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China said on Tuesday it will resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of its firms after the US Homeland Security Department instructed US civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services using the Chinese AI model from their IT sy
Demand for safe-haven assets is strong as AI jitters hurt tech stocks, the Iran
China has proposed export controls
Anthropic is offering Blackstone a yield of more than 10% to finance its latest chip deal, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Blackstone funds would invest $9 billion in the debt backed by Anthropic's five-year lease payments on the chips, the report said,
Global equity markets were flat on Thursday as concerns about AI spending and higher interest rates fueled a continued selloff in technology and chip stocks. Investors have been unnerved by valuations of companies in the AI ecosystem as more
PRNewswire Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 15: Herbalife International India Pvt. Ltd. and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) launched the Herbalife
European shares inched lower on Thursday as a global rout in AI-related stocks, sparked by fears of increasing borrowing costs, dented risk sentiment, while upbeat corporate updates cushioned losses. The
European shares fell on Thursday as sentiment took a hit from
OpenAI has highlighted a widening opportunity for European businesses to turn growing artificial intelligence (AI) adoption into higher productivity, as AI agents now account for more than half of the output generated through its enterprise and business platforms in the European Union (EU). In its latest report, OpenAI said businesses need to move beyond experimenting with AI and use tools that can carry out tasks from planning to completion. The report identified improving access to advanced AI
PRNewswire Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 14: Manipal Institute of Technology, Bengaluru (MIT Bengaluru) on Tuesday launched Manipal House of Quantum, Quantum-Hub@MAHE. Established by Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), an Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, the initiative will advance quantum hardware experimentation, engineering education and indigenous technology development in alignment with India's National Quantum Mission. The facility was inaugurated by Chief
European shares rose on Wednesday, recovering from modest losses in the previous session, as upbeat earnings from ASML boosted technology stocks and lifted market sentiment. ASML,
India is planning over a 20-25 year horizon to reduce critical technology dependencies and strengthen its ability to withstand global disruptions, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, emphasising that the country aims to become a trusted partner across global technology supply chains rather than pursue complete self-sufficiency. Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, Vaishnaw said India was identifying areas where dependence on other countries could leave its production and economy vulner
Apple on Tuesday began showing off a
BusinessWire India Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 13: IFI Techsolutions Limited (
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he had come to the Bloomberg New Economy Forum with the vision of
Technology-driven disruption, escalating geopolitical conflicts and mounting government debt are emerging as major risks to the global economy, while improvements in India's infrastructure and investment environment are supporting its growth prospects, Blackstone President and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Gray said. Speaking during a panel discussion titled
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for several education and technical training projects under the Seva Sankalp Campaign. According to a press release, she inaugurated the newly constructed government co-educational senior secondary school in Dwarka. She also inaugurated a hostel for women students at the East Campus of Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT) and high-tech Centres of Excellence at three Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs
European Union rules setting guardrails on AI use adopted
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that there will be a big announcement coming up on diesel, as diesel prices remain at near record highs as the Nov. 3 congressional elections approach.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on Friday it was deeply concerning that the US had announced plans to expand sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC). He said Norway, together with other countries, was continuously assessing how best to
US President Donald Trump will summon Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to the White House for a hearing on his administration's allegations she
Belgium has called for the activation of the EU blocking statute to protect the International Criminal Court, Belgium's Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said on Friday, after US President Donald Trump's administration announced sanctions on the court. Belgium strongly
Carlos Sainz criticised the FIA after a
Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro argued on
Venezuela is looking to sign 105 oil contracts by end of year, Hector Obregon, the head of state-run oil company PDVSA, said on Friday, and some 70% of contracts are for green - or new - fields. The country's oil production will reach 1.5 million barrels per day at c
Confederation of African Football (CAF)
Germany will release up to 15 million barrels of diesel, heating oil and crude from emergency reserves, its
Germany will nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy on the European Central Bank's executive board,
The United States
The euro was headed for a fifth straight weekly drop on Friday, with early gains fading as oil prices recovered from earlier lows, but recent selling pressure eased as France's beleaguered bond market steadied. The euro zone's currency hit a 17-month low of $1.1161 on Monday as investors wo
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Local authorities in Arlington, Virginia, sued the US Department of Interior and National Park Service seeking to block President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch, saying it poses
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during her visit to Singapore, with discussions focusing on strengthening bilateral cooperation, global economic developments and investment opportunities. According to the Ministry of Finance, Sitharaman called on President Tharman at The Istana, Singapore, on Friday. The meeting provided an opportunity to exchange views on advancing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership b
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip next week's annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Bangkok, Thailand, a US official said on Friday. The Treasury Department confirmed that Deputy Treasury Secretary Francis Brooke and Undersecretary for International Affairs
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Smriti Irani on Friday hailed the party's victory in eight Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, declaring that democracy had given a fitting reply to mobocracy. Addressing a press conference, Irani said BJP workers were also seeing signs of victory in Nagaon, Assam, based on the counting rounds completed so far. She added that BJP workers had congratulated the NDA representative on the victory in Puducherry. Today, democracy has given a fitting reply
The Golap Borbora State Institute of Panchayat and Rural Development (GBSIPRD), Assam, under the Panchayat and Rural Development Department, organised a two-day state-level workshop on Thursday and Friday to deliberate on a roadmap for strengthening Own Source Revenue and promoting financially self-reliant and economically sustainable Gaon Panchayats in the State. The initiative aligns with the national vision of
Ukraine struck and partly disabled a major data centre operated by Russian technology company Yandex on Friday in the second such action in successive days, widening the scope of its attacks inside Russia after Moscow hit data hubs in Ukraine. Yandex, which is heavily involved in Russia's AI deve
The U.S. military plans to livestream the Dec. 3 execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan,
Residents reported hearing a powerful boom on Friday in the vicinity of Aden airport in southern Yemen. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and the cause of the sound was not immediately clear. The airport was attacked earlier this week, Ye
Four Ukrainians were arrested in
Canada's economy shed a net 68,300 jobs in September and the unemployment rate edged up, data showed on Friday, erasing all
India's full-scale rollout of sixth-generation (6G) telecom networks may extend beyond the projected 2030 timeline, as uncertainty over revenue-generating applications could make operators cautious about investing in the next generation of technology, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) Director General S P Kochhar said. Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of India Mobile Congress 2026 in New Delhi, Kochhar said that while 6G technology is expected to emerge around 2030, a complete rollo
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