Data

Net FDI turns positive in Feb after six consecutive months of decline

Net FDI stood at $4.6 billion in February, compared with a negative $703 million in February 2025. In January 2026, net FDI was negative $1.4 billion

Digital data can't match managerial intuition on consumer needs, trends

The point often missed is that the data and dashboards tend to be supply-sided chronicles of company effort rather than customer outcomes

Why intuition is the last mile in complex decision-making for final calls

Data and analysis go far but not all the way to certainty; then the leader decides on intuition -seeing, hearing, and feeling beyond the obvious

India’s data centre boom: Powering the AI future or straining resources?

The viral Ghibli-style AI portrait trend on ChatGPT looked like harmless fun — but it revealed something much bigger about the massive infrastructure powering artificial intelligence.

Global memory chip crunch: What’s driving the new tech crisis? | Business News

A global shortage of DRAM memory chips is intensifying as AI data-center expansion consumes massive supply.

CapitaLand India Data Centre Fund to buy 20.2% stake for ₹702 crore

CapitaLand India Data Centre Fund will acquire a minority stake in three data centres from CapitaLand India Trust, as it targets a final fund close of SGD 300 million

India's DPDP rules: Compliance cost likely to rise for companies

The information technology (IT) cost of the commercial banks, which is around 10-15 per cent of their total expenditure, is also set to increase as they align their systems along the lines of the Act

US tech firms hold back data centre leasing in India amid trade tensions

Demand orders for hyperscale data centers from technology majors like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are still in the pipeline, but the firms are holding off on signing them for now

US data experts unite to save public statistics amid political interference

The data nerds are fighting back. After watching data sets be altered or disappear from U.S. government websites in unprecedented ways after President Donald Trump began his second term, an army of outside statisticians, demographers and computer scientists have joined forces to capture, preserve and share data sets, sometimes clandestinely. Their goal is to make sure they are available in the future, believing that democracy suffers when policymakers don't have reliable data and that national statistics should be above partisan politics. There are such smart, passionate people who care deeply about not only the Census Bureau, but all the statistical agencies, and ensuring the integrity of the statistical system. And that gives me hope, even during these challenging times, Mary Jo Mitchell, director of government and public affairs for the research nonprofit the Population Association of America, said this week during an online public data-users conference. The threats to the U.S.

New data shows just how powerful the next weight-loss drugs may be

The drugs in development include a pill that a new trial suggests is about as effective as Ozempic

Paddy sowing rises 13% to 4.53 lakh hectare till June 13: Govt data

Paddy sowing so far this Kharif season is higher by 13 per cent at 4.53 lakh hectares, according to the government data. Sowing of paddy stood at 4 lakh hectares in the same period last year. The Department of Agriculture has released progress of area coverage under kharif crops (summer-sown) as on June 13, 2025, according to an official statement on Tuesday. The acreage of pulses has also increased to 3.07 lakh hectare from 2.6 lakh hectare. Sowing of Shri Anna cum Coarse cereals remained flat at 5.89 lakh hectare so far this kharif season as against 5.9 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. In the non-foodgrains category, the acreage of oilseeds has risen to 2.05 lakh hectares so far from 1.5 lakh hectare in the same period last year. Sugarcane sowing is also slightly higher so far at 55.07 lakh hectare against 54.88 lakh hectare in the year-ago period. Area under cotton is marginally lower at 13.19 lakh hectare from 13.28 lakh hectare. Total sowing area of all kharif crops h

India's untapped data goldmine is a key strategic asset for India

Why expanding domestic data capacity is not just an economic need, but a strategic asset for India's technological, geopolitical, and security resilience

Data streaming platform Confluent to increase India headcount by 20%

The company had 400 employees in India around this time last year and said it would ramp up its employee base by 25 per cent

Addressing discrepancies in the official statistical system amid data gaps

The discrepancies in the statistics produced by different agencies are generally due to issues of definitions, coverage, and differences in statutory and procedural requirements

IICA partners with 6 exec search firms for independent director data access

Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) will provide access to the independent director database to six executive search firms, a move that will further help in finding the qualified independent directors for companies. The institute is maintaining the Independent Director Databank (IDDB), mandated under the companies law. The databank is a repository of details of professionals eligible to serve as independent directors. Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were signed by the institute with six entities -- Korn Ferry, ABC Consultants, EMA Partners, DHR Global, Sheffield Hawroth and Vahura -- on Friday in the national capital. The database has information of around 32,000 independent directors. "Collaboration with search firms of this stature will help ensure the companies have access to skilled professionals, aligned with the evolving requirements of corporate governance," IICA Director General and Chief Executive Officer Ajay Bhushan Prasad Pandey said. IICA's Head of School o

Private access, public good: Gati Shakti data should not be limited

To ensure data accuracy, key infrastructure ministries have finalised standard operating procedures (SOPs) for a three-tier system

Rural India CHC's see nearly 80% shortfall of specialist doctors: Govt rpt

The report for 2022-23 shows that only 4,413 specialist doctors, against the 21,964 needed in rural CHCs for March 2023, were available, indicating a shortfall of 17,551, or 79.9%

Strengthening statistics: Why India needs periodic and reliable data

It is important for policymakers in a rapidly changing economy to have timely and accurate data for making effective policy interventions

Coping with the data flood and drought

IIT/IIM grad Nitin Seth's book offers a systematic process to harness wisdom in the deluge of data in our data-first world