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Tech Mahindra on Thursday said it has inked a pact with UK-based engineering service provider Marshall Group to combine their digital solutions and engineering capabilities to spur advancements in aerospace and the defence industry. Tech Mahindra in a statement said it will assist Marshall's engineering programmes in aircraft design and manufacture, special mission platforms, and the development of digital maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) technologies. Marshall will also make use of Tech Mahindra's suite of data analytics and intelligent field support technologies to enhance its infrastructure solutions' operational efficiency and reliability. «Combining Tech Mahindra's global engineering and technology capabilities with Marshall's rich heritage and specialised knowledge, we are poised to create a powerful collaboration to drive innovation, deliver exceptional customer value, and enable the industry to scale at speed,» Narasimham R V, President, Engineering Services, Tech Mahindra, said.

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International Conference of the Bled Strategic Forum will take place in Bled, Slovenia between September 2-3. This year's conference is titled «A World of Parallel Realities» and will be marked by new innovative approaches in the programme and even greater involvement of youth. «The awareness that we live in a world of parallel realities encourages us to bring these realities together for the common good. This year, with a programme of exceptional quality and diversity, we are signaling that we are opening Slovenia to the world, and at the same time, as a responsible member of the international community and a member of the UN Security Council, we are accepting our responsibilities and taking on even the most challenging debates. The Bled Strategic Forum is of key importance for us, as an instrument of soft power of Slovenian foreign policy, it broadens Slovenia's interest in the international arena and thus makes our more active role in the global arena a reality,» said Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs. The Bled Strategic Forum is an intergovernmental project of the Republic of Slovenia, organised by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Centre for European Future, and is one of the most visible foreign policy events in Slovenia. It brings in top policy makers at the annual platform.

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The recent arrest of Telegram founder and Chief Executive Officer Pavel Durov near Paris has sent shockwaves through the tech world. Elon Musk called on France to “free Pavel" to avert a threat to democracy; Paul Graham, the co-founder of leading Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator, suggested it would hurt the country’s chances of being “a major startup hub." Yet, while some are citing a French-led assault on free speech and innovation, the reality is more nuanced.

Infosys co-founder and chairman Nandan Nilekani on Wednesday said startups powered by India's digital public infrastructure are valued at $100 billion. Speaking at the annual Global Fintech Fest here, Nilekani said the very idea while building an Aadhar or unified payments interface (UPI) was to build the rails that could be used by the private sector or entrepreneurs to come out with innovative offerings. «The estimate is that the market value of startups on top of India's DPI is about $100 billion,» he added. He also said the future of finance will be a concept he and some people call "Finternet".

Over the past 10 years from April 2014 to August 2024, the AMC’s AUM has expanded 50x along with a major expansion of its customer base, which now stands at 32 lakh from 200+ locations across India, according to a press release by the fund house. The AMC now has 46 lakh active folios across all products. In the AUM, active and passive mutual funds contribute Rs 71.8K crore (71.7%), followed by its PMS AUM at Rs 14.5K crore (14.5%) and AIF at Rs 13.7K crore (13.7%). The active mutual fund AUM stands at Rs 47.1K crore and passive mutual fund AUM is at Rs 27.8K crore. The company has a 7% share of all the category III AIF commitments and 6.5% share of all discretionary PMS customers in the industry.

PDS Ltd, a fashion sourcing and manufacturing platform serving global leading brands and retailers, on Wednesday said it has raised Rs 430 crore through qualified institutional placement. The company has successfully completed the QIP raising Rs 430 crore (around USD 51 million). The QIP attracted robust interest from institutional investors, with a subscription exceeding two times the issue size, PDS Ltd said in a statement. «This fund raise enables PDS to accelerate its growth journey of expanding into new markets and categories, as well as diversifying its sourcing regions through brownfield investments, all while maintaining a robust balance sheet,» the company said.

Laiqa Wellness has raised Rs 15 crore in a funding round from early-stage venture capital firm IvyCap Ventures. The funds will be used for expanding and developing the company’s tech-based solutions, which focus on personalised hormonal health monitoring, point-of-care assessments, and AI-driven recommendations. Founded in August 2023 by Monica Bindra, Harmeet Bindra and Meenakshi Singh, the Gurugram-based company focuses on women’s wellness, targeting hormonal imbalances through cycle-synced, personalised care.

