19 agritech soonicorns, 40 minicorns embracing emerging tech for biz growth: RBI paper

IANS | November 24, 2024 1:31 PM

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Indian agritech landscape has significant growth potential to emerge as an institutional innovation for bridging the technological gap and the country currently has 19 agritech soonicorns and 40 minicorns, that are embracing emerging technologies like AI and developing innovative business models, according to a new RBI paper.

Internationalisation of UPI progressing rapidly: RBI

IANS | November 24, 2024 12:19 PM

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The internationalisation of the unified payments interface (UPI) is progressing rapidly, as India emerges as a world leader in leveraging digital technologies for transformative change, according to a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report.

US chipmaker AMD poised to step up investment in India

IANS | November 24, 2024 11:50 AM

Bengaluru, Nov 24 (IANS) American chipmaking giant AMD is looking at India not merely as a market but as a development hub with the company's design centre in Bengaluru beginning to make an important contribution to its products.

Unproven remedies: Tata Memorial Hospital slams Sidhu’s viral ‘diet cure’ cancer claim

IANS | November 23, 2024 8:53 PM

New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) After a video of former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu surfaced in which he described his wife's treatment for her breast cancer as "starving the cancer by not eating dairy products and sugar", Tata Memorial Hospital doctors on Saturday warned that diet alone is no cure for the disease, which requires a range of medical interventions.