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India's defence modernisation gets boost with Rs 10,147 crore rocket procurement deals

IANS | February 6, 2025 8:12 PM

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) In an important move aimed at strengthening India's defence capabilities and achieving the vision of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat,' the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed contracts worth a total of Rs 10,147 crore with three prominent Indian companies: the Economic Explosives Ltd (EEL), Munitions India Ltd (MIL), and Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL).

India’s solar cell capacity poised for 5-fold jump to 55 GW by 2026-27

IANS | February 6, 2025 5:20 PM

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) India's solar cell manufacturing capacity is set to touch 50-55 GW by fiscal year 2027, up five-fold from 10 GW at the end of fiscal 2024, propelled by the government’s policy thrust to reduce imports of cells and modules, according to a Crisil Ratings report released on Thursday.

Adani Green Restricted Group 1's outlook revised to 'positive' from 'stable': Crisil

IANS | February 6, 2025 1:57 PM

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Reflecting strong revenue visibility, Crisil Ratings has revised its outlook for long-term bank facilities and non-convertible debentures of Adani Green Restricted Group 1 (RG) to "positive" and reaffirmed the rating at 'Crisil AA+'.

ChatGPT faces global outage; users flood social media with complaints

IANS | February 6, 2025 1:15 PM

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) ChatGPT, one of OpenAI’s most popular Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools on Thursday faced a global outage as millions of users were unable to access the service.

Stock market trades nearly flat amid RBI’s rate cut possibility

IANS | February 6, 2025 9:47 AM

Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) The stock market was trading almost flat early on Thursday, as investors wait for the outcome of the RBI’s monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting, which is slated for Friday.

PM Modi likely to meet Elon Musk during US visit

IANS | February 5, 2025 3:42 PM

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, slated to visit the United States this month to meet President Donald Trump, is also likely to see Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

Gold hits all-time high at Rs 8,432 per gram amid geo-political uncertainties

IANS | February 5, 2025 2:25 PM

Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) Gold prices in India on Wednesday surged to an all-time high at Rs 8,432 per gram with an increase of Rs 1,322 as compared to Rs 8,310 on February 4, supported by safe-haven buying amid global uncertainties.

OpenAI to collaborate with India, Sam Altman hails PM Modi’s AI vision: Ashwini Vaishnaw

IANS | February 5, 2025 2:10 PM

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) As the artificial intelligence (AI) race heats up globally, India has devised an exhaustive strategy to create a full AI stack and OpenAI is willing to collaborate with the country on this mission, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.

RBI MPC: Goldman Sachs predicts 25 bps repo rate cut

IANS | February 5, 2025 1:13 PM

Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) in its upcoming monetary policy meeting (MPC) announcement, Goldman Sachs predicted on Wednesday.

India is a very important market for AI, can be a leading force in world: Sam Altman

IANS | February 5, 2025 11:28 AM

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) As India embarks on an exciting artificial intelligence (AI) journey, OpenAI Co-founder and CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday said India is a very important market for AI and the company's second biggest market globally.

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India's defence modernisation gets boost with Rs 10,147 crore rocket procurement deals

India’s solar cell capacity poised for 5-fold jump to 55 GW by 2026-27

Adani Green Restricted Group 1's outlook revised to 'positive' from 'stable': Crisil

ChatGPT faces global outage; users flood social media with complaints

Stock market trades nearly flat amid RBI’s rate cut possibility

PM Modi likely to meet Elon Musk during US visit

Gold hits all-time high at Rs 8,432 per gram amid geo-political uncertainties

OpenAI to collaborate with India, Sam Altman hails PM Modi’s AI vision: Ashwini Vaishnaw

RBI MPC: Goldman Sachs predicts 25 bps repo rate cut

India is a very important market for AI, can be a leading force in world: Sam Altman

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