Global gold prices surpassed the 3,300 dollar mark for the first time today, as investors sought safe-haven assets after US President Donald Trump ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on US critical mineral imports. Spot gold price in international markets was up 2.4 percent to 3,311 an ounce,...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has released its Trade Forecast for 2025 and 2026. The report has predicted that global trade will fall this year as a result of tariffs by United States President Donald Trump. WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in a statement that China-US decoupling is...
India is expected to remain the fastest-growing major economy with a 6.5 per cent growth rate in 2025 while global growth is seen as marking a shift towards a recessionary path, according to the latest UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report. India has been listed among the countries that...
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...
