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cyber security be any different? AI is fast becoming a digital watchdog. However, it comes in as collaboration — not competition — to human intelligence as companies seek to secure the virtual world. So, unlike several other branches of technology, cyber security professionals aren’t facing job culls. Rather, the demand for them is set to boom as India grapples with a rise in cyber attacks, with a 30% supply gap telling on the industry.

«Demand has improved across categories including the entry products and rural markets like UP, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar after a long time,» said Haier India president Satish NS. «These markets were earlier struggling to meet sales targets but now easily achieving them.» As per preliminary estimates by smartphone industry market tracker Counterpoint Research, the smartphone market grew by about 8% in the last quarter — one of the highest quarterly growths in recent times. In January-March 2023, the market had declined by 19% year-on-year. To be sure, the smartphone market growth rate in preceding October-December period was higher at 25% year-on-year but that was due to festive season shifting by a month and therefore a weak base period. But overall smartphone shipments in India had remained flat in calendar 2023.

Data usage per subscriber per month which stood at 21GB in December 2023, is likely to go up to 25-27GB in April-June, also factoring in previous months growth, an analyst estimated. But when it comes to revenue conversion, India’s number two telco Bharti Airtel is likely to pip rivals Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea to record 2-3% growth, he added. “If you observe last year’s IPL season, Airtel was the only player to show a meaningful uptick in average revenue per user (ARPU), despite Jio recording larger data consumption,” said Rohan Dhamija, head, India and the Middle East, Analysys Mason.

a suspected Israeli strike this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria that killed 12 people, including a senior Guard general. Iran has promised to retaliate, and U.S. President Joe Biden cut short a weekend trip to his beach house in Delaware to return to the White House and monitor the situation.

DevX is looking to double its portfolio to over 2 million sq ft over the next two years with focus on tier-2 and -3 cities, as adaption of distributed workforce option by larger enterprises leads to a rise in demand, said a top company executive. The company currently has operational centres in key cities like Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Noida, Raipur, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. Last week, it set up a new co-working centre spread over 25,000 sq ft with 300 seats in Udaipur. DevX is also working on plans for its foray into the international market, starting with Dubai and Singapore.

Ernest Hemingway once said that he liked to look at Cezanne's paintings when he was ravenously hungry. In his 1964 memoir of his Paris apprentice days, The Moveable Feast, Hemingway writes: 'I learned to understand Cezanne much better and to see truly how he made landscapes when I was hungry. I used to wonder if he were hungry too when he painted; but I thought possibly it was only that he had forgotten to eat. It was one of those unsound but illuminating thoughts you have when you have been sleepless or hungry.' Hunger sharpens one's critical faculties. It also sharpens one's ability to feel and seek out injustice. And then, I looked at myself in the mirror. No way could someone ever mistake me for a writer. There was nothing frugal about my frame. I looked like a well-fed bulldog just awakened from his siesta.

Russia, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala Saturday said the Ministry of External Affairs has informed him that the Indian embassy in Moscow has raised the matter with authorities there. Surjewala said he had written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on April 7, seeking his intervention to ensure the safe return of the eight youngsters stuck in war-torn Ukraine. The Congress Rajya Sabha MP said he received a reply from the ministry on April 12 which stated that the Indian embassy in Moscow has taken up the matter with the Russian authorities concerned. «Larger issue of other Indian nationals who had been misled into joining the Russian Army was also taken up by Foreign Secretary with Russian Ambassador in New Delhi. In order to preclude recurrence of such incidents in future, we have also advised Indian citizens to stay away from the conflict,» according to the communication Surjewala received from the ministry.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday said that he is considering reopening all the political murder cases that occurred during the CPIM’s regime and would seek suggestions from legal experts after the conclusion of the Lok Sabha election. While addressing an election campaign at Santi Para in Agartala on Saturday, Saha said that BJP is a party of Karyakartas, and following the forthcoming election, everyone is working to seek blessings from people for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “This election is crucial to ful fill the dream of PM’s Vikshit Bharat in 2047. We must ensure to strengthen the hand of PM Modi for the upcoming generation. BJP always takes elections very seriously. We are working to increase the vote percentage as we are confident of our victory. PM Modi is a guarantee as he always works for development. PM Modi always works for the people. India, which was gripped under scams, has come out from such situations since 2014 when Narendra Modi became Prime Minister,” he said.

fostering robust tourism ties between the Maldives and India, paving the way for transformative collaborations that will drive sustainable growth in the region's tourism sector," the MATATO said in a post on X on April 9. MATATO's statement and meeting with the Indian envoy came at a time when tourism from India to Maldives has continued to decline significantly since January this year. MATATO said on April 9 that plans are underway to launch a comprehensive roadshow across key cities in India.

