MeitY Startup Hub and Startup Policy Forum have partnered in an effort to drive greater focus and momentum around deeptech, AI, and emerging technologies across India’s startup landscape.
Through this collaboration, MeitY Startup Hub (MSH) and Startup Policy Forum (SPF) will engage in joint research and development, shaping policies...
Government e-Marketplace (GeM), India’s largest e-marketplace for public procurement, has facilitated insurance of more than 1 lakh 30 thousand crore individuals covering Health, Life and Personal Accident Insurance policies in the Financial Year 2024-25. In a statement, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that GeM has also hired...
The Japanese-style animation, Comics and digital vertical storytelling contest will be held at VVN degree college in Bengaluru today. The Media and Entertainment Association of India (MEAI) has organised the contest as part of the WAVES initiatives.
WAVES Anime and Manga contest is India’s first national platform to discover and...
The US will impose separate tariffs on imports of smartphones, computers, semiconductors, and other components in the next one to two months. This was stated by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last night. The move comes a day after the US exempted electronics imports, including semiconductors, from reciprocal tariffs....
In a significant step toward transforming technical education in India, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has constituted an expert committee to facilitate the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Applied AI across diverse academic programmes beyond traditional computer science degrees.
The committee is chaired by Anand Deshpande,...
Argentina sealed a $20 billion, 48-month Extended Fund Facility deal with the International Monetary Fund on Friday and, in a major policy move ahead of the deal, dismantled key parts of its years-long currency controls and loosened its grip on the peso.
The IMF will disburse $12 billion by next...
HCLTech and Google Cloud on Friday launched a suite of Agentic AI solutions aimed at driving business value for enterprises.
Agentic AI solutions leverage Google Cloud’s Agentspace and agentic framework to create a unified platform where intelligent agents — capable of reasoning, acting, and adapting — can seamlessly interact...
India’s foreign exchange reserves rose sharply by $10.8 billion to reach $676.3 billion in the week ended April 4, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s latest data released on Friday. This marks the fifth straight week of gains in the country’s forex reserves.
A major contributor to this increase...
India’s goods and services exports have crossed a record 820 billion US dollars in the financial year 2024-25, despite economic uncertainties in global markets. Commerce Ministry said this represents a close to 6 percent increase over the corresponding figure of 778 billion dollars for the previous financial year. The...
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that India offers a compelling growth opportunity for foreign banks, and the government is actively encouraging foreign investment in the banking sector. Addressing the India-UK Investor Roundtable discussion in London, the Union Minister outlined the priorities of the government for enabling sustained...
