New Delhi: A series of measures to improve ease of doing business, zero tolerance for corruption and the focused effort on emerging sectors like electronics have helped promote ‘Make In India’ and boost both domestic and foreign investments in the country, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. “We have achieved great success…
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US visit saw a high-profile roundtable with leading American tech CEOs, including Sundar Pichai of Google, where India’s ambitious digital and technological goals were at the forefront. Modi emphasized India’s growth prospects and the potential for stronger collaborations across technology, AI, healthcare, and more. The meeting, held at the…
Ranchi: An Election Commission team headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar arrived in Jharkhand on Monday to review the preparedness for the upcoming assembly polls, an official said. The team, on a two-day visit, will hold a series of meetings with political parties, enforcement agencies and government officials. “Four meetings are scheduled on…
New Delhi: Artificial intelligence (AI) too could be capable of ‘learning by thinking’, which is known to be core to a great discovery, according to a review. Cognitive scientists have documented how people learn from observation, in which one acquires knowledge by observing the external world. However, another way of learning — a relatively neglected…
New Delhi: In a significant step towards advancing India’s renewable energy and green hydrogen goals, NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) has inked a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RVUNL). The agreement, signed on September 17th, 2024, in Jaipur, aims to develop large-scale green energy and hydrogen projects in Rajasthan,…
London: The European Union’s top court on Tuesday rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute. The European Court of Justice overruled a lower court’s earlier decision in the case, saying it “confirms…
New Delhi: India’s electric vehicles market is expected to grow to one crore units annual sales mark by 2030 creating 5 crore jobs, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday. Addressing the annual convention of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) Gadkari, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, also expressed hope that India will…
New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi headed Cabinet Committee on Security in its meeting on Monday approved a proposal for procurement of 240 aero-engines (AL-31FP) for Russian-origin SU-30 MKI fighter aircraft from defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a cost of over ₹26,000 crore. Earlier, the MoD had given nod to HALfor major upgrade of SU-30…
New Delhi: India’s second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine was commissioned into the Navy on Thursday in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who said this will further strengthen the country’s nuclear triad and enhance nuclear deterrence. The ceremony for commissioning of the second Arihant-Class submarine ‘INS Arighaat’ took place in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam. The…
New Delhi: The government has finalized the rules for the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and is set to release them soon for public consultation, announced Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday. Speaking to the media, Vaishnaw confirmed that the draft rules will be made available within the next 20 days,…
