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25.12 / 01:17
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No wonder! Women blast through global tech's glass ceiling in India
Google’s appointment of Preeti Lobana as the head of its Indian operations last week topped a fast-growing trend of women executives taking charge at technology corporations across the country. A slew of women leaders — from Salesforce India chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, who was recently elevated as the head of its Asean region, to Sandhya Devanathan who helms Meta’s India business — are among those reversing the long-held narrative of gender disparity at the highest echelons of the industry.
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Family offices, PEs team up for $1 bn stake in Haier's India operations
Kolkata | Mumbai: Family offices of prominent industrialists, private equity funds are considering acquiring a majority stake in the Indian operations of Haier for a little over a billion dollars as the Chinese consumer appliances and electronics major seeks to indigenise its business amid heightened regulatory and bureaucratic scrutiny, people familiar with the matter said.
25.12 / 00:15
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Bruised by rising imports, steelmakers pin New Year hopes on safeguard duty
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: The commerce ministry's investigation into imports of flat steel products and a likely safeguard duty to curb their shipments have sparked optimism of a turnaround for Indian steelmakers after a tepid year marred by slipping sales price and shrinking margins. A safeguard duty, which is a temporary measure to protect the domestic industry from cheap imports, could finally arrest the slide in steel prices, industry experts said.
25.12 / 00:15
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Top 5 Tech and Consumer trends to expect in 2025
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. While we saw what ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and others could do, the increasing capabilities of logical reasoning in generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) models will enable them to operate more autonomously with more reliable outputs. This will translate into AI systems that can handle multiple systems, optimising interactions to deliver more sophisticated and accurate responses.
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Debate over excluding food inflation from monetary policy reaches MPC
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Two newly appointed Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members have rekindled the discussion started by the Economic Survey on excluding food inflation from the monetary policy framework. Of the three external members of the rate-setting panel of the Reserve Bank of India, Nagesh Kumar and Ram Singh have argued in the MPC minutes released last week that a high repo rate cannot bring down food prices.
25.12 / 00:15
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Smartphone addiction: Is India facing a digital crisis?
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Many adults and youngsters spend nearly a third of their time awake hooked to smartphones—an addiction phonemakers are trying to tackle by incorporating features that allow users to meaningfully take time off from their screens. Smartphone brands such as Vivo, Oppo and HMD have recognized the need for digital detox as a business opportunity, building strategies to cater to a growing preference for switching off—such as Zen Mode by OnePlus.
25.12 / 00:15
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Generative AI, data centres to define India’s tech industries in 2025
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s technology sector is likely to see generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) and related data applications define client orders, financial growth and technical innovation in 2025. In turn, this is expected to generate a spurt in demand for data centres and their services.
25.12 / 00:15
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Vajpayee: The statesman who shaped India with his vision, resolve
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Today, 25 December, is a very special day for all of us. Our nation marks the 100th jayanti of our beloved former prime minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji.
25.12 / 00:15
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Santa skips D-Street during second-quietest December in a decade
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Santa's sleigh seems to have taken a detour this year, leaving behind a subdued holiday market instead of presents. After falling 1.7% so far, December seems poised to clock the second-worst returns in a decade, next only to the near-4% fall in December 2022.
25.12 / 00:15
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Govt plans to introduce new agriculture export policy
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's six-year-old Agricultural Export Policy (AEP) is set for an overhaul as export destinations shift and the country's farm exports basket becomes more diverse, three people directly involved in the process said. The proposed review will attempt to enhance the competitiveness of Indian agricultural products, ensure compliance with global standards, and promote value-added products.
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Indian edtech overhaul sparks renewed investor optimism
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Even as the Byju’s saga continues to unfold in courts, the rest of the edtech sector has moved on. Existing players have used the past fiscal to recalibrate growth strategies--shutting down unprofitable verticals and doubling down in profitable niches.
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Power capacity addition grows this fiscal led by new renewable projects
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Spurred by the approaching expiry of a transmission charge exemption, renewable power developers have begun to hasten completion of their projects. This has resulted in green power capturing nearly all of the 43% jump in new power capacity added in the April-November period this fiscal compared to the same period last fiscal.
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Mint Primer: Why are docs in the dock over a ‘work trip’?
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In May 2024, the DoP received an anonymous complaint alleging AbbVie Healthcare India flew 30 doctors—experts in Botox and Juvederm—to Paris and Monaco. It said the firm treated the doctors to “extravagant pleasure trips under the guise of conferences", that AbbVie purportedly flew doctors to a medical conference held in these locations.
24.12 / 23:19
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11 years after it was founded, encrypted messaging service Telegram finally makes profit; here's how Pavel Durov did it
Telegram, which is the encrypted messaging app founded by Pavel Durov has finally achieved profitability for the first time in its 11 year history in the year 2024, reported Dnyuz.
24.12 / 23:19
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What's wrong with U.S retail chains? After Big Lots and Party City, now the Container Store files for bankruptcy
Container Store which is a 46 year old retail chain specializing in storage and organization solutions has eventually filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Texas district court, reported Npr.
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When will Donald Trump dump Elon Musk? “Morning Joe” panelists predict the exact time
Morning Joe’, the panelists discussed the potential fracture of the political alliance between US President- elect Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk while prompted by Donald Trump's recent speech asserting his control over the partnership, reported Huffpost.
24.12 / 23:19
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Merry Christmas 2024: 50+ Best Xmas Wishes, Images, Quotes, and WhatsApp, Facebook Statuses for Friends, and Family
Christmas 2024 is here, we’ve curated a guide to the top wishes, images, quotes, and status options you can share with everyone this festive season.
24.12 / 20:39
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Throw Diddy under the bus? This is what Jay-Z plans to do to avoid spending time in jail
Jay-Z intends to show Diddy zero loyalty while he fights a scathing rape lawsuit. In the midst of the ongoing battle over rape allegations, Jay-Z is reportedly going to show zero loyalty to Sean Diddy Combs. A woman named Jane Doe is suing the rap moguls, claiming that they alternately raped her at an after-party when she was thirteen, as reported by Blast.
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