India and Indonesia expand their strategic partnership with new BrahMos and Astra missile deals, a critical minerals supply-chain framework and joint development of Sabang Port, reinforcing Indo-Pacific security and economic resilience.
Mahindra & Mahindra plans 26 new vehicles by 2031, backed by a ₹9,112 crore FY26 outlay and a ₹15,000-crore Nagpur plant, as Anand Mahindra pushes the group into “attack mode” amid global uncertainty.
Apple has resumed accepting credit and debit cards for App Store and iCloud payments in India after five years, aligning with Reserve Bank of India rules, while Apple Pay remains unavailable.
India has set a $1 trillion export target for FY27, with Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal banking on free trade agreements, export promotion missions and lower testing costs to lift merchandise exports to $530 billion and services exports to $470 billion while aligning states and industry with national trade priorities.
India and Japan used the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit in New Delhi to lock in new frameworks on economic security, AI cooperation, defence dialogue and clean energy, aiming to diversify supply chains, govern emerging technologies and deepen strategic coordination across the Indo-Pacific.
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India and Indonesia expand their strategic partnership with new BrahMos and Astra missile deals, a critical minerals supply-chain framework and joint development of Sabang Port, reinforcing Indo-Pacific security and economic resilience.
Onpoint, a consumer rewards platform founded by former Meta colleagues Nakul Khanna and Anurag Gupta, has raised $600,000 in a pre-seed round co-led by First Cheque under IndiaQuotient and Whiteboard Capital to build a payment-agnostic rewards layer and expand across India.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal met senior Google leaders in New Delhi to explore how AI, cloud and digital tools can support MSMEs, startups, exporters and local businesses through adoption, skilling and better access to technology.
Chinese researchers unveil a specialized chip for neuroscience, achieving 50x-478x performance gains over Nvidia A100 for brain modeling.
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Apple is adding a Google Cloud consent popup for select AI features in Apple Creator Studio and iOS betas, separating third-party prompts from its on-device and Private Cloud Compute Foundation Models while enforcing monthly usage caps.
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The Indian government is reviewing WhatsApp’s upcoming usernames feature over concerns about impersonation, fraud, and user safety before its rollout.
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