New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Antariksh Venture Capital Fund -- a SEBI‑registered Category II Alternative Investment Fund set up to back emerging space‑tech start‑ups -- is now operational and has selected three startups for investment, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
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.
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.
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.
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) India is likely to continue outperforming most major global economies despite persistent global uncertainties, supported by strong domestic consumption and rising exports, HSBC Mutual Fund India Chief Executive Officer Kailash Kulkarni said on Wednesday.
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.
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) India’s booming pre‑owned vehicle market presents a fast, practical opportunity to cut urban pollution for which the government must adopt a time‑bound national retrofit policy to convert in‑use petrol and diesel vehicles to Auto LPG, an industry body said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A fake call from a person posing as an HDFC Bank executive proved costly for a Delhi resident, leading to the fraudulent use of his credit card and a loss of more than Rs 1 lakh.
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Wednesday took strong exception to the temporary removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's video from Facebook and has sought an apology from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg within three days.
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday said the central bank is targeting the introduction of polymer currency notes by FY28 with field trials currently underway to assess their performance before a broader rollout.
