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Route Mobile targets digital identity solutions for q-comm to fuel growth

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS provider Route Mobile is developing security solutions under its digital identity vertical to service up and coming sectors like quick commerce.

Beauty Startups Trim Losses Amid Cost-Cutting Drive

BEAUTY AND PERSONAL care startups, including Sugar Cosmetics, mCaffeine, Wow Skin Sciences and online retailer Purplle have successfully reduced their losses in FY24 by tightening their advertising and promotional expenses.

Zetwerk's Make in India playbook

WITH SEVERAL BLUE-CHIP CLIENTS, CONTRACT MANUFACTURER ON A GROWTH PATH

AB-PMJAY reduced cancer patients' burden: PM

THE AYUSHMAN BHARAT Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) has reduced the cancer patients' financial burden significantly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.

Navi Mumbai airport conducts flight test

THE UPCOMING NAVI Mumbai International Airport is set to be functional from early next fiscal year with the expected inauguration of the facility on April 17, a senior Adani Group official said on Sunday.

Market gets ₹1,600 cr FPI inflows in 2024, down 99% from last year

THE YEAR 2024 saw a sharp slowdown in foreign portfolio investor (FPI) activity, with foreign investors pumping in just over ₹1,600 crore on a net basis into the domestic equity market, a steep fall of 99% from the robust inflows of ₹1.71 lakh crore in the previous year.

PM Internship: 621,000 applications received

ABOUT 621,000 APPLICATIONS have been received for 127,000 opportunities under the Prime Minister's Internship Scheme and the selection process is continuing, the government said on Sunday.

Brazil Offers Expertise to Boost India's Dairy Cattle Productivity

BRAZIL, A MAJOR global producer of dairy products, has offered its expertise in the genetic improvement of dairy cattle through several technologies such as insemination and embryo transfer aimed at boosting the productivity of India's cattle.

25% Attrition in Pvt Banks Risks Operations: RBI Report

EMPLOYEE ATTRITION in private sector banks has witnessed an increase to about 25%, and this high turnover rate poses significant operational risk, according to the latest report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2023-24.

Public capex growth hits a plateau

Overall growth in govt capital spending for FY26 seen at 8%

CII seeks consumption boost in FY26 Budget

THE CONFEDERATION OF Indian Industry (CII) has urged the government to announce some specific policies in the upcoming Union Budget, which are aimed at boosting consumption in the economy.

Plans to boost railway receipts likely in FY26

Vande Bharat sleeper trains, revival of PPP on the cards

Anti-dumping duty on PVC Resin Paste from China, five others

INDIA'S DIRECTORATE GENERAL of trade remedies (DGTR) has proposed imposing anti-dumping duties of up to $707 per metric tonne on imports of Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) Resin Paste from China and five other countries: Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Norway.

PM Surya Ghar subsidy disbursal at 58% till Oct

EVEN AS THE government is focusing ramping up installations under the newly launched PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, delays in subsidy disbursal have raised concerns.

FTA helps expand trade basket with Australia

THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION and Trade Agreement (ECTA) with Australia has opened up new export sectors for India, including gold studded with diamonds and turbojets, while also ensuring access to key raw materials for the domestic industry, the ministry of commerce and industry said.

Food subsidy likely to surpass BE by ₹20K cr

FY26 outlay to be higher than likely RE of ₹2.25 lakh cr for FY25

Promoters pick up ₹1.5 lakh cr through share sales in 2024

Proceeds highest in at least five years

Legacy firms ahead in e-scooter race

Drive smaller brands off track

Down but never out

GAUTAM ADANI, CHAIRMAN, ADANI GROUP

Trump backs H-1B visas: Great system

US PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD Trump has signaled his support for the H-1B visa program, a move that aligns him with prominent tech leaders like Elon Musk but risks further dividing his base, which has long rallied behind sharp restrictions on immigration.

HELLO IMAGINARY FRIEND!

From virtual engagement with real people, the world is turning to real interactions with virtual people, a trend that will just gain prominence in the coming year. We test for ourselves how it is to have an AI avatar for a friend...

SHRINKING SOCIAL CIRCLES

From real to virtual friends, and now AI companions, has technology led to a deeper isolation that we have embedded in our lives?

FAREWELL, DR MANMOHAN SINGH

Biden hails Singh for boosting US-India ties

Hallucinatory AI May Not Necessarily Be a Bad Thing

The smart machines, it turns out, are dreaming up riots of unrealities that help scientists track cancer, design drugs, and even win the Nobel Prize

Putin Apologizes for 'Tragic' Azerbaijani Airplane Crash

But stops short of admitting airliner was shot down

Genome reveals how a small group burst out of Africa

DNA from European fossils dating back 45,000 years offers new clues to how our species spread across the world

What does the future hold for out-of-form India captain Rohit Sharma?

STEVE SMITH WAS said to be a shadow of his best self before he scored a long overdue hundred against India in the Brisbane Test.

Defiant push to change Constitution

Commentators described the BJP-led government as a minority’ government that will force Mr Modi to be more circumspect and restrained. I did not share that view. They thought that Mr Modi will be more deferent to Parliament, but that too was belied by the Winter session. Apparently, on Mr Modi’s instructions, the ministers and MPs carried on in the usual aggressive way, Showed scant respect to Parliamentary rules and conventions, and rode roughshod over the Opposition

Adani Green Forms New Subsidiary for Renewables

ADANI GREEN ENERGY on Saturday incorporated a new wholly owned subsidiary, Adani Green Energy Sixty Eight Limited.

Credila Financial Files IPO Papers

EDUCATION LOANS-FOCUSED LENDER Credila Financial Services, formerly known as HDFC Credila Financial Services, has filed papers with markets regulator Sebi for an initial public offering (IPO) through a confidential pre-filing route.