Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has ordered IRCTC to launch a fully revamped ticketing website by July 15, 2026, after a student complaint on slow, crash-prone Tatkal bookings at MNIT Jaipur, while also announcing a quantum lab, AI Lab and access to Lam Research’s “Semiverse” platform.
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has renewed his rivalry with Salesforce, criticizing its “40% off” promotion, warning buyers about long-term pricing, and attacking the company’s acquisition-heavy product strategy in the enterprise software market.
Reliance Industries and Meta Platforms will develop a 168 MW, AI-enabled, renewable-powered data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, Meta’s first built-to-suit facility in India.
Apple unveils Siri AI, a reengineered assistant built on Apple Intelligence with on-device models, Private Cloud Compute, multimodal features and writing tools, rolling out across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro on recent hardware, with staged availability in the EU and China.
Cloudflare reports automated bot traffic now accounts for 57.5% of all HTTP requests, surpassing human activity for the first time, driven by AI agents.
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The World Bank has raised India’s FY27 economic growth forecast to 6.6%, solidifying its position as the fastest-growing large economy despite global slowdowns and regional conflicts. This upgrade highlights India’s robust domestic demand and policy measures.
Indian FMCG giants are raising prices by 4-11% on household products due to surging fuel costs and geopolitical tensions. Consumers to see changes by July as companies battle margin pressure.
Goldman Sachs projects AI infrastructure spending could hit $1.4 trillion by 2027, far exceeding Wall Street’s current estimates, driven by enterprise AI agents and massive token consumption.
Tamil Nadu, India’s second-largest state economy, has lifted its GSDP from ₹20.9 lakh crore to over ₹30 lakh crore in five years and targets a US$1.5 trillion economy by 2036, backed by diversified growth, youth-focused skilling in AI and deep tech, and collaboration with the Union Government.
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Microsoft has temporarily restricted employees’ use of Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 while it reviews the model’s 30-day and two-year data retention policies and evaluates compliance, privacy, and security implications for enterprise workloads.
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Netflix has taken a decisive step in strengthening its India strategy with the launch of a global VFX and post-production hub in Hyderabad, marking a full…
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