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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. That artificial intelligence (AI) would start taking over software coding was anticipated. Sundar Pichai, chief of Google’s parent Alphabet, has put out a figure that offers us a sense of its speed.

Labour has moved forwards with an employers' NI hike of 1.2% in the Autumn Budget to 15%, with the threshold lowered and changes to employment allowance. The threshold at which employers pay NI will drop from £9,100 a year to £5,000. «I know that this is a difficult choice. I do not take this decision lightly,» Reeves said. «We are asking businesses to contribute more, and I know that there will be impacts of this measure felt beyond businesses too, as the OBR has set out today.» The employment allowance will increase from £5,000 to £10,500. The chancellor said this should mean 865,00...

Agnikul Cosmos, incubated at IIT Madras, is set to launch its commercial operations within the next six to eight months. The space startup is in active discussions with 30 to 40 potential clients, exploring specific demands and use cases for its Agnibaan rocket, which is equipped with a unique 3D-printed engine, cofounder Srinath Ravichandran told ET. “We are seeing interest beyond traditional communication satellites. Industries are now considering space for advanced manufacturing processes, such as polymer crystallization and drug development, which benefit from the microgravity environment,” he said. The cofounder emphasized that 20% of the demand is coming from newer industries. Given the evolving market for small satellite launch vehicles, the company plans to scale its operations to support around 25 launches per year using its mobile launchpad Dhanush at Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) facilities and become a significant player in this market.

Eli Lilly is dialing back its 2024 forecast after underwhelming Wall Street with third-quarter earnings and sales from two key drugs that missed expectations

FMCG companies are shifting focus toward “designing for India,” investing in products that cater to varied local tastes and preferences. This has spurred Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and its counterparts to fine-tune both product development and production processes to meet regional demands. An example is in HUL’s tea offerings. «In the South, the Red Label tea we sell is a finer blend. In the North, it’s more grainy. The way we process the tea is also quite different,» Vibhav Sanzgiri, HUL’s Executive Director for R&D, told TOI's Asmita Dey. HUL's strategy underscores the complexity of catering to India’s different regional tastes, climates, and lifestyles. Sanzgiri, who leads a team of over 800 scientists across HUL’s three R&D centers, noted that consumer expectations now extend beyond taste to include health benefits, wellness, fragrance, and even packaging. Beyond HUL, Colgate-Palmolive is also responding to India's unique consumer profile. To cater to consumers’ fondness for snacking, the company introduced arginine-based toothpaste to address oral health concerns. “When designing for Indian consumers, we need to incorporate local taste nuances and focus on the target demographic,” explained Swati Agarwal, Executive Vice-President at Colgate-Palmolive India. The brand has also incorporated localized scents into its shower gel products, recognizing that consumer preference varies across regions.

A French delegation visiting Morocco with President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled investment plans in the disputed Western Sahara as part of a broader suite of agreements and partnerships between the two countries

tech giant reduced the device's size to just 5 inches across and added the faster M4 chips in it, reported the news agency Bloomberg on Tuesday, October 29.The new Mac mini models are less than half the size of the previous Mac mini design. The previous Mac mini design was introduced by then-Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Jobs, making them closer to the dimensions of an Apple TV set-top box. Beyond the new chassis, which is 2 inches tall, the computers will run M4 and M4 Pro processors, part of a wave of Mac upgrades that feature that chip generation, as per the report.

work-life balance has gained popularity within the modern corporate world, numerous organizations still struggle to implement it successfully. This challenge is intensified by the reality that many employees feel compelled to demonstrate their commitment by compromising their well-being for their careers. A job search coach on LinkedIn highlighted a concerning trend in today’s workplaces — a culture that not only idolizes excessive work but also places a negative label on those who stick to their standard responsibilities. In one such situation, an employee who was regularly known for working late began leaving the office around 6:30 pm. Disturbed by this change, the manager asked a team member to classify him as a potential “attrition risk.”

With the market recovering, the BTC price is expected to set new highs. However, strategic investors are looking beyond Bitcoin, and altcoins, particularly the promising new cryptos, might just have more potential to ride the next bull run.

