A wholly-owned subsidiary of automotive electrical component manufacturer Lucas TVS, is set to enter battery cell manufacturing for the mobility segment and energy storage solutions, a senior company official said.

Rupee falls 19 paise against the dollar to 87.37

THE RUPEE DEPRECIATED 19 paise to close at 87.37 against the US dollar on Friday, as the strength of the American currency and a negative trend in domestic equities dented investor sentiments.

A Celebration of Automotive Culture

GENERATION SPEED, India's first major motoring festival organised on February 22-23 at Aamby Valley in Lonavala (near Mumbai, Pune), will be an annual event, to be held in various parts of the country, Martin de Costa, festival director, told FE.

Maha Kumbh to help reach 7.6% Q4 growth: CEA

THE MASSIVE SPENDING by 500-600 million pilgrims in the Maha Kumbh in January-February will likely help the economy pull off a 7.6% growth in the fourth quarter to achieve 6.5% growth rate for the whole of 2024-25, chief economic advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran said on Friday.

An icon's second act

The design story of the second coming of the first car designed in India

Vietnam's olive branch to Musk sets a bad precedent

VIETNAM WAS OFTEN viewed as a winner during the first US-China trade war. This time around, such a victory looks less certain as it faces the threat of tariffs.

Collusion against Byju's: Raveendran

REFLECTING ON BYJU'S struggles, Raveendran admitted to feelings of guilt and regret. \"It's not been easy. Today, I live with the guilt of putting my family through unimaginable misery. I live with the regret of not being able to fulfil the promises I once made to all my stakeholders,\" he wrote.

Need to revisit GDP computing: Experts

ECONOMISTS AND STATISTICIANS have expressed concern over massive revisions of GDP data, starting FY23, made by the statistics ministry on Friday.