The OMERTA airdrop offers a rare chance to get in early on the first AAA Mafia Open-World game in Web3. As participants help to grow the game’s online presence, they earn free OMERTA tokens, gaining an early stake in a one-of-its-kind project.

CAGR growth for the Indian family offices and a 5% increase in the alternative investments over the next 3 years has been predicted by Sundaram Finance Group-held Sundaram Alternate Assets. The report also noted that Indian family offices are increasingly embracing alternative investments, with a projected 5% increase in allocations to 18% over the next three years, which aligns with a global trend, where family offices allocate more than 50% of their assets to alternatives.

digital real estate advertising company REA group, which is launching its first India global capability centre (GCC) in October, plans to increase its India headcount to 10% of its global workforce in the next two years, said Steve Maidment, chief technology officer at the firm. REA group, which also owns prop tech firms like Housing.com, Makaan.com and PropTiger.com in India though REA India, is setting up the new innovation centre in Gurugram cyber city. «Our aim is to unlock the extensive Indian talent in data, cloud, AI and product development to build products for our users in Australia. REA cyber city teams will work directly with Australian teams on the group's leading products and platforms to shape and deliver experiences for millions of consumers every day across all stages of the property journey», Maidment told ET.

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Jared Isaacman is about to launch a revolutionary space expedition. He will be in charge of Polaris Dawn, which is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday morning. With plans to go farther from Earth than any previous private expedition, Isaacman and his crew hope to push the limits of space tourism. During the course of the five-day journey, Isaacman hopes to make history by being the first private citizen to try a spacewalk, as per the reports of the New York Post.

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From artificial intelligence (AI) and electric vehicles to blockchain and composites, we are in a golden age of innovation. To unlock value from these technologies, though, businesses must transform themselves, and, according to a McKinsey and Company study, over 70% of such efforts fall short. Obviously, businesses adopting a new technology need the right key performance indicators (KPIs) and internal alignment of their operations to ensure they get what they want out of it.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita liberates our democracy from the colonial mindset, and its basic spirit should be made as effective as possible. «Our country has changed rapidly in a decade. We have risen from the 10th position ten years ago to become the 5th largest economy in the world. Today, the dreams and aspirations of our countrymen are significant. It is important that we innovate according to the new India and modernize our systems. This 'Justice for All' is equally crucial. We are seeing how technology can play a significant role in our judicial system,» said PM Modi during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur. Modi said that justice is always simple and clear but sometimes the process makes it difficult and now it is our collective responsibility to make justice as simple and clear as possible.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his call from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day to the youths from non-political backgrounds to join the political system has got an impressive response, with many people reaching out to him through letters and social media. In an apparent dig at some of the Opposition parties which 'promote dynasty politics', he underlined that some of these talented youths from ordinary families informed him that family-based parties crush ambitions of capable people. In his 113th Mann ki Baat address, the PM recalled on Sunday his request that one lakh youths from non-political backgrounds should become a part of the political system. «This call from me has garnered a tremendous response. We learnt that a large number of our youths are eagerly ready to enter politics. All they are looking for is the right opportunity and apt guidance,» he said.

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Danfoss India, a leader in heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, is witnessing robust growth in the domestic market and is confident of doubling sales by 2025, a top official has said. The subsidiary of the Denmark-headquartered company said the Indian market is the fastest-growing region for the Danfoss Group with strong double digit growth in H1 driven by increasing opportunities in energy efficiency and electrification. Danfoss Group's sales amounted to Euro 5 billion and a half-year EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation) of EURO 533 million corresponding to an EBITDA margin of 10.6 per cent, as against 12.4 per cent last year.

industrial revolution with its new biomanufacturing policy designed to tackle food, energy and climate challenges, officials said on Sunday. Approved by the Union Cabinet on Saturday, the BioE3 policy for fostering high-performance biomanufacturing aims to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in different fields. High-performance biomanufacturing involves the production of products ranging from medicine to materials, tackling farming and food challenges, and promoting the manufacturing of bio-based products through the integration of advanced biotechnological processes. Laying the foundation of the BioE3 policy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Interim Budget had announced «a new scheme of bio-manufacturing and bio-foundry» to provide environment-friendly alternatives such as biodegradable polymers, bio-plastics, biopharmaceuticals and bio agri inputs.