India is very far from the “uncanny valley” of San Francisco, but it has a massive trove of engineering talent, and some of those people are hopping on the train and turning into founders and builders of AI startups. The story of the AI startup ecosystem in India today is reminiscent of the early days […]
A view of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, on April 14, 2024 – Noemi Cassanelli/CNN When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all around,” he said. […]
JAMMU, India (AP) — The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fumes and suffocating […]
India recently completed a series of tests aimed at demonstrating homegrown technology for autonomously landing its reusable launch vehicle, agency officials said in a recent news release. The milestone gets the country another step closer to its goal of operating such a vehicle end-to-end within this decade, the technology for which can be adapted to […]
The News Rahul Gandhi will assume office this week as leader of the opposition in India’s Parliament, the Lok Sabha, filling a post that has lain vacant for the entirety of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decade-long tenure. As leader of the opposition, Gandhi will get various perks including a government bungalow and an increased salary, […]
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior weather officials said on Thursday. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia’s third-largest economy, usually […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s president inaugurated a new parliament on Thursday after national elections, listing the priorities of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in coming years, including fast-tracking economic reforms and boosting small and medium-size enterprises to create jobs. President Draupadi Murmu said India’s economy grew the fastest among the world’s major nations at […]
(Bloomberg) — India’s opposition is gearing up to play a bigger role in the parliament, naming Rahul Gandhi into a key position and fielding its own candidate for speaker of the house in a rare contest for the post. Most Read from Bloomberg Gandhi was selected leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s chief rival Rahul Gandhi was appointed Tuesday to lead India’s opposition in parliament, a key post that has been vacant for a decade. Congress party general secretary K. C. Venugopal said Gandhi would be “a bold voice for the common people of India” and ensure the government “is held firmly accountable at […]
MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s worsening water shortage, triggered by high consumption amid rapid economic growth and frequent natural disasters, can negatively impact the South Asian nation’s sovereign credit strength, Moody’s Ratings said on Tuesday. Millions of Indians face water shortages every summer when water demand rises in farms, offices and homes against a limited supply, but […]
By Siddhi Nayak MUMBAI (Reuters) -India’s current account balance posted a surplus for the first time in 10 quarters in the January-March period, helped by higher service exports and private transfer receipts, the central bank said on Monday. The current account surplus stood at $5.7 billion, or 0.6% of the GDP, in the fourth quarter […]
India’s freshly re-elected prime minister, Narendra Modi, has called on the members of the new parliament to fulfil people’s wishes for “substance, not slogans,” as the body met for the first time. Modi told reporters that the parties in parliament should focus on finding consensus, as lawmakers sat for the first session since national elections […]