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AI inside: Tech simplifies and automates routine work for IT firms

AI can be used in a variety of functions: From HR management to sales and coding. Senior executives say companies must continuously train employees in the technology and keep them skilled

Shipping to shopping, AI is making food safe

AI's application in food and beverage is a market worth $9.68 bn and it is expected to reach $48.99 bn by 2029

Japan's equity renaissance

The Japan story is still in its early days. But the lesson it holds is that companies, regulators, and the broader market micro-system all need to continuously evolve

Chasing paper trails

Supreme Court puts VVPAT controversy to rest

Need more competition

Small finance banks have a clear path

Banking on tech: Lenders allocate 10% budget to bolster IT systems

Recently, ICICI Bank reported having faced a technical glitch in its mobile banking application wherein some users said that they could view the details of other people's credit cards

How to make insolvency law solvent

IBC has served purpose by creating the fear of god among rogue promoters. It's time to plug the loopholes in the law and make the defaulters understand that the IBC isn't just all bark and no bite

Frontrunner & elusive poll theme

Excitement is often highest in 'wave' elections. There is a sense of anticipation, a better future, even vengeance. For these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly themeless election

D&I in Indian advertising

Does your brand communication reflect the diversity of the people in your markets?

Rushdie at the cutting edge

Knife is Rushdie's graphic account of the attack and his recovery interlaced with the love story of Rushdie and his current wife, Rachel Eliza Griffith

Surge in India's chess talent: What it means for the future of the game

Chances are, wherever you live, there is a chess coach in the vicinity. Many schools offer chess as an extra-curricular activity

AI edition of books

In any case, AIs are known to be biased, to have hallucinations, and to lack a sense of reality. A shade of uncertainty thus remains

Strong execution key for Tech Mahindra to achieve three-year targets

The investments are likely to halve in FY26 and normalise by FY27

Lok Sabha elections outcome: This sector has gained every time since 2004

Unlike other general election years, analysts expect the Nifty IT index to underperform the markets in the near-term amid muted demand environment and client caution around discretionary spends

Odisha example before Andhra

Will Andhra Pradesh follow the Odisha model, voting differently in Lok Sabha and Assembly elections? Or will Odisha follow Andhra Pradesh, voting in new faces in both?

Markets wrong in hoping worst of geopolitical crisis is over: Chris Wood

In its recent GREED & fear note Wood said, in the base case, it expects the Russia-Ukraine conflict to continue in the months leading US presidential election in November.

Mobile makers can offer market for fabs if they make 10-14 nm chips

The total demand for semiconductors in the country varies from $22 billion to $24 billion, most of which is currently imported. The requirement from mobile devices is nearly half of this demand

Bajaj Finance stock price crashes 8% post Q4; MOFSL downgrades to 'Neutral'

Bajaj Finance stock price news: Motilal Oswal Financial Services has downgraded the stock due to more margin pressure in FY25

IPTV to challenge cable TV mkt in India: Excitel Broadband CEO Vivek Raina

Fixed line broadband player aims to triple 1 million customer base in 3 years

This Ashish Kacholia-owned stock has zoomed 92% from March low

Balu Forge Industries stock price: Ace investor Ashish Kacholia held 2.19 million, or 2.14 per cent stake, in Balu Forge as on March 31, 2024