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Tata Motors and the Tamil Nadu Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a vehicle manufacturing facility with an investment of Rs 9,000 crore over the next five years, the company said in an exchange filing on Wednesday. The agreement further bolsters employment generation in the state with a dedicated 5,000 jobs. The announcement comes after Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast commenced building a factory in the southern state, marking the second automobile manufacturing investment within a span of just 2 months.

Hero Vired, an educational tech startup of the Hero Group, has announced the appointment of Arjun Assi as head of product. Prior to this, Assi was assistant vice-president, product, at Scaler Academy, another edtech firm.

Ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao was instructed to give up his Canadian passport as part of a revised bail agreement, court documents filed Monday showed.

BluPine Energy on Wednesday said it has secured a loan of Rs 1,260 crore from Standard Chartered Bank and TATA Capital for its wind project in Gujarat. After completion, the 198 MW plant is expected to generate about 65 GWh (gigawatt hour) of wind energy annually, offsetting about 6 lakh tonne of CO2 emissions, the company said. «With the addition of this project, our cumulative solar and wind energy capacity in Gujarat will scale up to 750 MW...across 7 projects under GUVNL. Moreover, the overall renewable energy capacity will reach approximately 2.4 GW, with 730 MW currently operational,» Neerav Nanavaty, CEO of BluPine Energy, said. The electricity generated from this plant will be supplied to Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for 25 years from the scheduled commercial operation date.

ClearToken intends to be fully regulated in the UK and has initiated the process of obtaining clearing house recognition from the Bank of England, with the intention of launching CCP services in 12-18 months. During 2024, ClearToken intends to launch preliminary settlement services, subject to the receipt of required approvals from the Financial Conduct Authority and Bank of England. Benjamin Santos-Stephens, CEO of ClearToken comments: “ClearToken has attracted inward investment from firms across the US, EU, and Asia.

Gautam Adani, the Chairman of Adani Group, who bounced back within a year from the savage attack by Hindenburg Research in January last year which seemed to have sunk his conglomerate, put his life under the lens for young entrepreneurs at a private event recently. Speaking at a YPO (Young Presidents Organisation) event, Adani narrated how India's economic liberalisation set him off on an adventurous entrepreneurial journey, how he expanded his small export business into a conglomerate, and how he often fell down but then managed to bounce back. Telling YPO members, all young CEOs, how he didn't fear getting lost or falling down and managed to find his way and get back up, Adani gave five principles which could be useful for all of them.

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CNBC. Last year in May, the company's CEO Arvind Krishna had said that the company expects to pause hiring for roles it thinks could be replaced with artificial intelligence in the coming years.

The Washington Post. The offer was made when Musk was still running Twitter, now rebranded as X, after his high-profile acquisition in late 2022. Citing two unnamed sources, the report claimed that Trump and Musk have been in contact regarding Truth Social “more than was previously known".

Top events of the day: PM Modi will initiate semiconductor projects in Gujarat and Assam. Karnataka HC to review Byju’s case. Haryana CM to prove majority.

«In dollar terms, as per our sample, India-based IT firms' revenue growth continued to slow down and grew by 0.8% y-y in the Dec-23 quarter,» brokerage firm BNP Paribas said in a report. It was however, ahead of global IT companies' revenue growth, indicating continued market-share gains, the report added. India-based companies added 36 basis points (bps) in revenue market share year-on-year basis though they lost 27 bps on a sequential basis, the report said.

₹4 lakh, while those with a decade’s experience get ₹30 lakh, Teamlease data showed. Globally, prompt engineers were in demand through last year —a job posting by US firm Anthropic in May last year offered $335,000 ( ₹2.8 crore) per year. Generative AI may create new business cases, translating into deals valued at above $1 million, which has not happened so far for most domestic IT services firms.

Jane Fraser, chief executive officer of Citigroup. India's perfect policy prescriptions, cast-in-stone execution schedules and an unmatched ability to deliver development on a gigantic scale make it a unique investment destination, Fraser told ET in an interview. «The move from more of a cost arbitrage in India to now looking at it in terms of innovation from our Indian tech centres — they are drivers of our business strategy,'' she said. „Citi is doing a huge amount of work in transformation globally. That is all happening here in India.''

(Reuters) — White House officials met with UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) CEO Andrew Witty and others in the industry on Tuesday to discuss a hack at the healthcare conglomerate's tech unit that has disrupted operations across the United States.

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FOX Business’ Madison Alworth reports on how Georgia is benefitting from more Americans leaving blue states like California.

India can play a key role in building a resilient global electronics supply chain, said Cristiano Amon, chief executive of US chip giant Qualcomm Inc. In an interview with ET's Romit Guha and Himanshi Lohchab, Amon said the country has an opportunity to create large companies that serve both the domestic and global markets in areas such as semiconductor packaging and manufacturing. Edited excerpts: What are the opportunities for Qualcomm in India? There's an incredible opportunity with the transition to 5G. But it's not only 5G, but also the incredible opportunity that is developing with Gen AI and the opportunity to do Gen AI at the edge, not only at data centres, but across many different industries. What's Qualcomm's investment plan for India? India is our largest R&D site outside San Diego. We have a presence in a number of sites — from Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Noida. The majority of our chips are designed in India, both hardware and software. With the world looking for alternatives to make the overall electronic supply chain more resilient, we see that India has an important role to play, an opportunity to create over time, very large Indian companies serving not only the Indian market, but also global, whether it's smartphone industrial modules, whether it's semiconductor packaging, and eventually semiconductor manufacturing.

Stocks are rallying on Wall Street following the latest update on inflation

Department of Tourism, Government of Uttarakhand on Wednesday said that Tehri is set for a makeover with several developmental projects on the anvil for which the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a funding of Rs 1294 crore. The projects will be funded in a ratio of 80:20 with ADB bearing 80% of the expenditure and the Uttarakhand government bearing 20% of the expenses. Sachin Kurve, Secretary, Tourism, and CEO of Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board said that in order to promote sustainable inclusive, climate resilient tourism, and for the development of designated areas in Tehri, the state decided to develop Tehri Lake and surrounding areas as a “Special Tourist Area” after which Tehri Special Area Development Authority (TADA) was established under the Tehri Special Area Development Act 2013.

Quiver Quantitative — Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan (JPM), recently expressed caution about the U.S. economic outlook, suggesting that a recession could still be a possibility. Speaking at the Australian Financial Review Business Summit, Dimon remarked that while many are expecting a soft economic landing, the chances of such an outcome might be lower than anticipated. He voiced concerns about stagflation, a scenario where inflation and unemployment rise simultaneously while economic growth stalls. Dimon’s comments come at a time when economic indicators have been skewed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leading him to advise the Federal Reserve to wait for more clarity before cutting interest rates.

Suzlon and Renaissance Solar and Electric Material Company, leading companies in the wind power and solar panel segment, respectively, have expressed interest to set up their units in Vijayapura district, the native of Industries & Infrastructure Minister MB Patil. Suzlon has planned to invest Rs 30,000 crore while Renaissance Solar has proposed Rs. 6,000 crore, Patil told media after meeting the chief executives of the two companies. Suzlon Group CEO JP Chalasani and Renaissance Solar CEO Milind Kulkarni participated in the separate meetings with the minister.