Enormous amounts of data have been generated and analysed during the Covid-19 pandemic around the world. India has been there, too, and how. Top experts talk about the relevance of so much data, how they can be used in future and the gaps that the data explosion has revealed

Covid-19 pandemic and the unprecedented rise of data

The initial public offer of electric two-wheeler maker Ather Energy received a 16 per cent subscription on the first day of bidding on Monday.
The initial share sale received bids for 86,09,406 shares against 5,33,63,160 shares on offer, according to data available with the NSE.
The portion for retail individual investors (RIIs) fetched 63 per cent of subscriptions while the quota for the non-institutional category received 16 per cent of subscriptions.
Ather Energy Ltd on Friday said it has mobilised Rs 1,340 crore from anchor investors.
The Rs 2,981-crore public issue, with a price band of Rs 304-321 apiece, is available for public subscription from April 28-30.
This is the first mainboard public issue of the current financial year 2025-26.
The IPO is a combination of a fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 2,626 crore and an offer-for-sale of 1.1 crore equity shares by promoters and other shareholders.
At the upper end of the price band, the IPO size is pegged at Rs 2,981 cro

The initial share sale received bids for 86,09,406 shares against 5,33,63,160 shares on offer, according to data available with the NSE

The company announced this milestone in a groundbreaking ceremony of its greenfield data centre. The ceremonial event took place during the Tech Growth Conclave 2025 on April 27 in Indore

This includes an investment of more than $30 billion in research and development to further the company's American manufacturing of quantum computers, it said

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The court emphasised the importance of judicial consistency and agreed that no precipitative or coercive measures could be pursued by Karnataka's GST authorities during the pendency of the case

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The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday presented a Rs 40,187 crore-budget for the megapolis.
Infrastructure spends across projects have been pegged at Rs 35,151 crore or 87 per cent of the overall expenditure, as per an official statement. The revenues have been estimated at Rs 36,939 crore, and the body chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be borrowing Rs 22,000 crore.
This will result in a budget deficit of Rs 3,249 crore, which the body plans to bridge through land sales, issuance of bonds, financial assistance from the government, and loans from financial institutions, the statement said.
The ongoing metro line projects have been earmarked Rs 10,969 crore of expenditure in the new fiscal, which is a fourth of the overall expenditure..
Over Rs 5,697 crore have been allotted for multiple tunnel projects which are going across the megapolis, with Rs 2,684 crore earmarked for the four-lane road running under the Sanjay Gandhi National 

Infrastructure spends across projects have been pegged at Rs 35,151 crore or 87 per cent of the overall expenditure, as per an official statement

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday returned the Finance Bill 2025 to the Lok Sabha, along with 35 government amendments, including one that abolishes a 6 per cent digital tax on online advertisements, thus completing the 2025-26 budgetary exercise that started on February 1.
The House also returned the Appropriation Bill (3) with a voice vote.
Earlier in the day, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had moved the two bills in the House.
The Lok Sabha had passed the Finance Bill on March 25 and passed the Appropriation Bill on March 21.
Replying to the debate later in the evening, she said the tendency of the finance ministry would be to exercise caution and not let go of revenues.
"But, here we wanted to use this opportunity to show our respect for Indian taxpayer. We have moved towards setting Rs 12 lakh as threshold up to which no one will have to pay any tax," Sitharaman said.
The Union Budget 2025-26 envisages a total expenditure of Rs 50.65 lakh crore, an increase of 7.4 per cent ov

The Union Budget 2025-26 envisages a total expenditure of Rs 50.65 trillion, an increase of 7.4 per cent over the current fiscal

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Covid-19 pandemic and the unprecedented rise of data

Enormous amounts of data have been generated and analysed during the Covid-19 pandemic around the world. India has been there, too, and how. Top experts talk about the relevance of so much data, how they can be used in future and the gaps that the data explosion has revealed

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