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Vahan.ai to provide jobs to the blue-collar workforce. Madhav Krishna, CEO & Founder of Vahan.ai, says the company assists the urban poor in finding gig jobs, often within 48 hours of registration on their app. The Vahan app offers solutions through its AI-powered bot. “Once the job seeker has applied via the app, the AI recruiter calls them and helps them through the application process, helping them seamlessly onboard the platform. In some cases, individuals have managed to even secure a job within 8 hours of downloading the mobile application,” he says. Krishna gives an example of a man named Prasad who lost his job and found Vahan.ai through a WhatsApp job post shared by a friend. “He was onboarded on Vahan.ai and placed in Zepto, a grocery delivery platform, within a day of reaching out. He began working as a full-time delivery executive,” he says.

verticals into three new verticals — mobility, sustainability and tech – L&T Technology Services (LTTS) told analysts on Tuesday that it aspires to grow each vertical into a $1 billion vertical. Motilal Oswal said in a note, “For context, annualized revenues from mobility, sustainability, and tech stand at $416 million, $354 million and $411 million, respectively.” It said while it was encouraged by the IT engineering services firm’s ambition, the company had not specified a time frame for achieving its target.

The three projects cover seven districts in Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Chhattisgarh. They will increase the existing network of Indian Railways by about 300 kms. The routes are considered essential for the transport of agricultural products, fertiliser, coal, iron ore, steel, cement, and limestone among others. The capacity augmentation will result in 45 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of additional freight traffic.

The leaders of Germany and the United Kingdom have announced plans to draw up a treaty meant to deepen the two nations’ trade, defense and other relations

telecom regulator is considering if differential punitive tariffs for spam callers from personal numbers could help check spam calling and messaging. According to an analysis, there were nearly 14 lakh SIMs making between 50-1000 calls per day during the January-March 2024 period, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in a consultation paper released Wednesday. Four SIMs were making more than 1000 calls per day. These are likely to be spam callers who disregard Trai’s norms defined for commercial calling. Similarly, there were 4 lakh SIMs found to be sending more than 50 SMSs per day. Though telecom companies have blocked 59,000 such numbers in calendar years 2022-23 cumulatively, spammers continue to purchase new SIM cards, Trai data showed. As bundled mobile packs allow unlimited voice calling and 100 per day, unregistered telemarketers (UTMs) may be pushing “large numbers of promotional voice calls to consumers using multiple connections,” TRAI said.

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Maruti Suzuki’s dedication to achieving carbon neutrality, revealing that the company is actively exploring ways to accelerate the development of new technologies and products.The automaker is expected to leverage the technical expertise of Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corporation as it prepares to unveil its first-ever electric vehicle at the 2025 Bharat Mobility Global Expo, scheduled for January 17. This marks a significant step for Maruti Suzuki as it enters the electric vehicle market, albeit later than some of its competitors.The upcoming electric vehicle is expected to be based on the eVX concept, a compact electric SUV that has already been showcased in India and internationally.

Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved 3 railway projects worth Rs 6,456 crore. The three projects covering 7 Districts in 4 States i.e., Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh will increase the existing network of Indian Railways by about 300 Kms, said Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw. With these projects 14 New Stations will be constructed, providing enhancing connectivity to 2 (Two) Aspirational Districts (Nuapada and East Singhbum). New Line projects will provide connectivity to approx. 1,300 villages and about 11 Lakh population. Multi-tracking project will enhance connectivity to approx. 1,300 villages and about 19 lakh population.

IPO) of Ecos Mobility and Hospitality has opened for subscription today and will be available for public to bid till August 30. The IPO is entirely an offer for sale (OFS) of 1.8 crore shares. Since the IPO is an OFS, all the proceeds will go to the selling shareholders.

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On Monday, Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das announced the launch of its Unified Lending Interface (ULI), a tech platform aimed at “frictionless credit", especially for those who find it hard to borrow. “Just as UPI transformed the payments ecosystem, we expect that ULI will play a similar role in transforming the lending space in India," he said.

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climate change and the green imperative. Joshi, who is the Union minister of new and renewable energy, and consumer affairs, food and public distribution, will dwell on the most difficult challenge of our times, and how the quick adoption of renewable energy sources are critical to meet this challenge. He will also speak on the government’s renewable energy targets and net-zero ambitions.

village was buzzing with activity on Saturday as athletes from 168 delegations were settling into their temporary home, preparing for their upcoming competitions. The village, nestled in the northern suburbs of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, closed its doors on Aug. 13 after the conclusion of the Olympic Games, giving organizers a week to make necessary adjustments for the upcoming Paralympics. Laurent Michaud, head of the Paralympic Village, discussed the rapid yet meticulous transformation. The village had been built with inclusivity in mind from the start, but this final week was crucial for fine-tuning details to ensure that every aspect was perfectly suited to the para-athletes' needs.

India and the United States agreed to press forward with the acquisition of anti-submarine equipment and the co-production of crucial systems such as fighter jet engines and unmanned platforms. Coinciding with the visit, the US Secretary of State approved a Foreign Military Sale of Anti-Submarine Warfare Sonobuoys and Related Equipment for an estimated $52.8 million. The High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare (HAASW) sonobuoys will be launched by Indian Navy MH-60R helicopters stationed aboard frontline warships. In his meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Singh discussed bilateral defense initiatives, including efforts to increase supply chain security and enhance maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region.

India's telcos have set 3-year deadline to grab a 10% share of all future 6G-related global patents filings and also make a sixth of contributions towards development of global telecom standards. The proposal came up during a meeting of the telecom department's advisory panel with telcos that was chaired by communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Friday. «India has already taken various initiatives like launch of Bhart6G Vision and Bhart6G Alliance, patent and IPR support framework, commissioning of testbeds, and the country can aspire for achieving 10% of all 6G patents and 1/6th contributions to global standards promoting India's needs,» the communications ministry said in a statement Saturday.

In Pimpri near Pune, when Tata Motors set the ball rolling to set up a pioneering all-woman line at its Harrier and Safari SUV plant, prospective employees —and their parents —had concerns about how they would travel and where they would stay. The management realised that for their mission to succeed, an important piece that had to fall in place was an assurance that the female workers would have a safe commute and accommodation. Says Sitaram Kandi, chief human resources officer, Tata Motors: “Where they would stay became our biggest concern since we didn’t have hostels. We shortlisted hostels near the plant and each one was visited by three different teams at different times of the day so that we could give the girls and their parents confidence.” After a tough initial phase, Tata Motors was able to increase the share of women on the shopfloor from 4% to 12%. “When you think of women’s employment, three big infrastructural barriers end up being the lack of safety, mobility and childcare,” says Pooja Goyal, founding CEO of Udaiti Foundation, which focuses on women’s economic empowerment. “For women to go out of the house to work, the benefit needs to be significantly more than what it is for a man since they are the ones doing the caregiving.”