Ahmedabad, Aug 21 (IANS) More than 100 technology startups and 1,500 students from across India took part in Gujarat’s first police-led cybersecurity hackathon, with teams developing solutions to tackle cyber fraud, dark-web threats, digital forensics, and online safety.
Kathmandu, Aug 21 (IANS) Electric vehicles are rapidly gaining ground in Nepal's automobile market, with more than 63,000 EVs now registered and electric cars accounting for over 70 per cent of newly imported private four-wheelers, government data show.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The board of One 97 Communications, which operates mobile payments brand Paytm, has proposed changes to its employee stock option framework that would link future ESOP vesting more closely to performance, while keeping the overall stock option pool unchanged, reinforcing a greater focus on performance-based employee incentives.
Hyderabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Setting a new record in Hyderabad's real estate market, an acre of government land was auctioned for a whopping Rs 264 crore on Friday, surpassing the earlier record of Rs 237 crore.
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Nearly five years after its IPO, Paytm still has Rs 1,686 crore of IPO proceeds unutilised and is now seeking shareholder approval to broaden the permitted use of the funds and extend the utilisation timeline, reflecting a measured approach to capital deployment and operational discipline.
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a second supplementary charge sheet in the Reliance Communications Limited (RCom) case in a special court here on Friday, accusing Reliance ADA Group Group Managing Director Amitabh Jhunjhunwala of the offences of criminal conspiracy, criminal misappropriation and cheating that caused a loss of over Rs 971 crore to the State Bank of India (SBI).
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) India’s expanding trade partnerships with Australia, the UK and New Zealand are opening up opportunities across goods, services, investment, sports, critical minerals and agriculture, with officials from the three countries on Friday highlighted the complementary strengths of their economies.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday that Apple could expand its manufacturing footprint in India beyond iPhone production, while the government is working with three potential Indian smartphone players that could emerge over the next 10-14 months.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The government on Friday said it is incorrect to attribute the recent increase in sugar prices to diversion of sugar for ethanol production, as the share of sugar diverted for this purpose has declined from around 12 per cent in 2022-23 to around 9 per cent in 2025-26.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) China may be winning many of the contracts to build out Southeast Asia’s digital infrastructure, but Beijing is making less headway on the rules, according to an article published in The Diplomat.
