New Delhi: On Tuesday, China urged India to unite against the “US misuse of tariffs” and tackle shared challenges. In an X post, Chinese Embassy spokesperson Yu Jing criticized US President Donald Trump’s 50% tariff threat on China, urging nations to champion broad dialogue, genuine multilateralism, and resist unilateralism and protectionism. “China’s economy thrives on […]
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A bunch of students from a government school in Tamil Nadu stole the internet’s heart with their pitch-perfect take on a viral Thai song that echoes Tamil vibes. Their performance video, racking up over 100 million views, has taken social media by storm. Shared by a teacher from Melur Panchayat Union Kindergarten and Middle School
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Bengaluru: The mantra of achieving more with less is returning to India’s IT industry. Amid stock market turbulence and unpredictable conditions, Indian IT giants are feeling the heat. On Monday, Infosys and HCLTech saw their stock prices dip by nearly 4%, while Cognizant and Accenture fell 4% and 2% during early Nasdaq trading. The primary
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Saudi Arabia has rolled out fresh travel curbs, halting certain visas for folks from 14 countries, including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, as part of a push to manage crowds during the Hajj pilgrimage. According to various news outlets, the restriction, aimed at easing congestion tied to the massive religious event, will stick around until mid-June,
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The insiders have revealed that Japan is entering India’s semiconductor dream with full vigour, second only to none. It has possibly left behind the South Koreans and Taiwanese as India begins to build the entire edifice of chip-making from scratch. Long-time players in India, Japanese companies quickly recognised the potential of sending in equipment of
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Deeptech is set to be a game-changer for India, especially in fields like artificial intelligence (AI), mobility, battery storage, and green hydrogen, according to Amitabh Kant, ex-CEO of NITI Aayog, the government’s think tank. He believes Indian startups have a golden shot at leading the charge in these areas. “Years from now, when people look
At first peek, it looked like Indianis Dentris, a dazzling new flower species, with folks at Mumbai’s famous Botanical Garden and Zoo oohing and aahing over crisp macro shots. But squint again, and nope, it wasn’t a bloom. It was a super close-up of a worn-out toothbrush. So, what’s the trick? Colgate cooked up this
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This year, the engineering arena buzzed earlier when DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, released its thrifty R1 language model. Built with chips that are not so flashy and fancy, it can still make good against the expensive monsters thrown up by US firms. And people wonder: why wouldn’t a country like India, so full of tech
New Delhi: On Thursday, India rallied the BRICS countries, now a group of 11 nations, to back the ‘Baku to Belem Roadmap,’ a plan to drum up $1.3 trillion yearly by 2035 to tackle climate goals. What started with Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa has grown into a bigger crew, working together on
As the world braces for US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs announcement on April 2, Samir Arora, the brains behind Helios Capital, is waving a different warning flag for Indian markets. He’s not sweating the direct US tariffs on India as much as what a wobbly US economy could mean for us. Arora’s
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