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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Privacy-first user experiences in generative AI are poised to go mainstream this year as consumer discomfort around data sharing rises, Mark Surman, president and board member of web browser Mozilla, told Mint. Surman said that while generative AI may spell the end of conventional data privacy, “there are a lot of innovations happening to make sure that those who aren’t comfortable with AI and the kind of data sharing it needs will have alternate solutions to fall back upon." “We’re seeing the advent of end-to-end encrypted chatbots on the generative AI market right now, where the company at the other end who’s running the chatbots cannot see the messages that you’re sending, or your usage.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Donald Trump’s new 15% global tariff is causing uncertainty and confusion among investors and international lawmakers alike. Trump announced the move Sunday, up from a 10% rate, after the Supreme Court struck down levies the administration imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act Friday.

Mint explains.In the past couple of years, many deeptechs founded in the mid- and late-2010s have turned commercially viable and revenue-generating. In manufacturing, aerospace and defence, many companies are preparing for launch, witnessing an influx of customers, or have gone public.Precision manufacturer Aequs went public last year, while deeptech manufacturer Sedemac’s initial public offering was approved by the markets regulator.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Iran has sought for years to build closer military ties with China and Russia, but its powerful friends are proving reluctant to step forward as the regime faces the most acute U.S. threat to its survival in decades.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: A set of common initiatives and directives signed by India, the US, China and 83 other countries at the recently concluded India AI Impact Summit will shape global collaborations on artificial intelligence (AI) despite the agreement being non-binding in nature, said a top bureaucrat who spearheaded the declaration. On Saturday, the government released the New Delhi declaration that was signed by 88 entities, including the European Union (EU) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

₹590 crore fraud at its Chandigarh branch were genuine or forged, two people familiar with the matter said, even as it has suspended four officials and prepares a forensic audit.The Warburg Pincus-backed lender on Sunday said the discrepancy was discovered when a Haryana government department requested that its account be closed and the funds transferred to another bank—the account balance was found to differ from what the account owner believed it should be. Similar discrepancies were noted when other Haryana government entities engaged with the bank on their accounts.IDFC First told the stock exchanges that it has informed the RBI, filed a complaint with the police and is also in the process of filing further complaints with appropriate law enforcement agencies and reporting to relevant authorities.

poha becomes 200 calories. Chapatis, dosas and pooris all become data points.When it started in 2012, the idea felt almost premature. India was only beginning to embrace food delivery apps and venture capital was chasing e-commerce and mobility.

₹1,800 billion in FY20 to ₹2,400 billion in FY25. Within this, branded ethnic wear grew faster, at an 18–20% CAGR, lifting the organized segment’s share from about 11% to nearly 19% between FY19 and FY22.Even so, the unorganized segment still accounts for roughly 70-75% of the market, leaving significant room for organized players to expand while intensifying competition.Manyavar commanded roughly 38% share of India’s branded men’s ethnic wear market as of FY22, the latest available data, underscoring its dominance within the organized segment.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Months before Jesse Van Rootselaar became the suspect in the mass shooting that devastated a rural town in British Columbia, Canada, OpenAI considered alerting law enforcement about her interactions with its ChatGPT chatbot, the company said. While using ChatGPT last June, Van Rootselaar described scenarios involving gun violence over the course of several days, according to people familiar with the matter.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge is expected to show prices rose faster in December, reinforcing policymakers’ increasing caution on cutting interest rates. The consensus call among economists surveyed by FactSet is that core personal consumption expenditures, which don’t include volatile food or energy prices, rose 0.37% in December from the prior month and 3.0% from a year earlier, up from 2.8% in November.

How well we manage depends on what we know. While artificial intelligence (AI) can’t claim omniscience, it could improve governance. Outcomes of the AI Impact Summit include the New Delhi Frontier AI Commitments, under which AI majors have volunteered to serve two public causes.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hybrid cars may roar past their electric cousins in the coming years after trailing them in the green transition so far, mirroring a pattern set in the US, Europe and South Korea. The debut of new fleet-wide emission norms next year could prompt more carmakers to roll out hybrids to stay compliant, an internal Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) document said, signalling a structural shift in energy mix in the world's fastest-growing automobile market.

Vedanta Ltd is in a race against time to shore up production levels at its oil and gas business that has declined each of the past 10 years.Higher production levels could bolster the business's financials, helping it fend for itself when it is housed in an independent company named Vedanta Oil & Gas Ltd.Over the past decade, ageing oil blocks have more than halved production at Vedanta’s oil and gas vertical from 211 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (kboepd) in FY15 to 103.2 kboepd in FY25. During the first nine months of FY26, average output stood at 89.1 kboepd—below the 95-100 kboepd guidance given by the company at the beginning of the year.To be sure, falling production at ageing blocks is a problem endemic to the oil and gas sector, with peers like Reliance Industries and Oil and Natural Gas Corp.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The traditional red carpet at the India AI Film Festival and the AI Impact Summit this week had a distinctively digital sheen. Amidst the usual chatter of cinematography and casting, a new breed of exhibitors, AI platform developers, are spending the week pitching a radical proposition to India’s creative core: the end of the ‘producer hunt’.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: The State Bank of India is weighing a plan to take control of its investment-banking joint venture (JV) with Investec India, according to two people familiar with the matter. The move comes as India’s largest lender seeks to strengthen its deal-making and distribution capabilities in the midst of a multi-year boom in the country’s equity capital markets.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd (ONGC) posted rather muted December quarter (Q3) results, impacted by the continued drop in crude oil prices and stagnant volumes.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Governments love global summits. They signal ambition, draw CEOs and leaders, and create the impression of shaping the future rather than chasing it.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: India’s AI Impact Summit 2026 is emerging as an early gauge of whether the country’s state-backed artificial intelligence (AI) startups can demonstrate meaningful progress in a rapidly shifting global AI landscape, as companies backed under the government’s India AI Mission prepare to showcase their models this week.