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Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services on Thursday announced a $230 million commitment aimed at accelerating the development of generative artificial intelligence applications by startups worldwide. The initiative will provide early stage companies with AWS cloud computing credits, mentorship, and education to further their utilization of AI and machine learning technologies, the company said.

"ABB and Siemens have done extraordinarily well. They have delivered extraordinary results over the last few quarters and as such is reflected in the stock prices. So, these two and Thermax, etc, I think they are very excessively valued. So, the outlook might be good but then the valuations are very excessive here," says Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com. Just wanted to revisit your thoughts on FMCG because you were constructive on some of these plays, like a Dabur for instance. Would you say deploy these kind of dips to perhaps add more positions? If reasonable dips come, one should, because the stock moved from 500 to straight 620, 630, so it is a 25% plus kind of move. Stocks, they normally do not move 25% so fast and these are typically stocks where you would be looking at mid-double digit or those kind of returns, like these are not stocks which are going to give you 50%, 100% kind of return.

government is looking to set up a National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) and Extended Reality (XR) in Mumbai while also proposing a policy on AVGC to spur growth of this sunrise sector and unlock its full potential, several people told ET. The NCoE will be built in Film City, Mumbai where the Maharashtra government has allotted 10 acres for the project costing more than Rs 1,000 crore.

Yummo brand ice-cream ordered from Zepto on Thursday adds to the growing list of safety concerns raised over food items delivered by ultra-fast delivery firms. The customer has filed a police complaint.

New Yorkers and Californians seeking a big expansion to the state and local tax deduction when Congress debates a renewal of Donald Trump’s tax cuts next year are unlikely to see their wishes granted, President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser said.

Middle and high school students across the United States are taking ownership of their history educations through a nonprofit that encourages young people to rigorously examine the past

Greek authorities have closed down the Acropolis for much of the afternoon for a second day as the country swelters under unseasonably high temperatures

X's lawsuit against media watchdog group Media Matters will head to trial on April 7, 2025, a U.S. District judge ordered on Thursday. X, which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk, sued Media Matters in November, accusing the group of defamation after it published a report that said ads had appeared next to posts on X praising Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

Reserve Bank's nod to operate as an online payment aggregator via its payment gateway brand AuroPay. The authorisation from the apex bank enables the company to operate as an online payment aggregator to provide digital payments services to merchants across the country. «Aurionpro Payment Solutions Private Limited, a subsidiary of Aurionpro...has received final authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as an Online Payment aggregator under the Payments Settlements Act, 2007, through its payments brand AuroPay,» a company statement said.

Supreme Court on Thursday that it has decided to cancel the grace marks awarded to 1,563 students in this year's all-India medical entrance examination, National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET-UG) 2024 due to allegations of discrepancies. These candidates will be notified of their actual scores, excluding the grace marks, and will be given the option to appear for a re-test, the counsel representing the Union government said.

desktop and mobile more seamless. These updates will begin rolling out over the next few weeks, the company said in a blog post. WhatsApp said it will now allow screen sharing with audio which could be used to watch videos together. So now when a user shares their screen, they can share their audio too.

Consumer electronics startup Indkal Technologies has raised $36 million in a funding round led by Mauritius-based Aries Opportunities Fund. The funding, entirely primary, was the first by the 2020-founded firm and was done at an undisclosed valuation.

Flexible workspace provider WeWork India on Thursday opened its first Chennai co-working space in Olympia Cyberspace in Guindy, making this the 55th building for the company in the country. The facility spans over 130,000 sq. ft. and has 2,000 seats available across two floors. It has also already signed on members like Wheelocity Fresh, Molex India, Dr. Wamser + Batra India and H2O LLC.

triplets and fourteen sets of twins. Twelve sets of fraternal twins and two sets of identical twins were among the 543 students who received diplomas at Cooper City High School's graduation ceremony. While, as per the reports of 'New York Post', Broward County Public School officials don't know if there's an official record for the most twins in a graduating class, they think they might have just set it.

GoKwik network of D2C brands. The partnered integration has been rolled out to over 90 brands in the GoKwik network, including Snitch, Adilqadri, Bacca Bucci, Neemans, and Sanfe among others. This will unlock a wider universe of discounts and loyalty points for brands to offer their shoppers, while contributing to the brand's revenue growth.

Samsung has partnered with One 97 Communications Limited (OCL), which runs fintech firm Paytm, to launch flight, bus, movie, and event ticket bookings on the Samsung Wallet. This collaboration is to enhance consumer convenience by providing a seamless booking experience directly through Samsung Wallet, according to a statement released on Thursday.

RuPay credit cards has given a major push to these domestic cards. Around 30% of new credit cards issued in the country now are on the RuPay network, two people in the know said.

neobanking startup Jupiter has secured a prepaid payments instrument licence from the Reserve Bank of India. This will allow the Bengaluru-based startup to offer digital wallets to its users for making UPI payments, transferring funds, besides paying bills.

Tata Communications has signed a five-year contract with global sports organization World Athletics as the latter’s technology broadcast partner across the globe.

policy continuity, capital infusion, and fresh PLI schemes to further bolster India as a manufacturing destination of choice for foreign firms as well as to build a robust and resilient supply chain ecosystem.

Modi 3.0 Budget: The Narendra Modi-led NDA government will present next month its first budget of the third term, which began after 72 members from the BJP and its alliance parties took oath as Cabinet and junior ministers. Nirmala Sitharaman’s finance portfolio has not been changed, paving the way for her to present her 6th full-fledged Union budget in July. She also presented the interim budget in February this year ahead of the Lok Sabha polls 2024.