Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced the appointment of Indian-origin executive as the company’s new Chief Technologist.
The announcement was made by Pichai in his blog post on Thursday, October 17.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced the appointment of Indian-origin executive as the company’s new Chief Technologist.
The announcement was made by Pichai in his blog post on Thursday, October 17.
India’s Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, on Saturday, October 19, invited Mexican investors to explore opportunities in India’s Global In-House Capability Centers (GICCs), aircraft leasing, ship leasing, and even foreign university setups at GIFT-IFSC (Gujarat International Financial Services Centre), which is emerging as a global hub for reinsurance and sustainable finance.
The Finance Minister participated in the India-Mexico Trade and Investment Summit, marking a significant step towards enhancing bilateral trade and investment ties between both countries, the Finance Ministry said in a post on social media X.
The capital spending by 21 key Indian states is expected to be moderate in FY25, growing by a modest 6.5% to Rs 6.5 lakh crore, with an average GDP growth for these states projected at 11.2%, an analysis by the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) revealed Friday, October 18.
These 21 states together represent over 95% of India’s GDP (Rs 326 lakh crore in FY25).
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A new American poll has revealed that 74% of people above the age of 50 would have very little or no trust in health information if it was generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
Meanwhile, 20% of older adults have little or no confidence that they could spot misinformation about a health topic if they came across it, according to data from the University of Michigan (U-M) and AARP’s ‘National Poll on Healthy Aging’.
In a bid to flaunt India’s attractiveness as an investment destination and bolster bilateral trade ties, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to embark on an official visit to Mexico and the U.S., beginning October 16.
During the first leg of her maiden visit to Mexico from October 17-20, the Finance Minister will lead an Indian delegation, underscoring a positive trajectory of growing bilateral economic and trade relations between the two nations.
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there is a need for a human-centric dimension to the ongoing technological revolution. Modi made the comment at the inaugurating of the historic International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) ‘World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2024’ in the national capital on Tuesday, October 15.
He stressed that principles of security, dignity and equity should be at the centre of global telecommunication standards. The Indian Prime Minister said that standards set here will determine the direction of the future.
A billionaire entrepreneur of Indian origin has launched Silicon Valley startup Aetherflux to harvest solar power from space for remote parts of the globe. He plans to build a network of solar power stations in orbit to transmit energy to Earth.
SpaceX on Monday launched NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to explore the potential for life on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
The $5 billion spacecraft was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT (9.36 pm IST).
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday, October 14, awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to three U.S. economists for providing new insights into why there are such vast differences in prosperity between nations, trying to help solve the puzzle why some countries are rich and others poor.
Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and James A. Robinson from the University of Chicago were awarded the coveted honor for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.
Emphasizing that India could become a model for global growth, US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) Chairman John Chambers on Monday predicted that the country will surpass China and the United States in key economic metrics, projecting nearly 100% higher GDP per capita income growth compared to China and 33% larger growth than the U.S. in the near future.
Speaking at the Annual India Leadership Summit 2024 hosted by USISPF in New Delhi, Chambers lauded the rapid pace of India’s economic progress under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
A spacecraft is set to launch Monday, October 14, from the Kennedy Space Center towards Jupiter with the mission to hunt for signs of alien life on Europa, one of the moons orbiting the distant planet.
Previous data from studies indicate that underneath the frozen crust of Jupiter’s moon there lies a huge salt-water ocean, which could possibly support life forms.
The US and India have announced grants of over $2 million for joint research projects aimed at advancing artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum technologies for social good. A total of 17 projects, 11 focusing on AI and 6 on quantum technologies, will receive nearly $120,000 each. These projects aim to tackle critical societal challenges, including AI-assisted early cancer detection and advancements in quantum computing.
The United States has sanctioned an Indian ship services company for allegedly being involved in the transport of petroleum from Iran through a “Ghost Fleet” in defiance of restrictions on Tehran.
India will soon procure 31 MQ-9B Predator drones from the U.S. and develop two indigenous nuclear-powered submarines. Indian government’s Cabinet Committee on Security, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved these initiatives to improve India’s defense capabilities, especially in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
The drone deal, valued at $3.99 billion, is set to strengthen India’s maritime and territorial security, while the submarines will bolster the Indian Navy’s presence in the Indo-Pacific region. India will purchase two variants of the General Atomics MQ-9 unmanned aircraft: 16 SkyGuardian and 15 SeaGuardian high-altitude, long-endurance drones.
Monthly systematic investment plan (SIP) numbers in India surged to Rs 24,508.73 crore in the month of September, up from Rs 23,547.34 crore in August, which is a 4% increase, the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) data showed on Thursday.
The SIP contributions crossed the Rs 24,000 crore-mark for the first time.
The iconic Marriott Marquis on Times Square will play host to the 23rd Chapter of ITServe Alliance, which will launch on October 14, 2024.
“ITServe Alliance, the largest association of IT Services organizations, which is recognized as the voice of all prestigious IT companies functioning with similar interests across the United States, is excited to announce the official launch of our 23rd Chapter in New York on October 14th at the iconic Marriott Marquis on Times Square, located at 1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 on October 14, 2024,” said Jagadeesh Mosali, President of ITServe.
Two Google DeepMind scientists Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper, along with Washington University Professor David Baker, on Wednesday won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
The scientists won the prestigious award for their research on protein design and structure.
Brazil’s Supreme Court has authorized the social media platform X to resume operations in the country after being banned for over a month due to non-compliance with court rulings.
Judge Alexandre de Moraes lifted the ban on Tuesday, October 8, after X paid approximately 28.6 million reals (around $5.17 million) in fines to the Brazilian government, Xinhua news agency reported, citing local media.
The Indian government on Sunday, October 6, said it has earmarked Rs 1,000 crore for venture fund to space startups, an indication of high priority that the government gives to the space sector.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, said the decision was taken within first 100 days of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi 3.0 government.
The Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet on Monday awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
Ambros and Ruvkun discovered a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to begin its three-day monetary policy meeting on Monday, October 7. The meeting will run till October 9.
All eyes are on the outcome, as the India’s apex banking body has kept the repo rate unchanged for the last nine consecutive meetings. The repo rate, currently at 6.50%, has remained steady since the RBI adopted a cautious stance to balance inflation control and economic growth.
Despite geo-political uncertainties, the investors’ confidence remained intact in India’s growth story as the country’s foreign exchange reserves surpassed $700 billion for the first time, reaching $704.89 billion in the week ending September 27, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed on Friday, October 4.
The forex surged $12.59 billion, which is the largest weekly rise since mid-July 2023.
Driven by the positive response to its Mumbai and Delhi retail stores, Apple on Friday, October 4, said it is gearing to launch more exclusive, own-branded stores in the country where the iPhone maker is witnessing a surge in domestic sales as well as export figures.
New Apple retail stores will open in Bengaluru, Pune, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai. However, no timeline has been set so far.
India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and his U.S. counterpart Gina Raimondo co-chaired the 6th meeting of the U.S.-India CEO Forum, which is the highest platform for discussing trade and commerce between the two countries.
Government representatives of the two countries and the Forum members, during the meeting hosted on Wednesday by the U.S., “reaffirmed their commitment to expanding bilateral commerce and trade, driving inclusive economic growth and innovation, and fostering a resilient bilateral partnership”.
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