FM Sitharaman pitches for India's reform-led growth story to investors in New York

IANS | September 3, 2026 9:58 AM

New York, Sep 3 (IANS) Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman has pitched for India's reform-led growth story to investors at a high-level business roundtable here, highlighting the country's 7.8 per cent economic growth in the first quarter of 2026-27 and improved investment climate, it was announced on Thursday.

In North Carolina, India pushes global investment partnerships

IANS | September 2, 2026 11:36 PM

Asheville (North Carolina), Sep 2 (IANS) India has moved to deepen economic partnerships with the European Union, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and several major economies, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman using the G20 meeting in Asheville to seek greater investment, stronger supply chains and wider access to advanced technologies.

Countries must build their own AI capacity: Jensen Huang

IANS | September 2, 2026 10:10 PM

Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 (IANS) Every country must develop domestic artificial intelligence capacity and decide which parts of the rapidly expanding technology chain it wants to build, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has said, warning governments against outsourcing all their intelligence to others.

Friends' AI warning changed Anthropic CEO's career

IANS | September 2, 2026 9:42 PM

Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 (IANS) A conversation with friends more than a decade ago persuaded Anthropic Executive Tom Brown to leave engineering and pursue artificial intelligence (AI), beginning a journey that took him through OpenAI and eventually to the founding of Anthropic.

RBI Governor meets US Fed chief Kevin Warsh at G20 meet

IANS | September 2, 2026 7:45 PM

Asheville (US), Sep 2 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra participated in the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting in Asheville, in the US state of North Carolina, engaging with global counterparts on key economic and financial priorities.