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IndiGo has launched an AI chatbot, 6Eskai, powered by the GPT-4 technology with an aim to address travellers' queries in 10 different languages and to offer a first of its kind platform for booking tickets across the entire network. The airline spokesperson said that developed entirely in-house by IndiGo's digital team, in close collaboration with Microsoft, the AI chatbot represents a significant milestone for the airline.

As banks and non-banking financial companies become stringent in disbursing unsecured personal loans and credit card receivables after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the risk weights on these loans, borrowers should now keep the credit utilisation ratio (CUR) below 30%, experts say. Till now, loans were disbursed even at a CUR of 50%.

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Why N.R. Narayana Murthy’s call for a 70-hour work week got such mixed reactions During an interview with former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai, he stressed the need for Indian youth to work for at least 70 hours a week to boost the country’s productivity. Congress leader endorses Narayana Murthy's call for 70-hour work week After a few days, the US billionaire, Gates argued that "job is not everything" and backed a 3-day work week.

Alia Bhatt is the latest victim of deepfake video where the actress' face was morphed into another model in a obscene video. It has garnered attention of many and raised concern about online safety.

₹10 each for every 1 existing fully paid-up equity share of ₹10 each held by the Members of the Company as on the Record Date," the company said in a BSE filing on Monday. This will reportedly be the company's first bonus issue of shares. Newgen Software board has also approved the increase in the authorized share capital of the company from ₹110.10 crore to ₹180.10 crore.

In a recent interview with the NFT platform Defiant during his visit to Turkey, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin tackled the issue of staking centralization within the Ethereum network.

A state-owned Chinese bank will link the digital yuan to the “world’s biggest small commodities market” via the latter’s payment platform.

The JPEX incident has prompted the Hong Kong government to expedite the approval process for cryptocurrency products to promote compliance in the industry.

The extravagant affair saw guests dressed to the nines, exchanging vows, and revelling in the luxurious surroundings of the airborne celebration. A video of the unique wedding experience quickly made its rounds on various online platforms, sparking a mix of admiration and bewilderment. Notably, Indian entrepreneur and film producer Ronnie Screwvala took to social media to express his bemusement.

TikTok is trying to tap in to shoppers in the U.S. So-called social shopping is already a huge phenomenon in Asia. Success isn’t guaranteed—and politics could intervene.

Winpe ProClub, has partnered with Russell Reynolds Associates, to kick off Cohort IV, comprising 12 mentees from private equity, venture capital, startups, and related sectors. This is a curated mentorship programme spanning 12 months, dedicated to empowering mid-senior level women in the industry.

Saudi Arabia has introduced stricter rules for issuing visas to recruit domestic workers from abroad, saying that the minimum age for a single employer to obtain such a visa is 24 years. The regulations, recently announced by Musaned, a government platform overseeing domestic labor in Saudi Arabia, outline specific eligibility criteria for visa applications. Under these rules, Saudi citizens, Gulf nationals, foreign wives of Saudi men and their mothers, along with holders of Saudi premium residency permits, can apply for visas to hire overseas domestic labor, contingent on the financial capabilities of the employers. This move comes as part of Saudi Arabia's efforts to streamline and regulate the domestic labor market. The Ministry of Human Resources has established the Musaned platform to empower customers with information about their rights, duties, and related services. These services encompass visa issuance, recruitment requests, and the contractual relationship between employers and workers. The Musaned platform facilitates wage transfers to labor through digital services such as STC pay and Urpay apps. Additionally, it offers features like the transfer of a house worker's service between employers, authentication of domestic labor contracts, and the resolution of disputes. The Ministry emphasizes the necessity of conducting contracting through Musaned, which serves as the official recruitment platform for domestic labor in the country.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said that the efforts to evacuate 41 trapped workers inside the Silkyara tunnel are going on and the rescue operation is expected to be completed at the earliest. Speaking to on Monday, CM Dhami informed that the auger machine that got stuck in the debris has been taken out completely. «Everyone has been trying. The auger machine has been taken out completely...Drilling and pushing work will start and we hope that the work is completed at the earliest,» CM Dhami said. He further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been seeking information about the ongoing rescue operation on a daily basis since it was launched. «PM Modi is seeking all important information.

Meta, the social media company behind platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, is being sued by 33 US states for, among other things, illegally collecting the personal data of underage users. Also Read| Is Meta trying to dodge requirements of India’s Personal Data Protection law? The allegations against Meta are part of a federal lawsuit filed last month by 33 US states, including California and Colorado, in a federal district court in California.

Ramaswamy Narayanan, CMD, GIC RE, says, “our business has been doing well. We have managed to post very good results for 2022-2023 and we are continuing that forward in the current year for the last two quarters as well. Further, we have also got a credit rating boost from US credit rating agency, AM Best, since we are an international company doing business in over 150 countries we need a credit rating from an international agency. In our case, it is AM Best and they have boosted our credit rating as well.” There is a massive re-rating going on in the entire insurance space. It was started by private sector insurance companies in the last two, three days. Even the public sector enterprises, insurance and reinsurance companies are getting completely re-rated. The view in the market and the industry is that there could be policy making plus some impetus coming in which could improve volumes. What are your thoughts on the way business momentum is at your end? We are doing well. I guess maybe the interest coming forward now is based on the fact that the insurance industry is doing well now as well as maybe the understanding of what this industry is all about is also happening in the market. From GIC's perspective, our business has been doing well. We have managed to post very good results for 2022-2023 and we are continuing that forward in the current year for the last two quarters as well.

Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — that it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint described in reports from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. The complaint, originally made public in redacted form, was the opening salvo in a lawsuit filed in late October by the attorneys general of 33 states. According to the reports, Meta said in a statement that the complaint misrepresents its work over the past decade to make the online experience safe for teens and said it doesn't design its products to be addictive to younger users.

Elon Musk, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said, "It doesn't matter whether you're Elon Musk or you're someone on the street who's shouting abuse at someone who happens to be walking past you, that's wrong in all its forms". In an interview with Bloomberg News, Sunak subtly slammed Musk's remark, unlike US President Joe Biden who accused the tech entrepreneur of amplifying anti-Jewish hatred on his X social media platform.

Indian startups that published financial results for 2022-23 reported a combined loss of ₹26,000 crore. Usually, 20% of startups fail in the first two years. The second myth is that one can become an overnight success.

Russia on Sunday put Meta Platforms spokesperson Andy Stone on a wanted list on unspecified charges as the US social media giant — which owns Facebook — is classed as "extremist" by Moscow. Russia has hugely cracked down on media and social media freedom since launching its Ukraine offensive last year and banning criticism of it.