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The fear of artificial intelligence (AI) is so rampant now that it appears to be a matter of decorum to admit to this fear. People keep telling me AI is coming and that I should be scared. I’m very open to being scared, which I’ve always thought is a reasonable way of surviving life, but somehow I am not, and I have tried to understand why.Also, I don’t know what exactly I should be scared of, because there are two distinct fears.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Booming demand for copper is driving a spate of mining megadeals, in a rush to secure more of a metal essential to powering artificial intelligence. Rio Tinto and Glencore said late Thursday that they are in talks to create what would be the world’s largest mining company, with a market value of more than $200 billion.

Tariff uncertainty and elevated aluminium and copper prices have lengthened contracting cycles in these markets.Domestic demand remains supported by power transmission and distribution, renewables and railways. Cost pass-through clauses protect margins, but not timing—meaning profitability is preserved even as delayed order finalizations push deliveries towards the latter part of the year.For FY26, management has guided for around 10% volume growth in conductors, while treating ₹30,000 as a minimum Ebitda per tonne level over the cycle.

pro-Kannada groups have called for a 12-hour statewide shutdown on March 22 to protest the alleged assault on a state-run bus conductor in Belagavi last month for not knowing Marathi. According to officials, police in various districts have deployed home guards along with the City Armed Reserve unit as a precautionary measure to ensure that the bandh is observed peacefully without causing inconvenience to the public. Senior officers will also be on the ground to oversee security arrangements and prevent any untoward incidents. Speaking to reporters, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar urged people to maintain peace and abide by the law. «We will protect the interests of the state. Everyone should maintain peace and follow the law. However, I feel there is no need for a bandh,» he said. According to Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner Jagadeesha G, no holiday has been declared for schools and colleges in the city on Saturday despite the bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits.

Karnataka is gearing up for a statewide bandh on March 22, organised by Pro-Kannada groups from 6 am to 6 pm. While the bandh aims to make a strong statement, it has left students, commuters, and businesses worried about its impact.

pro-Kannada activists, Sarnaik said on Saturday.

Apar Industries as a giant that is still growing, domestic brokerage firm Nuvama initiated coverage on the stock with a ‘buy’ rating and a target price of Rs 12,700, signaling an upside of 25.5% from Monday’s closing price. “We argue that APAR is a favored play on India’s T&D capex super-cycle, which would spur demand for high-value-added/efficient conductors. Re-conductoring and export pick-up can further drive growth (18%+ EPS CAGR over FY24–27E at 23% RoE),” said Nuvama in its report.

capital markets regulator Sebi to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to Rs 320 crore by the company, and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 1 crore equity shares by promoters, according to the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) on Saturday. The company proposes to utilise the net proceeds towards funding capital expenditure requirements for setting up new projects in subsidiary ALCU, payment of debt, and general corporate purposes.

Himachal Pradesh government is again in a tight spot for issuing notices to a state roadways conductor and driver after an audio clip with defamatory remarks against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was allegedly played in their bus. A man in his complaint to the Chief Minister's Office said defamatory words were used against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and other leaders in an audio clip which was played in the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus plying between Shimla and Sanjauli on November 5. In a letter to the conductor and driver of the bus on November 25, the HRTC sought explanation from them. The letter went viral on the internet.

open economy, we allowed other countries to get an advantageous playing field in the country and this has to stop, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday. Jaishankar was delivering a virtual keynote address at the 8th India Idea Conclave at Bengaluru. This year, the conclave, organised by India Foundation, is exploring the theme, 'building Brand Bharath'.

The flurry of contract agreements announced early this fall — including two more Wednesday — offer evidence that major railroads and their unions are working to avoid the standoffs that led them to a brink of a national strike two years ago

Sterlite Power on Monday said it received orders worth around Rs 1,200 crore across its Global Products and Services (GPS) business in September quarter. Its GPS business focuses on sustainable products, and specialized Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services. The cumulative order win in April-September FY25 is Rs 2,700 crore, it said. In September quarter, it bagged new orders totalling Rs 800 crore for high-performance conductors and Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) products. In the domestic segment, the major orders were towards supply of conductors for green energy transmission projects including Angul-Paradeep, Yalwar, and Runija-Indore transmission lines. The export segment saw order wins for high-performance green products from the US, the European Union, Africa, and the Middle East. The company also received India's first 144-fiber count OPGW cable order from a state utility.

Sabyasachi Majumdar, Senior Director, Care Ratings, says one of the beneficiaries of the new National Electricity Plan would be the transmission companies.There will be a lot of projects for them to take up. But apart from that, the beneficiaries will be the suppliers to the transmission network, which will basically be the equipment manufacturers, people who make the lines, conductors, cables, transformation equipment, switchyards, and switchgears, plus the EPC contractors who are going to string up all these lines and set up all these capacities. So, it will have a broad-based impact across the large segment of the electrical engineering industry. Is the National Electricity Plan really a fresh announcement coming in or is this something that was budgeted for and talked about already and you guys were factoring it in the capex lined up for the coming years? Sabyasachi Majumdar: The power demand has been fairly buoyant after the recovery from COVID and it has been growing at a high single digit. Basically, it can be considered a continuation of the current trend. Right now, peak demand is somewhere around 250 gigawatt and the government expects it to go up to about 458 gigawatt up to 2032, which basically represents CAGR of about 7% to 8% per annum, which is more or less in line with what we have been seeing in the past. So, it is pretty much based on that.

₹344.1 crore after having not handled any business in 2022—chiefly on account of getting more business from the Adani conglomerate. Incidentally, Rakesh Ramanlal Shah, chairman and managing director of Diamond Power Infrastructure, is the brother-in-law of Gautam Adani, India’s second-richest person. Shah, 71, is married to Priti, sister of Gautam Adani.

The Teamsters union that represents workers at both of Canada's largest freight railroads has filed the lawsuits it promised challenging the orders that forced employees back to work and got the trains moving again

A workers union and Canada's two major freight railroads wrapped up a nine-hour arbitration hearing with the Canada Industrial Relations Board

With employees back at work, two Canadian railroads can resume operating.

Canada’s two largest railroads should soon start rolling their trains again after the government intervened to end a shutdown that arose from a labor dispute

The Canadian government has ordered the country’s two major freight railroads to enter binding arbitration with their labor union to resolve a contract dispute

Canada’s two major freight railroads could come to a halt Thursday if they can’t resolve a contract dispute