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Glance deepens pact with Google to add GenAI content in new apps

Glance will work with Google Cloud and use its tech such as Gemini AI and Imagen, a text-to-image model, to create content for customers who use its smartphone and TV screensavers

Adani Group to invest $18 billion in various projects across Assam, MP

Asia's second-richest person, on Tuesday, pledged spending Rs 50,000 crore in the northeastern state of Assam in areas including airports, city gas, transmission, cement and roads

Wipro Ventures gets $200 mn from parent to invest in new age startups

The fund will be utilised for three to five investments every year and will focus on new opportunity areas such as generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and cybersecurity

Maha Kumbh 2025: ONDC-backed Waayu delivers over 110K mahaprasad orders

As Maha Kumbh 2025 draws to a close, Waayu plans to continue delivering Mahaprasad throughout the year

Paloma Rheem Holdings gets CCI nod to acquire Fujitsu General for $1.6 bn

Fujitsu General specialises in air conditioning solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial segments and related IT systems and devices

YouTube top platform for podcasts with over 1 bn viewers a month, says exec

YouTube first identified podcasts as a popular content format during the pandemic. Before then the medium wasn't something YouTube had specifically supported

Bharti Airtel confirm talks with Tata Group to merge their DTH segments

Analysts collectively believe that consolidation is the only way forward for the DTH industry

Trump ramps up pressure on Apple after investors reject proposal to end DEI

The comments come a day after Apple investors rejected an outside shareholder proposal to end its DEI initiatives

Airfare to rise not more than 1.5% if tariff proposal accepted: DIAL

"Overall, the average domestic ticket price will increase by no more than 1.5-2 per cent, while international fares will rise by 0.5-1 per cent," the CEO said

Swiggy Instamart halts non-veg delivery in select cities on Mahashivratri

Decision to remove non-vegetarian items from the delivery menu in certain locations was taken to respect religious sentiments

Food aggregator major Swiggy allots over 864K shares under ESOP scheme

With the share price of Swiggy closing at Rs 354.3 per share, the total value of the newly allocated shares would be around Rs 30 crore

Bridgetown Research secures $19 m to scale AI-Powered biz research agents

The company is developing AI-powered agents for business research and analysis, targeting private equity, consulting, and corporate strategy companies

ROADIS' India unit raises $316.3 mn via dollar-denominated bond issuance

ROADIS Group, a PSP Investments owned road investment platform, fully controls the Varanasi-Aurangabad highway

GM to increase dividend by 25%, buy back another $6 billion of shares

The US automaker said it expected to repurchase $2 billion of shares by the first half of this year, with the remainder to be bought at any point of the company's choosing

BP turns back to fossils, to increase annual oil, gas investment to $10 bn

The oil major slashed planned annual investment in transition businesses by more than $5 billion than its previous forecast, to between $1.5 billion and $2 billion per year

Airtel confirms 'bilateral discussions' with Tata Group for DTH merger

This consolidation is set to benefit Airtel by expanding its broadband and entertainment business, integrating telecom, broadband, and DTH services into a unified offering

China's DeepSeek cuts off-peak pricing for developers by up to 75%

DeepSeek's low-cost AI models triggered a major sell-off in global equity markets last month, as investors worried that its arrival could threaten current AI market leaders

Wipro to invest $200 mn in Wipro Ventures to accelerate startups funding

This marks the fourth funding round for Wipro Ventures since it began operations ten years ago, and is aimed at speeding up investments in startups at the early to mid-stage level

HC orders Amazon to pay Rs 340 cr to Lifestyle Equities over infringement

During the proceedings of the case, Cloudtail India agreed to accept an injunction decree and proposed a settlement which would include damages

Apple fixing iPhone glitch that swaps 'racist' with 'Trump' in dictation

The tech giant claimed the glitch occurs because the speech recognition models behind the feature may initially display words with 'phonetic similarities'