Indian Railways utilises 39 pc of FY27 capex spent till July: Govt

IANS | August 5, 2026 4:47 PM

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Indian Railways has incurred capital expenditure of over Rs 1.14 lakh crore or about 39 per cent of the budgetary allocation for 2026-27 till July, while expanding the deployment of its indigenous train collision avoidance system Kavach and upgrading tracks to support higher train speeds, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday.

Chinese AI models lack credible data due to censorship: Report

IANS | August 5, 2026 4:26 PM

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Chinese AI models like DeepSeek have a serious limitation due to the censorship on information in the authoritarian state and are distrusted by many governments and users worldwide even though they are cheap and capable, according to an article published by East Asia Forum.

India’s EV sales likely to grow 55 pc annually through 2034

IANS | August 5, 2026 4:06 PM

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) India’s shift to electric vehicles is becoming a key economic driver, with EV sales rising 46-fold from about 50,000 units in 2016 to 2.3 million units in 2025 and the market is projected to grow to $191.04 billion by 2034 at a CAGR of 54.94 per cent, the government said on Wednesday.

Meta and other social media platforms must comply with law of the land: Govt sources

IANS | August 5, 2026 3:40 PM

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Social media platforms, including Meta, must comply with the law of the land, IT Ministry sources said on Wednesday, as a parliamentary panel asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to issue an "unqualified apology" within three days over the brief removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Facebook post recently.