New Delhi: India has become an alternative investment destination for many Western companies, according to the latest World Economic Situation and Prospects report of the UN. The report which has increased the forecast of India’s GDP growth by 0.7 percentage points to 6.9 per cent...
Mumbai: Veteran banker N Vaghul died Saturday afternoon due to health complications, sources said. He was 88. Vaghul, who held many leadership positions in the banking industry, is credited with transforming ICICI from a public finance institution to a private sector bank in his 11-year...
Mumbai: Nestle India shareholders have rejected a proposal of the company’s board of directors to increase royalty payments to its Swiss parent Nestle SA, according to a regulatory filing by the company. Shareholders with a total 57.18 per cent stake in the company voted against...
Kathmandu: After Singapore and Hong Kong, Nepal has also banned the sale and import of certain spice-mix products manufactured by Indian brands over alleged quality concerns. Four spice-mix products by MDH and Everest were banned in the Himalayan nation from Friday due to suspected ethylene...
Sydney: Earlier this week OpenAI launched GPT-4o (“o” for “omni”), a new version of the artificial intelligence (AI) system powering the popular ChatGPT chatbot. GPT-4o is promoted as a step towards more natural engagement with AI. According to the demonstration video, it can have voice...
New Delhi: Hospitality major Oyo will refile its initial public offering (IPO) papers with markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) after refinancing its existing $450 million Term Loan B (TLB) at a lower interest rate. Oravel Stays Ltd, which operates the travel-tech...
New Delhi: Indian businesses will have to use a "national security filter" in their dealing with China and they should focus more on sourcing from domestic manufacturers, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Friday, amid the lingering eastern Ladakh border row. In an interactive session...
New Delhi: The government will fund up to 50 per cent of AI compute infrastructure that will be created in partnership with the private sector, a senior official said Friday. While speaking at a CII Annual Business Summit, Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) Secretary...
India has found itself engulfed in the alluring embrace of the rapidly expanding realm of the online crypto trading world. You must understand the nuances of online cryptocurrency trading in this thriving subcontinent, as eager investors and enthusiasts swarm to the digital frontier. This research project aims...
New Delhi: Cloud software major Zoho's Founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu Friday said the company is not ready to announce anything yet regarding investments in a semiconductor fabrication unit. Reacting to reports that Zoho is geared up to pump millions of dollars into a chip...
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