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‘2026 will be defined by the industrialisation of AI’
LTIMindtree is betting big on BlueVerse, its AI-native ecosystem that brings together intelligent agents, modular architecture and built-in trust, providing everything enterprises need to move from AI concept-to-value. “We see strong investments in Al, with significant traction both in AI-native projects and in infusing AI into existing capabilities,” says Venu Lambu, CEO & MD, LTIMindtree. In this interview with Sudhir Chowdhary, he outlines the key trends and his company’s strategy for accelerating Al adoption among its clients. Excerpts:
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Bangladesh threaten not to play T20 World Cup matches in India
AMID TENSE BILATERAL TIES BETWEEN SOUTH ASIAN NEIGHBOURS
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Citi tops M&A...
DALAL POINTED TO a series of large transactions announced late in the year, including Torrent Pharmaceuticals' acquisition of JB Pharma, Emirates NBD's agreement to acquire a controlling stake in RBL Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's blockbuster ₹39,618crore investment in Shriram Finance, Mizuho Financial Group's acquisition of Avendus Capital, Coforge's outbound share-swap acquisition of Encora and Bharti Enterprises, Warburg Pincus' acquisition of 49% stake in Haier.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Govt likely to introduce Seed Bill in Budget session
TO ENSURE QUALITY and traceability while curbing spurious sales, the government is likely to introduce the Seed Bill in Parliament in the forthcoming budget session, an agriculture ministry official said on Sunday.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
ONGC Videsh may get to recover $1 billion in dues
• Venezuelan oil supplies may resume to RIL, other refiners
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
BSNL, pvt telcos spar over shift to IP-based interconnection
PRIVATE TELECOM OPERATORS, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea, have locked horns with state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) over the cost of transition of the interconnection framework.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Maduro sits in US custody, loyalists defiant
VENEZUELA'S TOPPLED LEADER Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention center on Sunday awaiting drug charges after President Donald Trump ordered an audacious raid to capture him, saying the US would take control of the oil-producing nation.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
India Inc goes all-in on Al mainstreaming
INDIA INC MAY not be at the forefront of cutting-edge technological development, but it is gearing up for large-scale adoption of artificial intelligence, with large enterprises beginning to rework organisational structures, workflows and leadership roles to embed AI across operations.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
IT results may underline resilience, not recovery
LARGE-CAP DOMESTIC
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Decoding Meta’s move to snap up Manus
AI agent developer, has been acquired by Meta for an undisclosed sum, as the social media giant steps up spending to close the gap with rivals such as Google and OpenAl.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
From parched fields to prosperity
FARMER PROSPERITY CAN BE REAL IF INNOVATION IS SCALED WITH COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL STAKEHOLDERS
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
‘Key theme in 2026 will be discretionary consumption’
Improving liquidity, income-tax relief and GST rationalisation are expected to lift discretionary spending in 2026.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Unsold homes rise 4% in 2025
UNSOLD HOUSING UNITS rose 4% to nearly 577,000 units last year across 7 major cities as supply of new homes exceeded demand, according to Anarock.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
'Tax hike raises tobacco smuggling risk'
AN UNPRECEDENTED TAX hike, coupled with a new excise duty structure on tobacco, could lead to a surge in illicit trade of cigarettes and result in significant tax revenue losses for the country, experts said.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Coding gets the right vibe
FOR THE LAST three decades, the sheer headcount of software engineers have been translating into big revenues for Indian IT services companies. The offshore execution efficiency combined with the ability to add talent as and when new projects came up, defined the growth trajectory for the business. This phenomenon is poised for a dramatic shift that would redefine how IT service businesses can count on their advantage.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Delhi voices concern, calls for dialogue on Caracas
Statement urges all concerned for ‘dialogue, ensuring peace & stability'
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
New airport every 50 days, says Naidu
THE COUNTRY'S AIRPORT expansion is gathering pace, with a new airport being added roughly every 50 days as the government is pushing to ease capacity constraints and expand air connectivity, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on Sunday.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Bring the cinema home
YUVA VIBE DELIVERS SHARP AND VIBRANT VISUALS
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Romance, mediated by AI
THE RESPONSES CAME quick, but polished.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Early screen time leads to teen anxiety
A STUDY BY a Singapore government agency has found that children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed brain development changes linked to slower decision-making and higher anxiety in adolescence, adding to concerns about early digital exposure.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Ola’s triple-unicorn ride runs into speed bumps
IN 2024, BHAVISH AGGARWAL presided over a rare feat in Indian startups—running three unicorns in parallel.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Customs rejig must resolve inverted duty, supply chain issues: Virmani
AHEAD OF THE Union Budget for FY27 and an expected overhaul of the customs duty regime, economist and Niti Aayog member Arvind Virmani has underlined the need for India to address inverted duty structures, ease supply chains and facilitate labour-intensive stages of production to enhance the competitiveness of the Indian economy.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
Resolving India’s grid bottlenecks
Institutional coordination and transparency is key to ensure that India is able to get the renewable energy it generates to its power grid
3 min |
January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
X to ban user accounts creating illegal content
ELON MUSK-OWNED X said on Sunday that it would take strict action against illegal content
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
The art of car
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHER SUN TZU WROTE A MILITARY TREATISE CALLED THE ART OF WAR - KIA HAS APPLIED THE LEARNING TO ITS PREMIUM SUV
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
ONGC Videsh may get to recover $1-bn in dues
RIL, ACCORDING TO media reports, had obtained a licence from US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in July 2024 for crude imports from PdVSA, notwithstanding the sanctions, but actual trade hasn't picked up.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
India Inc ...
AT TATA SONS, Chairman N Chandrasekaran in his New Year message to employees, reiterated the group's focus on adopting AI across functions to improve execution, signalling that AI is now viewed as an enterprise-wide lever rather than an experimental tool.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
New airport....
BHOGAPURAM'S OPERATOR, GMR Visakhapatnam International Airport, said the validation flight marked a key regulatory milestone ahead of the airport's inauguration, scheduled for June.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
The US' post-Trump China strategy
AS LONG AS TRUMP REMAINS IN POWER, THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE OF A RESOLUTION TO THE SINO-AMERICAN CONFLICT
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January 03, 2026
Financial Express Delhi
China adds tax to condoms to spur birth rate
CHINA REMOVED
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