Nasscom forms Technology Advisory Council to boost India-UK tech partnership

IANS | June 11, 2026 4:26 PM

New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) IT industry’s apex body Nasscom has announced the constitution of the UK Technology Advisory Council (TAC) that will serve as a strategic industry advisory body to the High Commission of India in UK, providing structured inputs on accelerating India-UK technology partnership, it was announced on Thursday.

Top Indian banks offer NRIs up to 6.6 pc on foreign currency deposits

IANS | June 11, 2026 3:56 PM

Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) India's top financial banking services providers -- State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of India (BoI), and Yes Bank -- have sharply raised interest rates on Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) or FCNR(B) deposits following the Reserve Bank of India's recent measures to attract foreign currency inflows, with lenders now offering Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) returns of up to 6.6 per cent on US dollar deposits.

IN-SPACe selects three space startups for funding under Technology Adoption Fund

IANS | June 11, 2026 3:34 PM

New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The government agency Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) on Thursday selected three Indian space startups -- Astrobase Space Technologies, SatSure Analytics India and TM2SPACE Technologies -- as the first set of Indian Non-Governmental Entities (NGEs) for funding under its Technology Adoption Fund (TAF) Scheme.

Empowering India’s youth remains a priority: PM Modi

IANS | June 11, 2026 2:52 PM

New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that empowering India’s youth remains a priority as they will be the "driving force" in the country’s journey towards Viksit Bharat.

India's Rs 42 lakh crore PMS industry at defining inflection point: SEBI

IANS | June 11, 2026 1:40 PM

New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) India's portfolio management services (PMS) industry -- which manages assets worth around Rs 42 lakh crore and serves more than 2.1 lakh investor accounts -- is at a defining inflection point and has the potential to emerge as a major pillar of the country's investment ecosystem, a senior Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) official said on Thursday.

TCS to empower 50,000 associates with Claude AI

IANS | June 11, 2026 12:44 PM

New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday announced a global strategic partnership with US-based AI firm Anthropic and said it will enable 50,000 associates across functions to use Claude as part of its enterprise-wide AI adoption strategy.