Month: January 2026

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Iran unrest does not have a significant impact on India Inc’s global trade: Crisil

Kolkata: The ongoing unrest in Iran has not had any significant impact on India Inc’s global trade, or the credit profiles of domestic corporates, thus…

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Google photos editing
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Google Photos in India unlocks conversational editing and more| Business News

A few months after a pilot for users in the US, Google has unlocked a number of image editing options for Google Photos users in…

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Budget 2026: Relief for India’s aam aadmi lies in the fine print

The first Sunday of February, this time the Union Budget Day, will be anything but business as usual for India’s more than 400 million middle-class…

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The Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) released its Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI. (Reuters representative photo)
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Singapore insists humans stay in charge| Business News

While artificial intelligence (AI) companies keep making impassioned pitches about the benefits of AI agents who can automate certain workflows in an enterprise environment, the…

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Startup incubator Y Combinator quietly cuts Canada from countries where it will invest
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Startup incubator Y Combinator quietly cuts Canada from countries where it will invest

Y Combinator, the US startup incubator behind companies like DoorDash, Airbnb and Coinbase Global, has removed Canada from a list of countries where it will…

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on 20 January 2026. (Reuters)
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Dario Amodei explains ‘death race’, and Canva’s 101st language| Business News

Hello! Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on 20 January 2026. (Reuters) Cognitive warmup. For the…

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Amazon had in October signalled that more layoffs could come in 2026 as it found “additional places we can remove layers”. (AFP)
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Amazon bungles layoffs plan with misfired internal email| Business News

Amazon.com Inc. employees who have been anticipating layoffs numbering in the thousands got one more thing to worry about late Tuesday—a meeting invite and email…

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India-EU trade deal is a ‘make haste slowly’ moment, says Anand Mahindra

Mumbai: Business leader Anand Mahindra on Wednesday shared a philosophy for India’s measured approach to global trade in a recent X post, drawing on an…

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South Africa weighs steep tariffs on vehicles from China, India

South Africa is considering imposing tariffs of up to 50% on vehicles from China and India as it moves to protect its automotive industry from…

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EU tells India ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’: FTA cuts tariffs on 99% of exports, while imported chocolates and baked goods get cheaper at home

India and the European Union (EU) on Tuesday announced a mega free trade deal, agreeing to slash tariffs on over 99% of Indian exports, including…

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