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AI has reached its inflection point. It's doing useful work. Its tokens are productive and profitable. Now, compute is revenue, Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang said.

The deal would create a strange paradox. Nvidia wants open models to thrive, but for a more self-interested reason: to stop OpenAI and other large AI companies from threatening its chip business.

Finance minister pitches India as a stable investment destination as the two countries seek to conclude an investment protection agreement by the end of this year

Authorities are looking into whether Apex - a unit of shipping giant Kuehne+Nagel - may have transported AI systems made by Super Micro Computer Inc. in violation of US export restrictions

The two Chinese nationals were rescued from a liferaft after the vessel sank on August 22; search operations continue for the remaining 22 crew members

Hindalco Industries Ltd, the metals flagship of the Aditya Birla Group, on Thursday announced the commissioning of India's first super specialty alumina manufacturing plant in Karnataka with an annual production capacity of 30,000 tonnes. With a 30,000-tonne annual production capacity, the plant will cater to the growing demand for advanced fire-safety materials for wires and cables and other high-performance applications. Hindalco Industries... has commissioned a greenfield Superfine PPT ATH (P

Apple and Samsung took five spots each among the world's 10 best-selling smartphones in Q2 2026, as premiumisation, financing and rising component costs reshape the global market

Indeed data shows India's job postings rebounded in July, ending a three-month decline, with healthcare roles surging

Apple will host its Surprise and shine event on September 9, with the iPhone 18 Pro series and its first foldable iPhone expected alongside new Apple Watch models and AirPods

The deal would give Nvidia control of Hugging Face - which hosts open-source large language models and datasets

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares excluding Japan was up 0.7 per cent, on track to extend gains into a third consecutive day after Nvidia reported that quarterly revenue more than doubled

Any deal could mark the first big revenue-sharing pact between a Chinese AI firm and a major US cloud company

Nothing OS 5.0, based on Android 17, brings a redesigned interface, separate Notifications and Quick Settings panels, new personalisation tools and AI features to eligible Nothing phones

Apple has refreshed the Mac mini after two years with the M6 chip, its first product to use the new 2nm silicon, promising faster performance, graphics and on-device AI

Apple has launched the new Mac Studio with M5 Max and the new M5 Ultra, bringing higher CPU and graphics performance, faster storage and up to 512GB of unified memory

Parliament's Monsoon Session saw sharp disruptions, with the Lok Sabha functioning for just 15% of scheduled time and raising fresh concerns over legislative scrutiny and accountability

New OTT This Week: With Vijay's Jana Nayagan, the crime thriller Facing El Chapo, Chennai Love Story and more to watch among this week's OTT, viewers have many options to choose from this weekend

Top ministers for Indonesia and China discussed increasing defence cooperation and strengthening food and energy security between the two Asian nations during meetings on Friday in Jakarta. Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono said they aimed to ensure a new bilateral dialogue delivered progress toward their priorities for strengthening cooperation: political, economic, security, maritime and people-to-people relations. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Indonesia and China also agreed to bett

SAT has rejected Danny Gaekwad's bid to make a competing open offer for Religare, saying he missed the 15-day deadline under Sebi's takeover rules

India's forex reserves jumped USD 9.905 billion to USD 716.907 billion during the week ended August 14, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. In the previous reporting week ended August 7, the overall kitty had jumped USD 14.136 billion to USD 707.002 billion. Reserves had expanded to an all-time high of USD 728.494 billion during the week ended February 27 this year before the onset of the Middle East conflict that led to several weeks of a drop as the rupee came under pressure and th

The selloff in bonds was amplified by a spike in crude prices that intensified inflation and rate hike fears for the world's third-largest oil importer

UG students account for three out of every four enrolled, yet their share slipped by nearly three percentage points in 2023-24 compared with the pre-pandemic year.

The Indian Auto LPG Coalition (IAC) on Friday urged the government to include Auto LPG-powered commercial vehicles in a proposed five-year extension of the age limit for certain vehicles operating under the national permit system. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has proposed extending the prescribed vehicle age limit by five years for battery-operated, hydrogen fuel-based and natural gas-driven commercial vehicles covered by the national permit regime. Welcoming the proposal,

Five-year scheme offers production-linked incentives and additional benefits for domestic sourcing of key components, while providing support for Indian mobile phone brands

The UP govt is reopening its scholarship portal on Sept 1, 2026, to aid students who missed out on 2025-26 post-matric scholarships and fee reimbursements due to technical or paperwork issues

S&S Power Switchgear hit the upper circuit of 10% to Rs 296.75 after the company's wholly owned subsidiary, Hamilton Research & Technology (HART), has received a purchase order worth Rs 50 crore from Vedanta Aluminium Metal.

