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PM Modi meets New Zealand counterpart, agrees to advance bilateral ties

Leaders noted that India-New Zealand relationship is anchored in shared democratic values and close people-to-people ties, reiterating their firm commitment to take bilateral cooperation to new height

Goyal cites ease of doing, other steps to attract US investors to India

The minister added that though at present the US is attractive for investors because of high interest rates, going forward India provides huge opportunities for businesses

Manual check-ins, flight delays: Chaos reigns supreme at Indian airports

Nearly 1,100 flights delayed, over 100 cancelled across Delhi, Mumbai, B'luru

EPFO officers raise concern over inadequate IT infra, seeks intervention

The situation has now turned serious with officers and offices reporting significant system deficiencies on a daily basis, the association said

Microsoft outage: IndiGo cancels 93 flights; systems limp back to recovery

Air India, on the other hand, said its systems have been working just fine but a few of its flights have been delayed due to the outage of airport systems

Tea industry seeks higher Rodtep rates to make exports competitive overseas

The Rodtep scheme ensures that exporters receive refunds on embedded taxes and duties that were previously non-recoverable

K'taka plans to raise IT staff working hours to 14; unions call it inhuman

IT sector unions have come out in public in protest against the move, calling it 'inhuman', that will have implications on 2 million workers in the state.

Issue resolved, flights on schedule now: Civil Aviation Minister Naidu

The ministry is constantly monitoring the operations at airports and airlines to ensure travel readjustments and refunds are taken care of, he added

Microsoft outage disrupts aviation in India; other services unaffected

IndiGo, India's largest airline, reported the cancellation of at least 192 flights over Friday and Saturday

Upstream oil companies bat for tweaking tax regime in Union Budget

Say 90% of domestic production taxed at 70% holds back capital investments

62% Indian employees experience work-related burnout: CII-MediBuddy report

The report is based on insights from the employees of close to 1000 companies which are utilising MediBuddy's services

US Biosecure Act spells long-term boost for Indian CDMO, CRO firms

As American biopharma looks to diversify sourcing, Indian companies stand to benefit

India will be 'engine of green energy growth': MNRE minister Joshi

The Minister for New and Renewable Energy made the remarks while inaugurating an electrolyser manufacturing facility of a private company at Doddaballapur, in Karnataka

India must aim for $500 bn in electronics manufacturing by 2030: NITI Aayog

Policies for capital goods manufacturing, incentivising research, tariff rationalisation needed

Six new bills listed for Parliament's upcoming session; Om Birla forms BAC

The proposed legislation aims to bring more clarity and convergence in the roles of different organisations working in the field of disaster management, a Lok Sabha bulletin issued Thursday said.

Blue Screen of Death: Global outage that led to Windows 10 crash explained

An outage of CrowdStrike has caused a global disruption for users of Microsoft Windows computers, affecting businesses and individuals across Australia, Japan, India and other countries

Xiaomi overtakes Samsung as leader in India's smartphone market: Report

A Canalys report found that four out of India's top five highest smartphones shipments came from Chinese brands - Xiaomi, vivo, realme, and OPPO. Korea's Samsung ranked third

IT ministry asks tech firms to find age verification methods under data law

They have to 'figure out' how they want to implement age-gating requirement, says source

MeitY lets tech firms, data fiduciaries decide on parental consent methods

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has urged tech firms to adopt advanced methods for obtaining parental consent while allowing them to determine the best practices independently

Air India's Delhi to San Francisco flight diverted to Russia due to glitch

According to the information, the aircraft has landed safely and airline officials are working with relevant authorities to ensure guests are taken care of until the next course of action is decided