New Delhi: Meta AI is now available in seven new languages, including Hindi, according to the social media giant. The move, which extends capabilities of Meta's AI assistant in the multilingual domain, essentially means users will be able to also interact with Meta AI across...
New Delhi: The government will set up a venture capital fund of Rs 1,000 crore to promote space technology, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday, an announcement welcomed warmly by the industry. Several stakeholders, including the Indian Space Association (ISpA) as well as the heads...
New Delhi: The government Tuesday proposed to fully exempt three cancer medicines from custom duties. "To provide relief to cancer patients, I propose to fully exempt three more medicines from customs duties," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25 in...
New Delhi: The government Tuesday said it will set up an 'Anusandhan National Research Fund' to support basic research and prototype development in universities, colleges, research institutions, and R&D laboratories. A mechanism to spur private sector-driven research and innovation at commercial scale will also be...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday announced abolishing angel tax for all classes of investors in startups. In her Budget speech, she also announced various changes with respect to tax rates for e-commerce players and certain financial instruments in the context of long-term capital...
New Delhi: The government Tuesday slashed customs duties on a range of products, including gold, silver, critical minerals, mobile phones and other electronic items, to cut input costs, increase value addition, promote export competitiveness and boost domestic manufacturing. The duties were also reduced on Shea...
New Delhi: The march of AI casts a "huge pall of uncertainty" over impact on workers across skill levels, the Economic Survey said Monday as it cautioned that alongside other factors this will create barriers to sustained high growth rates for India in coming years...
New Delhi: US smartphone major Apple assembled 14 per cent of global iPhones in India in FY24 and the country's ranking in global electronics export improved by four positions, Economic Survey 2023-24 said Monday. The Survey, tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamn, said...
New Delhi: The domestic pharmaceutical industry needs skill advancement, innovation and a strong supply chain with the segment size expected to touch USD 130 billion by 2030, said Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled in Parliament Monday. The Indian pharmaceutical market is currently valued at around USD...
New Delhi: The government has decided to allocate 5 per cent of Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF) for research and development of telecommunications technology, said the Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled in Parliament Monday. At present, the government has a corpus of around Rs 80,000 crore...
The memories of the deadly al-Qaeda strikes on 9/11 on iconic US building complexes are still alive even after several...
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Violence erupted in Kathmandu 8 September as thousands of young Nepalese took to the streets and clashed with security forces,...
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on 7 September announced his resignation, a move that could usher in a period of...
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As someone who prefers India as a pluralist and secular society, I have my problems with this government as many...
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