Move follows expert concerns over potential misuse and intoxication; retailers will have to maintain detailed sales records for the four CNS medicines under Schedule H1

As smartphone prices rise and replacement cycles stretch to about 40 months, consumers are increasingly opting for protection plans, with adoption stronger for premium and refurbished devices

Fixed Income Channel Partners would work with online bond platforms to distribute permitted securities and facilitate retail transactions, particularly in smaller cities

With the new season getting underway on August 22, here are five reasons why the Premier League promises to deliver another season of high-stakes drama.

The Rafale deal is part of a broader India-France defence relationship as the two countries agreed to expand cooperation in co-design, co-development and co-production.

Senior executives across Flipkart group are exiting or exploring opportunities elsewhere as uncertainty over the timing of its public listing weighs on employees

Check the annual remittance limit, when tax is collected or deducted at source, and when you must disclose foreign assets

414 crore gets SBI a 1.84-lakh-sq-ft building outright, plus leasehold rights over the 8,581-sq-metre land beneath it.

India needs to move beyond simply expanding higher education and training more people and instead build a system that better connects education, skills and employment, NITI Aayog said in a report

Latest estimates show a nine-week wait for work permits and five weeks for study permits, while Super Visa processing remains at 56 days.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 21: VELS Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies welcomed new students through a series of Freshers' Day 2026 celebrations held across its campuses in Pallavaram, Periyapalayam, Thalambur and Thiruvanmiyur in Chennai. The celebrations marked the beginning of a new academic journey for students joining programmes across diverse disciplines, including healthcare, engineering, technology, management, maritime studies, aviation and computing sciences

The data underscores the growing pressure on India's external balance, as a wider trade gap weighs on the rupee and capital inflows

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy's US trip was cancelled after the MEA denied political clearance. Here's how chief ministers and other public officials get approval for foreign travel

Scrutiny of terms such as healthy, natural and 100 per cent, restrictions on 'energy drink' branding and possible front-of-pack warnings could force companies to rethink packaging and positioning

Millworks Technologies has announced the receipt of confirmed orders aggregating to approximately Rs 53.74 crore, further strengthening its business momentum for the FY27. With this, the Company's total confirmed order book has increased to Rs 121.88 crore, providing strong revenue visibility for the upcoming period.

Indian envoy Dinesh Trivedi met Bangladesh Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and discussed bilateral development projects and issues of mutual interest. The visit comes amid uncertainty surrounding Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's visit to India next month for the BRICS Summit following fresh strains in bilateral ties over Dhaka's demand for the extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Finance and Pla

The Prime Minister said private participation had strengthened India's space ambitions and urged startups to explore applications in agriculture, environment and education

Amazon's Best in Tech survey shows AI is becoming a smartphone buying factor for Indian consumers, but performance, battery life and camera quality still matter more

The proposal includes district-level workshops with industry, trade unions, EPFO and ESIC officials, alongside a demand-led approach to short-term skilling

Projects that are not equipped with battery storage are unlikely to find buyers, with almost 42 gigawatts of planned capacity yet to sign offtake contracts, Renewables Secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi

Hy-Tech Engineers IPO is a mix of a fresh issue of 60 crore and an offer for sale of 76 crore. The price band for the offer is set issue price band at 50 to 53 per share.

India and Russia discussed potential areas of mutual interest in higher education and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in the sector, the Ministry of Education said on Friday. Deepti Gaur Mukherjee, Secretary in the Department of Higher Education, held an interaction with Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Mogilevsky Konstantin Ilyich, on Thursday, the ministry said in a post on X. Both sides discussed potential areas of mutual inte

Avro India Ltd, Addi Industries Ltd, U. H. Zaveri Ltd and Loyal Textile Mills Ltd are among the other losers in the BSE's 'B' group today, 21 August 2026.

Fresh incidents of arson and petrol bomb attacks on government properties were reported across Meghalaya in the past 24 hours as violence that erupted during a students' bike rally two days ago in Shillong spread to other parts of the state, while a blockade in Assam disrupted inter-state vehicular movement, officials said on Friday. A petrol bomb was hurled at a police outpost in Shillong, while three government vehicles and a motorcycle were set ablaze in Ri-Bhoi and another petrol bomb was lo