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Drop our names from NCERT political science books: Advisers

OBJECTING TO THE recent \"innumerable and irrational cuts and large deletions\" made by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in school textbooks, Suhas Palshikar and Yogendra Yadav, who were chief advisers for the political science books for classes 9 to 12 originally published in 2006-07, have written to the Council, disassociating themselves from the textbooks in their current form and requested that their names be dropped from them.

Vistara runs out of cabin crew uniforms

SUPPLY TROUBLES AND an increase in staff have left full-service carrier Vistara with a fresh headache - a shortage of uniforms for cabin crew.

Go First CoC now in place; nod to revival plan soon

LENDERS OF GO First, which is undergoing voluntary insolvency resolution process, have set up a Committee of Creditors (CoC) and a new resolution professional is likely to be appointed early next week, a source said on Friday.

Microsoft, Google strategy to test AI search ads irks brands

ALPHABET'S GOOGLE AND Microsoft are inserting ads into AI experiments without providing an option to opt out of participation, an approach that has already rankled some brands and risks further pushback from the industry, ad buyers told Reuters.

UK to lead way on Al safety, says Sunak

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak, who is on a visit to the US, on Thursday announced plans for a first-ever global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) later this year, bringing together key countries, leading tech companies and researchers to agree on safety measures to evaluate and monitor Al's most significant risks.

Euro zone slips into recession

GDP for 20 country bloc falls by 0.1%

TikTok eyes $20 bn commerce business

BYTEDANCE'S TIKTOK aims to more than quadruple the size of its global e-commerce business to as much as $20 billion in merchandise sales this year, banking on rapid growth in Southeast Asia, according to people familiar with the matter.

Firms say easing inflation could spur demand

COMPANIES ACROSS SECTORS such as real estate, automotive and consumer goods have welcomed the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) temporary pause to rate hikes.

RBI permits FLDG between fintechs & banks, NBFCs

THE RBI ON Thursday issued first loss default guarantee (FLDG) guidelines for digital lenders. The central bank has allowed a 5% default loss cover for bank-fintech deals.

Vedanta trims gross debt to $7.8 billion

LONDON-HEADQUARTERED VEDANTA RESOURCES' (VRL) gross debt has fallen 20.40% to $7.8 billion from $9.8 billion in the 12 months to March 2023.

IT firms lure staff back to office with freebies

OPEN BRANCHES IN SMALLER CITIES TOO

IMD declares monsoon arrival

MOST DELAYED ARRIVAL IN FOUR YEARS

Electronic components scheme outlay likely to rise to ₹10K crore

Talks on to identify more components that can be made in India

First-time buyers driving Tata EV sales with 23% share

TIAGO EV GETTING 50% BOOKINGS FROM OUTSIDE TOP 20 CITIES

IBBI proposes preferential voting for CoCs

Move to increase chances of nod to resolution plans

RBI signals long pause

REPO RATE, TIGHTENING STANCE UNCHANGED. FY24 INFLATION FORECAST TRIMMED, GDP'S RETAINED

Altman, PM talk Al regulation

OpenAI looking to fund Indian startups

DoT panel against telcos' demand on equipment testing

Telecom operators have sought another extension in deadline

New Degree On Table: Bachelor Of Science For Humanities, Commerce

IN LINE WITH GLOBAL NORMS

OECD sees weak inflation plagued, global recovery

It forecasts a 2.7% expansion of world output this year

Upper circuits for four Adani Group entities revised

Adani Power the only group stock which is trading at its pre-Hindenburg level

Patanjali banks on toothpaste as rural FMCG market revives

Launches aggressive distribution and marketing campaign

TCS investing significantly in AI: Chairman

Firms need to reskill, upskill existing talent base: Chandrasekaran

Cut procurement from states with high mandi taxes: CACP

'Shift cultivation of rice to south-west & east to save water'

Cabinet nod to ₹3,000 crore for coal exploration: Pralhad Joshi

COAL MINISTER PRALHAD Joshi on Wednesday said the cabinet has provided about ₹3,000 crore for continuing the exploration for new coal blocks as the balance stock of coal blocks is being auctioned in an ongoing round.

Centre to extend cash control waiver for capex to Q2

Capital expenditure picks up in May as revenue improves

Higher NSSF receipts seen to keep G-Sec yields benign

Senior citizens scheme mop up quadruples

Gopinathan's FY23 pay rose 13%; peers saw a fall

FORMER TCS CEO'S SALARY OF ₹29.16 CR STILL LESS THAN AT INFY, WIPRO

AI will lead to newer, better jobs: Altman

Says India should integrate AI with other services

Purchase price for kharif crops up 6-10.4%

Farm sector gets a leg up with 7% hike in paddy MSP