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Shivraj Singh Chouhan calls for making tree plantation a mass movement

Chouhan started the initiative on February 19, 2021, on Narmada Jayanti. He had planted saplings of 'Rudraksha' and 'Sal' at Amarkantak to mark the occasion

JM Financial AIF launches pre-IPO fund; Gaudium IVF gets ₹9.5 crore

JM Asset Management enters pre-IPO investing with a ₹1,500-crore AIF as LIC Mutual Fund rolls out a tech fund and Gaudium IVF raises anchor capital

Ashok Soota disagrees with Vinod Khosla, says AI is transforming IT

Happiest Minds chairman says IT services remain essential as AI creates higher-value opportunities, countering Vinod Khosla's prediction that outsourcing will vanish

We thank God there is AI: TCS chief Chandrasekaran on transformation

Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran says AI can transform society and businesses and must be adopted across jobs, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman flags safety and deployment challenges

Barclays opens new Gurugram office, reinforces India's strategic role

UK-based banking group expands its NCR presence with a 4,000-seat facility, strengthening India's role as a technology and global services hub

Health insurance premiums increase over 27% in January on GST boost

Strong retail demand, higher government scheme premiums and GST rationalisation fuelled robust January growth for general and standalone health insurers

What are the health insurance options available to NRIs visiting India?

NRIs' overseas health plans may not be accepted in Indian hospitals since they may not have the relevant tie-ups; for such contingencies, it is best to take a local travel health

AI Impact Summit: AI to be integral to Airtel business, says Sunil Mittal

Bharti Enterprises chairman says AI will power Airtel's operations and security focus, as leaders at India AI Impact Summit discuss open standards and frugal innovation

Sebi fines Orient Trimex, eight others ₹1.35 crore for falsifying accounts

Sebi has penalised Orient Trimex and eight others ₹1.35 crore for booking fictitious sales and purchases through untraceable entities and publishing misleading financial results

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

Santam Re opens GIFT City branch to scale Indian and Asian reinsurance play

Santam Re has launched its GIFT City branch as an IFSC office, focusing initially on India's reinsurance market before expanding into broader Asian and Middle Eastern regions

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