Month: February 2026

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China’s Russian oil imports to hit new record in February as India cuts back

SINGAPORE: China‘s Russian oil imports are set to climb for a third straight month to a new record high in February as independent refiners snapped…

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Stuart Russell, British AI scientist and co-author of the book 'Artificial General Intelligence: A Modern Approach'.
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AI pioneer Stuart Russell warns of $3 trillion AI bubble without tech breakthroughs| Business News

The AI industry is trapped in a speculative bubble fuelled by an unsustainable “brute force” approach to development, warned Prof. Stuart Russell, a leading AI…

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“FTA is another step in the deep relationship we have with India”: New Zealand Minister Shane Reti

New Delhi: New Zealand’s Minister for Science and Technology Shane Reti on Monday called the newly concluded India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) a significant…

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Agentic AI deployments must contend with dual threat perceptions of security and privacy. (Official photo)
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India’s first sovereign AI box aims to localise enterprise intelligence| Business News

Even as conversations around artificial intelligence (AI) agent adoption gather steam, many enterprises may not pay adequate attention to parallel risks around data security, integrity,…

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French AI company Prisme.ai works with a global customer base, with particular focus on sovereign agentic AI solutions. (Official photo)
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India is an AI case study the world can learn from: Wafaa Amal| Business News

Wafaa Amal, a veteran in the payments and banking sectors globally, can see trends before many others can. As CEO of Prisme.ai, a sovereign agentic…

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India wholesale inflation at 9-month high of 1.81% in January; up from 0.83% in December

India’s wholesale price inflation (WPI) ticked up to a nine-month high of 1.81% in January from 0.83% in December, government data showed on Monday. The…

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A bite too big? Orchard anxiety for farmers as US apples could crowd Indian shelves

India’s apple economy — the backbone of livelihoods across the Himalayan belt — is entering a decisive phase as a proposed trade deal with the…

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India’s sugar exports reach 2.01 lakh tonnes till February in 2026 MY: AISTA

New Delhi: India has exported 2,01,547 tonnes of sugar through February in the current 2025-26 marketing year, with the United Arab Emirates the top destination,…

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From left, Walmart's John Furner, Procter & Gamble's Shailesh Jejurikar and Target's Michael Fiddelke.
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Companies Are Replacing CEOs in Record Numbers—and They’re Getting Younger| Business News

Record CEO turnover at U.S. public companies has put the biggest class of incoming chief executives in years at the helm of massive enterprises—and the…

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Viswanathan argues that while the West is pursuing a capital-intensive race toward frontier models. (Official photo)
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Intel’s Santhosh Viswanathan on semiconductors, India’s materiality| Business News

For Intel, 37 years in India have coincided with several pivotal technology shifts. Santhosh Viswanathan, Vice President and Managing Director for the India Region at…

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