Akshita Singh

The Centre had raised concerns that allowing users to communicate without sharing their phone numbers could materially increase online fraud, phishing, impersonation and digital arrest scams

The Ministry of MSME said the change is intended to address the delayed payments faced by small businesses

From airports to housing projects, several mega infrastructure plans have faced protests over land, rehabilitation, and environmental concerns. Here's a look at five such projects

If one-fifth of every litre of petrol is now ethanol, why hasn't E20 become cheaper? Here's the government's answer

Your phone may warn you about spam before you answer. But who decides which calls get that tag, and on what basis? Read on

Food accounts for nearly 40% of India's CPI basket. That makes the monsoon one of the earliest signals of whether inflation stays under control or becomes a policy concern

A survey found 79% of Delhi NCR residents rated their local administration's preparedness for monsoon waterlogging as poor or pathetic, with Gurugram recording the highest dissatisfaction

New Zealand is turning its cattle farms into a testing ground for technologies that could reduce one of agriculture's biggest climate challenges: methane from livestock

Rainfall across Delhi-NCR is becoming more localised as thunderstorms, changing monsoon patterns and urban heat islands create sharp differences across neighbourhoods

AI firms are spending millions on free credits as they compete to become the preferred platform for the next generation of startups

PACTS replaces the 2020 Framework Arrangement on Cyber and Cyber Enabled Critical Technology Cooperation, which served as the main platform for bilateral engagement in cyber and critical technologies

Retail GCCs in India now employ over 0.27 million professionals, with hiring increasingly shifting towards AI, engineering and supply chain roles, a report said

The Meta-owned messaging platform has received an additional three days to respond to a government notice seeking clarification on the feature

The diversions came as Mumbai and neighbouring areas continued to receive intense rainfall, affecting transport services across the region

The Supreme Court's scrutiny of AI-generated citations has exposed a larger issue: the Indian legal framework still does not clearly define who is liable when AI gets it wrong

At Raymond, Bhanu Prakash Srivastava will be responsible for shaping the company's long-term defence strategy and overseeing its growth plans in the segment

Industry and policy experts say the original framework helped exports but struggled to deliver the manufacturing transformation once envisioned

The finance ministry has notified rules for determining the origin of goods under the India-UK trade pact, clearing the way for the agreement's implementation from July 15

Industry experts defended India's E20 rollout, saying the ethanol blending programme followed years of testing and consultations, with no major concerns found by automakers and research bodies

The Centre directed WhatsApp to keep the rollout on hold until consultations are completed "to the satisfaction of the Government"