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HUL to invest ₹2,000 crore to scale manufacturing for premium categories

HUL will invest up to ₹2,000 crore over two years to expand capacity in premium beauty, wellbeing and home care liquids, aiming to enhance supply-chain agility and future readiness

BharatGen unveils Param2 17B multilingual MoE model under sovereign AI push

BharatGen has introduced Param2, a 17-billion-parameter multilingual MoE model optimised for Indic languages, strengthening India's sovereign AI capabilities and digital mission

OpenAI partners with top Indian institutes to advance AI literacy, skills

OpenAI has announced its first India cohort of partner institutes, aiming to build durable AI capability across campuses and support over 100,000 students, faculty and staff

Sebi forms working group to review ESG rating norms, enhance transparency

Sebi has constituted a working group comprising issuers, investors, rating providers and legal experts to review the ESG rating framework and recommend policy measures

ICAI notifies 2025 global networking rules, mandates registration

ICAI has notified its 2025 global networking guidelines, requiring all international networks involving Indian CA firms to register and appoint a Nodal Officer for compliance

L&T, NVIDIA partner to build sovereign gigawatt-scale AI factory in India

L&T and NVIDIA have announced a venture to build sovereign, scalable gigawatt-scale AI factory infrastructure, supporting India's digital transformation and the IndiaAI Mission

Makemytrip ties up with OpenAI, to use APIs for new app features

Online travel major MakeMyTrip will integrate OpenAI's APIs into its GenAI assistant Myra to convert conversational travel queries into personalised, bookable options

PM Modi makes a pitch for democratisation of artificial intelligence

PM says India should be among the top three AI superpowers, not just in consumption, but in creation as well

People may not need jobs by 2050 as AI advances, says Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla told the AI Impact Summit that AI could remove the need for most jobs by 2050, transform white-collar work and unlock near-free healthcare and personalised education for every Indian

ASK Asset & Wealth gets Sebi approval to launch mutual fund business

ASK enters mutual funds with Sebi nod as IPO momentum builds, led by GIFT City's first listing, CleanMax's ₹3,100 crore issue, and Gaudium IVF's market debut

Airtel Money gets RBI clearance to operate as Type II non-deposit NBFC

Airtel Money has secured RBI registration to function as a Type II non-deposit NBFC, with Bharti Airtel issuing the regulator's mandated disclaimer on financial soundness and liability obligations

Jio Financial Services names Sandeep Khetan Group chief risk officer

Jio Financial Services has named Sandeep Khetan as its new Group Chief Risk Officer, replacing S Anantharaman, who has resigned and will step down from the role on March 20

AI in education key to India becoming a developed nation by 2047: Pradhan

Pradhan added that AI assimilation into education will help the country towards a production and manufacturing-based economy

Retail segment drives 21% sequential rise in ARC acquisitions in Q3FY26

Overall ARC acquisitions rose 19% to Rs 7,995 crore in Q3 FY26, while recoveries grew 45%, led by steady and front-ended retail segment performance

NSE co-location case: SAT dismisses brokers' appeals against Sebi

The Securities Appellate Tribunal dismissed appeals by five brokers in the NSE co-location case, ruling that Sebi's show-cause notices are not appealable and that related administrative decisions lie

Centre launches digital coupons for PDS in Gujarat on pilot basis

India pilots CBDC-based digital food coupons in Gujarat, enabling beneficiaries to redeem ration entitlements through programmable e₹ instead of physical grain

RBI allows NBFCs to factor DLG in determining provisions under ECL

RBI allows NBFCs to factor in default loss guarantees from lending apps while computing ECL provisions, tightening uniformity without diluting prudential safeguards

Google, Jio, AWS, Microsoft, Nokia, and others form Trusted Tech Alliance

Fifteen global firms launch cross-border tech alliance at Munich Security Conference to back transparency, security and data protection across digital stack

HDFC Flexicap joins ₹1 trn AUM club; NSE unique investor count tops 250 mn

HDFC Flexicap Fund enters the ₹1 trillion AUM club, becoming only the third active mutual fund scheme in India to cross the milestone

Anti spam regulation: 'Trai examining telco responses on penalties'

Regulator reviewing show-cause replies on anti-spam violations; timeline for Digital Consent Acquisition platform to be finalised within a month