Month: June 2026
BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure world
Agriculture today stands at a defining crossroads. Climate change, geopolitical uncertainty, water stress, biodiversity loss, rising input costs and market volatility are reshaping food systems…
Parents are back in control as Apple bets on expanded Child Safety suite
At the WWDC 26 keynote, Apple touched upon a number of new things heading our way in the coming months. Developer beta versions of iOS…
Chip startup AGNIT sets up GaN testing lab at IISc with Rs 3 crore investment
IISc-incubated AGNIT Semiconductors, India’s first vertically integrated gallium nitride (GaN) chipmaker, has set up a new testing and qualification laboratory at IISc, Bengaluru, as it…
Former Mirae Asset head Ashish Dave bets big on India’s VC reset
Ashish Dave, who stepped down as head of Mirae Asset Venture Investments (India) last year, is setting up his own fund, according to people with…
El Niño clouds loom over kharif crops, farm pay
New Delhi: A disruptive weather event, developing thousands of miles away in the central Pacific Ocean, could significantly weigh on India’s agricultural output, stoke inflation,…
Inside Apple’s AI architecture: Custom Gemini, sparse models and divergence
The Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote for 2026 is pivotal for Apple in more ways than one. Through the keynote, the English idiom “better late…
FM Sitharaman discusses ways to boost growth with Bengal CM
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday huddled with West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari in the national capital and discussed ways to accelerate…
What’s brewing? FinMin seeks gold lending info from banks
MUMBAI: The finance ministry has asked bullion banks to share all information on ‘gold metal loans‘ and ‘loan against gold’ since 2023, sparking conversations that…
Phase 1 of India-US trade pact hinges on Section 301 probe, official says
New Delhi: The first phase of the bilateral trade agreement between India and the US can be finalised after the conclusion of Section 301 investigations…
Tim Cook’s final WWDC keynote sets Apple on a new AI course
In what is Tim Cook’s last keynote as CEO, before he hands over the reigns of Apple Inc. to John Ternus, the tech giant has…