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Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply by nearly 1 per cent Monday, driven by strong buying in power, banking, and financial stocks. Snapping its three-day decline, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 650.39 points, or 0.79 per cent, to close at 83,277.15. The...

Beijing: British and Canadian citizens can enter China without a visa starting Tuesday, bringing to 79 the number of countries granted visa-free access in a bid to boost tourism and business. China has expanded eligibility for the programme significantly in the last two years. Visitors...

New Delhi: India's passport has improved its position in the global rankings, moving up to the 75th spot on the latest Henley Passport Index, which tracks the world's most powerful passports. This marks a clear rise from last year, when India was ranked 85th. The...

New Delhi: American artificial intelligence firm Anthropic Monday announced it has opened a Bengaluru office, its second in Asia after Tokyo, and will focus on hiring local talent across a wide array of roles. India is the second‑largest market for Claude.ai and nearly half of...

New Delhi: Amid growing concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) disrupting jobs, top technology industry leaders have a clear message for employees -- "stay calm and upskill". Life-long learning ability is required to swim with the AI tide, and as AI continues to evolve over the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy Monday convened an all-party meeting ahead of the Budget session, and sought the cooperation of the Opposition and ruling party members for smooth conduct of the House proceedings. The Budget session of the state Assembly is scheduled to commence...

New Delhi: The world's largest artificial intelligence summit opened to packed halls and long queues Monday, as tech moguls, industry leaders, policymakers, founders, and technologists thronged the venue for the conference, where India is set to push for widening access to AI and seek international...

New Delhi: As India hosts the AI Impact Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday that the event is aimed at bringing the world together to discuss Artificial Intelligence. He welcomed world leaders, captains of industry, innovators, policymakers, researchers and tech enthusiasts from across the...

New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation extended upward momentum for the third straight month, at 1.81 per cent in January, driven by an uptick in prices of food, non-food articles, and manufactured items on a month-on-month basis, government data showed Monday. Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was set to meet Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway, and hold bilateral meetings with Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg, along with Minister for Trade and Industry, Cecilie Myrseth, it was announced Monday. She will also hold a...