Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Friday announced a joint venture with social media major Meta, with an initial investment of about Rs 855 crore ($100 million), to build and scale artificial intelligence technology solutions for business organisations.RIL also unveiled a partnership with Google for artificial intelligence, aimed at setting up AI-ready data centres in India….
GoM backs centre’s GST reform plans NEW DELHI: The Group of Ministers (GoM) on GST rate rationalisation accepted the Centre’s proposal to reduce the current four-slab structure to two, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said on Thursday. The GoM, chaired by Choudhary, endorsed the move to scrap the existing 12 and 28 per cent…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response of the Centre and defence forces in a suo motu case on difficulties faced by cadets, who were medically discharged from military institutes on account of disabilities suffered during training programmes.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan said the Centre should explore the possibility…
NEW DELHI: Private car owners in Telangana won’t be able to avail the Annual Toll Pass scheme for National Highways (NHs) and expressways to be launched by the Centre on Aug 15, as vehicles registered in the state have not yet been migrated to the Vahan database (central registry of vehicles). The annual pass, to…
India has opened eight new consular centres across the US, significantly expanding the delivery footprint for visa, passport and other services and streamlining them for the Indian diaspora in the country.India’s Ambassador to the US Vinay Kwatra on Friday virtually inaugurated the new Indian Consular Application Centres (ICAC) in Boston, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Edison, Orlando,…
India’s Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Kwatra, on Thursday announced the opening of eight new Indian Consular Application Centres across the United States, aimed at expanding access to consular services for the Indian diaspora. In a post on X, the Embassy of India in Washington, DC shared a video message by Ambassador Vinay Kwatra:…
US President Donald Trump’s plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centres across the US could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation’s ability to power it. The White House released the “AI Action Plan” Wednesday, vowing to expedite permitting for the construction of energy-intensive data centres as…
A report has exposed the inhumane conditions faced by undocumented migrants and the degrading treatment of detainees at several US immigration facilities. Among the most alarming revelations is the treatment of female detainees at the Krome North Service Processing Centre in west Miami, where women were reportedly forced to use toilets in full view of…
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has urged the Centre to clear two long-pending water infrastructure projects—the Tulbul Navigation Barrage in north Kashmir and a Chenab River water-lifting scheme for Jammu—after New Delhi suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in response to Pakistan-aided terrorism.The Centre’s move came in the wake of the April…
The UN rights office said on Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near convoys run by other relief groups. The GHF uses private US security and logistics companies to get supplies into Gaza,…