Month: June 2026

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India targets $100 billion textile exports by 2030, focus on sustainability, FTAs

The textiles ministry has stepped up efforts to position India as a global textile hub, drawing up a roadmap to achieve $100 billion in textile…

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India-China border trade via Lipulekh Pass to resume after 6 yrs

Pithoragarh: The first batch of 26 Indian traders is expected to enter the Chinese territory of Tibet through the Lipulekh pass on June 26, marking…

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The money will expand total AI computing capacity, measured in the amount of power consumed by data centres, from just under 12GW in America currently to as much as five times that amount by the end of the decade (see map). And almost everywhere across the country, people of all political stripes are furious about it. (Unsplash)
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America’s data-centre backlash puts the AI boom at risk

FROM THE top of the slide, which curves into a little backyard pool, the view as recently as April would have been of lush Ohio…

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Piyush Goyal to visit London before India-UK CETA comes into force

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit the United Kingdom from June 25-27 to review preparations for the implementation of the India-UK Comprehensive Economic…

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Qualcomm to buy AI startup Modular for $4 billion in AI software push
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Qualcomm to buy AI startup Modular for $4 billion in AI software push

Qualcomm said on Wednesday it would buy AI startup Modular in an all-stock deal valued at nearly $4 billion, gaining access to software that runs…

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Service output index to debut next month with FY25 base

The government will launch the Index of Service Production (ISP) next month, a new high-frequency indicator aimed at tracking growth in the services sector, with…

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RBI’s Malhotra says rate hike talk is premature, stays in wait-and-watch mode

New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra has said the central bank is closely monitoring developments in West Asia and that it would be premature…

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Russia and India working on increasing bilateral trade volumes: Kremlin spokesman

Moscow: Russia and India are working on increasing bilateral trade volumes, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, as the two countries pursue a trade…

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NHAI intensifies drive against illegal highway parking

State-run National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Wednesday said it has stepped up efforts to remove encroachments and unauthorised parking along national highways as…

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Finance ministry, NFRA officials brief Par panel on corporate laws amendment bill

Finance ministry officials and the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) on Wednesday briefed a joint committee of Parliament on a bill to amend corporate laws….

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