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Akasa eyes flights to Asia tourist hotspots as overseas travel demand rises

The Mumbai-based budget carrier is gearing up to start flights to Kathmandu in Nepal and Bangladesh's capital Dhaka

Microsoft's Azure posts slowdown in growth, testing investors' patience

The company's Xbox video-gaming unit posted 61 per cent growth in content and services revenue, much of that fueled by the $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, which was completed in October

Uber partners with BYD to put its drivers into Chinese firm's 100,000 EVs

The pairing up cuts against increasing tensions between Washington, Beijing over future of automotive industry as China has lead in batteries and EV supply chain, and US has tried to push against it

Adani Energy share sale receives three-fold bids as buyers pile in

Indian and international institutions have oversubscribed to Adani Energy Solutions Ltd.'s $1 billion share sale

India, Canada meet as more arrests may point to another Sikh murder plot

Intelligence chiefs from India and Canada have recently met to share evidence, said people familiar with the matter

Here's why Honda is losing the electric two-wheeler race in Indian market

Honda has laid out ambitious plans, but it has been far too slow on the execution. By 2030, it wants to have 30 electric motorbikes on the road and be selling 4 million models worldwide a year

Intel to cut thousands of jobs to reduce costs, layoffs to begin this week

Intel, which is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings Thursday, has about 110,000 employees, excluding workers at units that are being spun out

Scientists rely on reanalysis method to know when world has its hottest day

This reanalysis goes back to 1940, and it allows researchers to say with confidence when a record is broken, whether for a day, month or year

Microsoft pushes US Congress to pass law for crackdown on deepfakes

The company also is pushing for Congress to label AI-generated content as synthetic and for federal and state laws that penalize the creation and distribution of sexually exploitive deepfakes

Instagram to allow users create their own chatbots through AI studio

The broader universe of Instagram users will be able to make a themed chatbot for their profile, for example a bot focused on mixed martial arts, dining or pets

Far-right protesters storm two Israeli army bases over soldiers' arrests

The protests were sparked by the arrests of soldiers at Sde Teiman, where suspected Hamas fighters who carried out the Oct 7 attacks are being held

Luxury retail empire Hermes' heir alleges his fortune has vanished

Puech's lawyers told the court he no longer owns the assets in question: about 6 million shares worth roughly €12 billion ($13 billion) in family-controlled Hermes International SCA

Microsoft reports outage of some office applications, cloud services

Users may be either unable to access the apps, or experience worsened connection or performance, the company said in a message to customers

Adani Group's flagship plans to revive firm's first retail bond sale

Company's return to raise funds through a public issuance highlights the recovery for the Adani Group, which lost more than $150 billion in market value at one point following the Hindenburg report

Byjus vs BCCI row: Edtech firm seeks to settle debt with cricket board

Byju's has 'almost resolved' the matter with Board of Control for Cricket in India and will pay 'a certain tranche of the money' by this evening, a lawyer representing the firm said

Reserve Bank of India must retain focus on food inflation, say economists

The prescription for inflation-minus-food found mention in the government's pre-budget Economic Survey published last week

Warren Buffett cuts BofA stake again, unloads $3 billion this month

Still, Berkshire holds almost 962 million shares, the filing shows - worth $39.5 billion at Monday's closing price

Samsung makes progress in closing gap in making AI memory chips for Nvidia

Tech firms like Microsoft Corp., Google-parent Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. are all investing huge sums to develop their capabilities

How Modi govt's recently announced tax plan is squeezing the middle class

Trading in stocks and options, which has become a national craze since the pandemic, will now be taxed more strictly. That wasn't entirely unexpected

Nvidia releases software, services to boost rapid adoption of GenAI

Nvidia's chips have become central to the surge in building new systems being deployed to support artificial intelligence computing