Month: January 2026
AI comes of age while some of its founders are yet to
Ahmad Abdur Rahman Khan, a 21-year-old from Kolkata, had just finished his second year at the University of Waterloo, Canada, when he co-founded Anytool, an…
CES 2026: From digital to physical, AI is touching every aspect of consumer life
Las Vegas: From AI-powered home chefs, AI-infused dental floss, AI-powered shape shifting beds, ‘smart pets’, to humanoid robots that give the aged company and do…
PM Modi to Indian AI startups: Build LLMs for global good
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked founders of Indian startups currently engaged in building large language models (LLMs) to create made-in-India artificial intelligence solutions for…
PM Modi made eight calls in 2025: India rejects US claim on trade deal delay
NEW DELHI: India refuted US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick’s claim that the trade deal between the two countries hadn’t materialised because Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
RBI trims US treasury holding to below $200 bn amid gold rush
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India‘s holding in US Treasuries has fallen below $200 billion reflecting a strategic shift in the banking regulator’s reserve management….
India may peg nominal growth for FY27 at 10%
India may pencil in a nominal growth rate of about 10% in the coming budget, up from an estimated 8% this fiscal year, said an…
Financial Services secretary flags digital risks, says AI key to tackling mule accounts
Mumbai: The government has expressed serious concerns over the sharp rise in digital frauds, with financial services secretary M Nagaraju flagging the growing menace of…
Apparel exporters hanging by a thread amid new tariff threats
Mumbai: Just as Indian apparel factories began production for the next US fall-winter season, a looming threat of a 500% tariff risks derailing capacity utilisation….
In a fragmenting world, India backs rules-based global economic system, says Shaktikanta Das
New Delhi: India will continue to support a cooperative and rules-based global economic system even as it strengthens domestic capabilities to protect national interests in…
Budget Session 2026 to start from January 28, confirms Kiren Rijiju; Budget presentation likely on Feb 1
Budget 2026: The Budget Session of Parliament will begin on January 28, 2026, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Friday. He said the President of…