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economic strategies underpinning environmental action: What is the core of your research? I’m an environmental economist. My work focuses on policies that create incentives and mobilise finance to tackle climate change, protect forests and restore natural ecosystems as part of climate solutions. Which aspects of the economics of land-use change are becoming key as the environmental crisis grows? It is self-evident, yet remarkable to what extent land-use decisions respond to economic incentives — when the prices of agricultural commodities increase, people plant more crops. When the prices of timber and forest products rise, people shift to planting and tending more trees. This shows there is a role for policies and incentives to move the needle in terms of the choices farmers make. The data shows us how this plays out worldwide. It’s also striking how large the reaction can be — this creates a significant opportunity for well-designed policy to make a difference.

high-performance computing (HPC) in India. “This collaboration is intended to spur and support the growth of India’s developer community, with a focus on processor design, system design, firmware, and application development, including contributions to open source initiatives,” IBM said in a statement.

Infosys has reasoned higher exposure to digital business as the key reason for the moderate growth in revenue over the nine-month period ending December in the current fiscal year, as per a research note by Nomura Holdings. “Infosys management believes its higher exposure to discretionary work (digital business, which formed ~65% of revenue) has been a key reason behind tepid revenue growth in the current environment,” said a Global Markets Research report on Infosys by Nomura.

NEW DELHI : The Union cabinet has approved a ₹10,372-crore India AI Mission that will provide funding for deep-tech AI startups as well as seek to develop an open-source database that can be used to train artificial intelligence models and other applications. The mission will also provide a framework for developing graphic processing units (GPUs) under public-private partnerships as well as multi-model, domain-specific large language models that power generative AI platforms.

Chief Financial Officer Programme in partnership with Emeritus, a global pioneer in offering accessible and affordable high-quality education to individuals and organisations. This programme has a 'Triple crown’ of accreditations from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. This 9-month programme is curated for new and evolving CFOs on leading new and existing financial strategies for competitive advantage and augment business value as well as for senior-level professionals who aspire to take charge of the CFO role and other financial leadership roles in the future.

An unusually warm winter has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice and sent scientists scrambling to understand the possible consequences as climate change accelerates

As longtime progressive movement organizer Deepak Bhargava takes the reins of the multi-billion-dollar JPB Foundation, he is unveiling an ambitious plan to give big to democracy strengthening efforts

Gum makers are trying to figure out what will make Americans start chewing again

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission, aimed at creating computing infrastructure in public-private partnership (PPP) mode. Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal said, at a press briefing in New Delhi, that the mission will be focussed on seven areas.

Women in India are taking charge of their financial destiny by exploring investment opportunities like stock market diversification and real estate. They are also delving into alternative investments to diversify portfolios and potentially earn higher returns.

DRDO. Under the around Rs 15,000 crore project, Defence Research and Development Organisation's Aeronautical Development Agency would develop the stealth fighter jet and its technologies in partnership with various private and public sector agencies and build around five prototypes in around five years, government sources told ANI. The project would see the prototype manufactured by industry including the public sector unit Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, they said.

‘Making Money’ host Charles Payne joins ‘The Big Money Show’ to discuss the cost of GDP growth and market performance amid ongoing economic woes.

By Mark Milke

The project, dubbed 'Ensemble', will initially focus on tokenised deposits issued by commercial banks and made available to the general public. It follows the completion of pilots with 16 firms last year that took a deep dive into potential use cases for an eHK in six categories, including full-fledged payments, programmable payments, offline payments, tokenised deposits, settlement of Web3 transactions and settlement of tokenised assets. At the core of Project Ensemble is a wCBDC Sandbox that the HKMA will launch this year to further research and test tokenisation use cases that include, among others, settlement of tokenised real world assets such as green bonds, carbon credits, aircraft, electric vehicle charging stations, electronic bills of lading and treasury management.

Despite the heavy concentration of the U.S. market rally in expensive, AI-focused tech stocks, analysts say Wall Street is not yet in bubble territory.

With a tendency to post everything from pictures to their personal information, there’s a reason why Gen Z has been called “the sharing generation.” For asset managers and record keepers in the 401(k) market, that could be a trend worth following.

Wealth tech provider Advyzon is looking to kick-start its next chapter of growth as it welcomes two prominent names in the industry to its leadership team.

A small study published 40 years ago set off shock waves in education circles for decades with claims that the right kind of tutoring vaults middling students to the top of the class. Ever since, a number of educators and tech leaders, inspired by the findings, have been chasing these dramatic gains. The latest to take up this cause is Sal Khan, perhaps the country’s leading evangelist for the potential of artificial intelligence in education and whose nonprofit has developed an AI chatbot.

By David Lawder

In anticipation of International Women’s Day, Fibe, a fintech platform, has unveiled intriguing insights into the credit habits of female borrowers. The research suggests that women exhibit greater responsibility as credit borrowers, being 10% more likely to make timely EMI repayments compared to their male counterparts.

deep-tech disruption. A young, tech-savvy population, a growing middle class, and rapid urbanisation are all fuelling innovation. Deep-tech startups are stepping up, developing game-changing solutions with the potential to transform the country's most pressing challenges.