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Human-Centric Al Is Quickly Emerging

IRRESPECTIVE of technological evolutions, top leaders feel that customers must be treated as humans.

AI To Help Connect Lost Pilgrims In Mahakumbh

TECH-TONIC SHIFT

Bridal bling

Trousseau Prêt Jewellery collection is designed for brides, bridesmaids, and all the pre-wedding festivities in between

AI TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT BENGALURU TECH SUMMIT 2024

FROM uncovering how artificial intelligence and generative AI reshape different sectors to opportunities and challenges, experts at the Bengaluru Tech Summit BTS decoded the AI wave and the unprecedented job disruption that it will create in future. Defence, fintech, and ecommerce start-up founders explained AI opportunities at different sessions held as part of the BTS, the three-day summit that concluded on Thursday.

Wearable device market down 20%: What went wrong?

India's wearable device market recorded its second consecutive quarterly decline, driven by a slowdown in new product launches and cautious inventory strategies.

SC to hear after 8 wks plea seeking ban on sites with jokes on Sikhs

THE Supreme Court will hear after eight weeks a PIL seeking a ban on websites spreading jokes portraying Sikh community members in a poor light.

Ding Liren, China's mortal champ with immortal spirit

DURING China's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, chess was seen as a 'decadence' of the West.

PACE-PRIT BUMRAH

Two fast-bowling captains seek happy start as BGT commences

Sonika shines for TN in U15 one-dayers

LEFT-ARM spinner P Sonika's six for four helped Tamil Nadu women beat Nagaland by ten wickets in the Women Under 15 one-dayers (35 overs per side) league round match at Shivamogga, Karnataka.

Visa issue: Judokas 3rd time unlucky

IN an unusual turn of events, cadet judokas of the country have missed international events not once but thrice in the last three months.

Lakshya enters quarterfinals, Sindhu crashes out

STAR Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarterfinals with a straight-game win, but two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's campaign ended in the second round of the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament here on Thursday.

Adani's indictment rattles stocks

ADANI GROUP shares nosedived over 23% on Thursday and the conglomerate's combined market capitalization of 10 listed stocks fell by up to ₹2.8 lakh crore during the trading hours after chairman Gautam Adani was indicted in the US over bribery and fraud charges.

Davis Cup: Australia beat USA to reach last four

AUSTRALIA defeated record 28-time Davis Cup winners the United States in a decisive doubles rubber on Thursday to reach the semifinals with a hard-fought 2-1 victory.

Growth can't come at the cost of price stability: RBI Governor

AMID calls from central ministers for rate cut ahead of the next policy announcement on December 6, Reserve Bank governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said growth is a fundamental necessity for the Global South, but it can't come at the cost of price stability, indicating that it's too early for an easing cycle.

Kenya cancels airport, energy deals with Adani group

KENYA President William Ruto on Thursday said he has cancelled deals with Adani Group for multimillion-dollar airport expansion and energy after US bribery and fraud indictments against group chairman Gautam Adani.

NTPC Green IPO booked 93% on Day 2

THE initial public offer of NTPC Green Energy Ltd, the renewable energy arm of NTPC, got subscribed 93 percent on the second day of bidding on Thursday.

CIL allows coal supplies beyond agreed quantity

In a bid to enhance coal availability for non-regulated sector (NRS) customers, Coal India Limited (CIL) has tweaked its policy to allow coal supplies beyond the annual contracted quantity (ACQ) during long-term linkage auctions.

Rupee breaches 84.5 mark on foreign fund outflows

THE rupee, under pressure for nearly two months now, tumbled new lows, breaching the 84.50-mark on Thursday as foreign funds continued to dump domestic equities on the one hand and the dollar kept pace with its northward-ho.

Startup founders rushing after valuations is huge problem: Lenskart's Bansal

EYEWEAR unicorn Lenskart's co-founder Peyush Bansal wants start-up founders to select the right business partner rather than maximising valuations.

Bribery charges to hit fundraising plans of Adani Group

THE indictment of Adani Group, its promoters and executives by the US authorities in a bribery case could negatively impact the fund-raising process of the Adani group.

Sebi abolishes l% security deposit rule with exchanges before public issue launches

CAPITAL markets regulator Sebi on Thursday did away with the requirement of a mandatory security deposit with the exchanges before a public issue in a bid to facilitate ease of doing business for issuer companies.

Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea lose millions of subscribers; BSNL gains customers

RELIANCE JIO, country's largest telecom service provider, lost a whopping 12.65 million customers in the first three months following the tariff hike implemented by private telecom operators in June 2024.

Musk, Ramaswamy share blueprint for regulatory reforms, savings

Elon Musk and Indian American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in an op-ed provided an insight into their blueprint for an unprecedented government reform that includes mass federal job cuts and massive expense reduction.

India demands $600 billion in grants as climate finance

EAR after year, COP after COP, we keep discussing what needs to be done without addressing how it is to be done,\" said Leela Nandan, deputy leader of the Indian delegation at COP29 and secretary of the Union environment ministry.

Man held for planning attack in US

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to 'reboot' the US government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI.

50 killed, 20 others injured in attack on Pak convoy

At least 50 people were killed and 20 others injured when several vehicles carrying passengers were targeted by militants in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, officials said.

Dozens killed in Gaza after Israeli strikes

DOZENS were killed or unaccounted for in Gaza on Thursday after Israeli strikes.

Another empty promise called out

HE latest negotiating draft text on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance has once again failed to specify a concrete funding target, leaving a placeholder \"USD [X] trillion\" in place of an actual figure.

US regulators want Google to sell Chrome to end its monopoly

US regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade.

Who's got Maha edge? High rural vote count key

THE rise in voting by almost 4% in the Maharashtra assembly elections against the 2019 figures has led the state's political adversaries to claim an edge over each other.