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Real estate project registrations declined to 19,760 in 2024 from 22,143 in 2023 and 25,230 in 2022, as developers grew more cautious after a two-year bull run in the sector, as per data provided by NSE-listed data analytics firm PropEquity. After the Covid pandemic, rising property transactions and values led to a surge in project registrations in 2022 and 2023. However, prices stabilised in 2024, leading to a slowdown in new launches. «With home prices settling, we have seen fewer new projects this year,» said Sachin Arora, founder of Moneytree Realty.

NBC News, new satellite imagery from China’s Dalian shipbuilding facility suggests that the country is developing a massive nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that could rival the United States’ largest vessels. Analysts, after reviewing images provided by Maxar Technologies, noted that this new ship will feature a design unlike any currently in China’s fleet, potentially signalling a major shift in the balance of naval power. A leap in carrier technology

Nifty 50 extending its longest monthly losing streak since 1996 amid growing concerns over domestic market conditions. The benchmark BSE Sensex lost 1414.33 points or 1.90% to close at 73,198.10, while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 22,124.70, lower by 420.35 points or 1.86%.

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Accenture. Notably, in view of the influx of automation enabled by generative AI, 97% of Indian executives surveyed expect that the tasks their employees perform will moderately-to-significantly shift towards innovation over the next three years.

Shyam Gollakota has been able to pull off. A recipient of the Infosys Prize 2024, Gollakota, a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, US, aims to augment human auditory perception using AI and change how humans interact with sound. The technology enables the programming of acoustic scenes, allowing specific sounds to be amplified or filtered out based on semantic descriptions. This means AI can isolate each sound, place it in a spatial context and manipulate what a listener should hear. “Humans naturally struggle to judge how far away a sound is coming from,” the professor explained. “If you close your eyes and try to estimate distance by listening, it’s difficult. Someone far away could be speaking loudly, while someone close might be speaking softly. But with AI-driven audio processing, we can create an effect where, as you move through a space, it feels like stepping through virtual sound walls — suddenly, you hear everything within your bubble and nothing outside it.”

Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday asked civil accounts services officials to work towards making the government's annual accounts more approachable and user-friendly. Addressing the 49th Civil Accounts Day event here, Sitharaman lauded the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officers, led by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) for the «silent technological revolution» in which states are finding a lot more ease of operation and ease of getting their government business done by adopting the public financial management system (PFMS). «I would also like you to examine, in consultation with the CAG, whether it would be possible to make the annual accounts more approachable and user-friendly and allow citizens to analyse easily and generate customisable and simpler reports,» Sitharaman said. She said that since a lot of digital integration has already taken place with the states, more research can be carried out based on the data set available with the CGA. «If you're able to make the report a lot more user-friendly, that itself can generate a lot of interest in the work that you do,» the Minister said.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A few weeks before he was to receive the National Award for Empowerment of Divyangjan from President Droupadi Murmu in December 2023, Sai Kaustuv Dashgupta got into a serious discussion with his mother. “Receiving the award was one of my biggest accomplishments and since the event would be live on channels, I had to look my best.

Concerns over high valuations continued to weigh on small and midcap stocks and there were signs of panic selling. Consider this: About 95% or 892 smallcaps failed to deliver a return excess of 1%. Meanwhile, as many as 685 stocks saw double-digit declines.

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Jio Platforms, the telecom and digital arm of Reliance Industries, is building an AI personal computer in the cloud which is compatible with any consumer screen and will allow users to build compute-intensive AI applications, Aakash Ambani, chairman, Reliance Jio Infocomm said. He added that companies which do not embrace AI and reimagine their functions will have a “bleak” future. Further, he believes that AI will transform the future of jobs but won’t replace them. “We have a consumer application which we will be shortly launching. It’s a cloud PC, which is a complete PC in the cloud, which is accessible in each of your houses but really be device agnostic. No hardware. You can build high compute AI applications on top of that. And what you can leverage is the reach that Jio has,” Ambani said at the Mumbai Tech Week on Friday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: About a fourth of the 70-100 active startups focused on agricultural water management and treatment are at risk of shutting down due to a lack of funding, according to experts.

gold prices to soften, have started purchasing gold jewellery in the last two days as prices have fallen from a high of Rs 86,647 per 10 gm on last Tuesday to Rs 84,056 per 10 gm on Friday. Prices have dropped by Rs 2,509 per 10 gm over the last two days. The gold market was closed on Wednesday on account of Shivratri. Rajesh Rokde. chairman of All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) said «The footfalls at the stores have increased. Those, who had been waiting to buy gold, have started their purchase. Consumers do not want to miss the chance of lower gold prices.» He added that the correction in gold prices seems to be a temporary one. «It may go up any moment if the trade war intensifies and the geopolitical risk heightens. This a good opportunity to buy gold, Rokde said.

Cryptocurrency prices are down sharply in recent weeks and not expected to rebound soon, with some of the biggest digital currencies erasing nearly all of the gains they made after Donald Trump's election win triggered a wave of excitement across the industry. Some analysts said the market is likely to remain subdued while waiting for a bullish signal, such as indications that the U.S. Federal Reserve plans to cut interest rates or a clear pro-crypto regulatory framework from the Trump administration.

NSE Nifty 50 recorded its fifth straight monthly loss — its longest such streak since 1996 — making India the worst performing global market, with investors and derivative markets signalling the pain is likely to linger. Weak earnings, persistent foreign outflows and uncertainty regarding U.S. tariffs have dragged the Nifty about 15% lower from its September peak, eroding nearly 85 trillion rupees (nearly $1 trillion) in investor wealth.

Bharti Airtel’s India business is set to see its free cash flows (FCF) grow to around Rs 36,100 crore by FY26 while Reliance Jio’s is slated to rise to Rs 36,900 crore on the back of expected further tariff hikes, network capex normalisation and strong average revenue per user (ARPU) growth, said analysts.

The Nifty futures closed negatively, with losses of 0.17%, at 22,543 levels on Thursday. The India VIX closed nearly 3% lower at 13.31 in the previous session.

National Science Day is observed annually on 28 February to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect by physicist CV Raman in 1928. Since 1986, this day has been celebrated across India to recognise scientific achievements and promote awareness among students and the public. Schools and institutions organise events such as essay writing and speech competitions to encourage students to explore science and its impact on society.

Dell on Thursday forecast a decline in its adjusted gross margin rate for fiscal year 2026, hit by higher costs to build artificial intelligence servers in a fiercely competitive market, while its PC business also lagged amid soft demand. The Round Rock, Texas-based company's shares fell about 2% in extended trading, even as it announced a $10 billion increase in its share buyback plan.