- Business
Digital initiatives likely to triple India’s retail lending by 2030: Report
Mumbai: Digitalisation has driven financial inclusion in India and government initiatives in this sector are estimated to triple retail borrowing to about $2.5 trillion, or about 34 per cent of the GDP,…
- Business
AI-powered antibiotic breakthrough offers hope for drug development
New Delhi: In a major advancement for tackling antibiotic resistance, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a promising new antibiotic using artificial intelligence. The research, published in Nature…
- Business
Stock market closes near all-time high; Nifty at 24,951
Mumbai: Indian equity indices closed near an all-time high on Wednesday following positive action in the broader market. At closing, the Sensex was at 81,741, up 285 points or 0.35 per cent,…
- World
Paris Olympics: Swapnil Kusale qualifies for Men’s Rifle 50m 3P final
Chateauroux: India’s Swapnil Kusale qualified for the 50m Rifle 3 Positions men’s final after finishing seventh in qualifications at the Paris Olympics. Kusale scored a total of 590, including 38 inner 10s,…
- Business
Samsung’s operating profit surges 15 times to $7.54 billion in Q2
Seoul: Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday its second quarter (Q2) operating profit surged more than 15 times from a year earlier on the robust performance of its semiconductor business. The world’s largest…
- Technology
Copilot driving GitHub’s growth, annual revenue run rate at $2 billion: Nadella
San Francisco: Artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Copilot accounted for over 40 per cent of GitHub’s revenue growth this year as the annual revenue run rate of the open-sourced developer platform has reached…
- Business
Average data breach cost in India touches record Rs 19.5 crore
Bengaluru: The average cost of a data breach in India reached an all-time high of Rs 19.5 crore this year, as the local industrial sector experienced the costliest cyber attacks across sectors,…
- Business
India sees 21 pc growth in data centre absorption, demand surges from tier 2, 3 cities
New Delhi: India saw 21 per cent growth in data centre absorption in the first half this year — from 778 megawatts (MW) capacity in H1 2023 to nearly 942 MW in…
- India
Anurag Thakur’s ‘whose caste is not known’ dig at RaGa: Oppn demands apology
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha proceedings on Wednesday were marked by repeated chaos and disruption as the Opposition members resorted to slogan-shouting. Miffed over BJP MP Anurag Thakur’s caste jibe at the…
- India
BJP’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign begins on August 11
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lined up a series of events, including the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, from August 11 to August 15 on the occasion of the 78th Independence…
- India
Liquor policy case: CM Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Kavitha’s judicial custody extended
New Delhi: A court here on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, and BRS leader K. Kavitha in the excise policy case.…
- Bollywood
Mumtaz: The stunt film heroine who rose to the top tier, jived in a saree
New Delhi: She would have remained a B-grade film heroine, save for one standout moment when she became the first actress to rock and roll in a saree, with no top actor…
- India
Customer service calls on hold resulted in 15 bn hours loss for Indians in 2023: Report
New Delhi: Customer service calls on hold resulted in a massive loss of 15 billion hours for Indians last year, resulting in likely $55 billion in economic loss output, a report revealed…
- India
Bar Councils cannot demand fees other than stipulated for enrollment: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the State Bar Councils (SBCs) and the Bar Council of India (BCI) cannot demand payment of fees other than the stipulated enrolment fee…
- India
New political party floated in ethnic violence-hit Manipur
Imphal: Miffed with the ‘failure’ of the Central and state governments and the existing political parties’ sluggishness to end the over a year-long ethnic strife in Manipur, people from different walks of…