Krafton India, the local unit of the South Korean maker of Battlegrounds Mobile India, has become the anchor investor in IMM Investment’s maiden India fund. The IMM India Fund is an extension of IMM Investment, a multi-asset South Korean fund managing $7 billion in assets. It will focus on backing startups across sectors such as consumer technology, software-as-a-service (SaaS), fintech, gaming, media and deep tech. The fund will primarily target growth-stage companies with strong potential for an initial public offering, leveraging South Korean expertise and capital, said a company statement.

The census starting from next year would update the National Population Register, also changing future census cycles completely, official sources said. The Registrar General of India is holding consultations with all the stakeholders and state governments, officials said, adding that around 30 questions have been prepared for citizens. The questions include the number of persons residing in households, whether the head of a household is a woman, whether they have a telephone, internet connection, mobile or smartphone, bicycle, scooter or motorcycle, and whether they own a car, jeep or a van, among others.

BharatPe is working on introducing new investment and wealth management features on its peer-to-peer lending application 12% Club. The 12%Club app has been renamed Invest BharatPe and is available on the Google Play Store. It has launched digital gold for investments as its first product, the company said in a statement on Monday. Responding to ET's queries, BharatPe said that it has halted fresh deposits for its P2P lending product but the existing users will be able to access their investments through the new app.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DLF Ltd’s pre-sales or booking momentum dwindled in the September quarter (Q2FY25) thanks to muted sales of existing projects in a seasonally lean quarter and no new project launches due to delayed approvals. The realty company’s pre-sales fell 69% year-on-year and 89% sequentially to a 17-quarter low of ₹692 crore.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Have you heard the saying, ‘People don’t leave their organizations, they leave their boss’? Unfortunately, there is some truth in that. Some bosses just seem to have a knack for pushing all the wrong buttons—from yelling and bullying to inventing fake deadlines or making you cancel your vacation for something trivial.

IndiGo flight from Jaipur to Chennai on Saturday caused confusion among approximately 160 passengers when it took off again soon after landing at Chennai airport. Airport authorities explained that the incident was due to crosswinds affecting the landing. The aircraft touched down on the main runway beyond the threshold point, prompting the pilot to take immediate action. Realizing there might not be enough runway space to slow down safely, the pilot decided to take off again promptly. No passengers were harmed during the incident. Flight 6E265 from Jaipur usually arrives in Chennai at 1:05 pm. On Saturday, the flight arrived earlier, around 12:45 pm. However, due to crosswinds, the pilot was unable to land at the runway's start, and the plane touched down in the middle. The pilot then took off immediately, circled around, and landed again at 12:58 pm.

At least one U.S. airline has temporarily canceled flights to Haiti’s capital after gang members opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter flying near the country’s main airport

The Long History of the Future: Why Tomorrow’s Technology Still Isn’t Here. By Nicole Kobie. Bloomsbury Sigma; 368 pages; $28 and £18.99Are driverless cars hurtling around technology’s next corner? Not really, though not for lack of trying. The first quasi-autonomous car dates back more than 30 years.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. I am often asked why it should matter so much: “After all, succession planning is just about naming a successor." Well, it’s not just a matter of passing the baton along, but more about ensuring harmony, stability and long-term success for both promoter families and their businesses. Succession planning is often seen as one of those essential tasks that everyone agrees is important, but few approach with any urgency.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Meta Platforms Inc.’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, was in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum meeting in January when he met Nandan Nilekani—the Infosys co-founder at the vanguard of India’s many technological advances. That meeting, LeCun says, partly triggered his decision to visit India a third time.

With rapid adoption of Generative AI, businesses of all sizes have the opportunity to significantly improve the customer experience for their customers

World Economic Outlook (WEO) and expected India to grow at 7 per cent in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 and 6.5 per cent in the next fiscal year (FY2025-26). «In India, the outlook is for GDP growth to moderate from 8.2 per cent in 2023 to 7 per cent in 2024 and 6.5 per cent in 2025, because pent-up demand accumulated during the pandemic has been exhausted, as the economy reconnects with its potential,» the IMF said in the World Economic Outlook. Looking beyond the one-year outlook, the global economy faces a feeble period of medium-term growth, the IMF said as it called for a slate of reforms in its latest WEO during the annual meetings of the fund and the World Bank in Washington.