Dividend Stocks: Shares of companies such as Schaeffler India, Gujarat Toolroom, among others will trade ex-dividend in the coming week, starting from Monday, April 15. Along with these, some other firms will also trade ex-split, and ex-bonus, according to data on the BSE. The ex-dividend date is the day on which the equity share price adjusts to reflect the next dividend payout.

Hindustan Copper, Aster DM Healthcare, Kolte Patil Developers, Ramco Systems were among the top smallcap gainers. Abans Holdings, Transformers & Rectifiers, Waree Renewable Tech, IIFL Finance, KEI Industries, Anand Rathi Wealth, Llyods Metals, Force Motors, Suryoday Small Finance Bank, Motilal Oswal Financial Services among other smallcap stocks logged a double-digit growth in their share prices last week. Domestic equity benchmarks traded mixed and finally settled almost flat, taking a pause after three weeks of advance.

World Designing Forum, one of the world's largest global fashion community, has announced the setting up of India's first Handloom Cluster and Apparel Designing Park in Agra. This initiative is poised to redefine the landscape of fashion by showcasing designer garments made from handlooms across India, particularly targeting the influx of foreign tourists visiting Agra each year, the Forum said in a statement. The park, located at the famous «I Love Agra Selfie Point,» is a collaborative effort between RVA and the World Designing Forum. The park is set up with natural threads and handlooms. Recently, the Agra Development Authority announced organisation of weekly programs at this point, leading to the construction of a temporary apparel park, with RVA winning the contract. Meanwhile, the World Designing Forum said that a World Couture League has been formed to promote handloom on an international scale. It will organize annual competitions in handloom designing among 20 Indian states. The league includes notable figures in the country such as industrialist Puran Dawar, Dr. Ranjana Bansal, and Shekhar Dikshit. Member of the National Core Committee, Shekhar Dikshit, disclosed plans for similar handloom parks in Jaipur, Goa, and Kanyakumari, following the success of the initiative in Agra.

Indian Sikh pilgrims arrived here in Pakistan's Punjab provincial capital on Saturday via the Wagah Border to participate in the annual Baisakhi festival, an official said. Sardar Ramash Singh Orara, the first Sikh Minister in Pakistan's Punjab province who is also Pakistan's Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President, along with the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) additional secretary shrines Rana Shahid and other senior officers greeted the Indian pilgrims at the Wagah border. «As many as 2,400 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrived here today to attend Baisakhi festivities in Gurdwara Punja Sahib, Hassanabdal,» ETPB spokesperson Amir Hashmi told PTI. The ETPB looks after the holy places of the minority communities in Pakistan.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said Narendra Modi's tenure as prime minister marks India's golden era after independence. Addressing a rally here in support of BJP candidate from Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar Lok Sabha seat Ajay Bhatt, Adityanath attacked the Congress, saying it was at the root of the problems faced by the country but Modi rose to every challenge and resolved the issues. «Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure would be viewed as India's golden period post-independence,» he said. «Congress is in deep anguish due to the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand, which should actually be embraced. Chief Minister Dhami has taken a commendable step by introducing the Uniform Civil Code», he remarked.

As the Middle-East braces for potential Iranian strike, commandos from Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard today rappelled down from a helicopter onto an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel. U.S. President Joe Biden had said on Friday he expected Iran to attack Israel «sooner, rather than later» and warned Tehran not to proceed. Israel did not claim responsibility for the airstrike on April 1. But Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Israel «must be punished and shall be» for an operation he said was equivalent to an attack on Iranian soil.

China renaming 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh, Union Minister VK Singh on Saturday said that changing names won't have any effect, adding that Arunachal Pradesh will always be India's part. «By changing the names of the places does not mean that it is their place. I can say confidently that na ek inch udhar hui hai naa ek inch idhar… Opposition is just making an issue as they don't have anything or proper knowledge,» Singh told ANI. When asked about the preparations for Lok Sabha, he said that the manner in which the BJP and our workers are working hard, the results will be good.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Saturday said both India and Pakistan should create conditions conducive to the resumption of dialogue. Abdullah, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, slammed those saying India should use force to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and asserted that when push comes to shove, the final mile is always crossed through dialogue. «Let me put it this way, you will not get a solution to any problem through just the use of force. Ultimately, when push comes to shove, the final mile is always crossed through dialogue,» Abdullah told PTI in an interview. «That said, creating conditions for dialogue is the responsibility of both sides, not India alone,» he added.

ship seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards off the UAE coast on Saturday, 17 are Indian, PTI reported citing sources. «We are aware that a cargo ship 'MSC Aries' has been taken control by Iran. We have learnt that there are 17 Indian nationals onboard,» said a source. «We are in touch with the Iranian authorities through diplomatic channels, both in Tehran and in Delhi, to ensure security, welfare and early release of Indian nationals,» it said.

Top News of the Day: On 13 April, a series of events are set to take place right from politics to business. The CBI registered a case against Megha Engineering regarding alleged corruption in the execution of a ₹315 crores project for NISP.

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