Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal and EY (Ernst & Young) Global Chair and CEO Janet Truncale during a meeting to exchange views on India’s consistently growing role in global supply chains. BENGALURU: Janet Truncale, global chair and CEO of EY, said the professional services firm’s India operations are increasingly becoming central to…
CHENNAI: Home services startup Pronto’s admission recently that it was piloting in-home video recordings to train physical AI systems shines light on a fast-growing and loosely regulated industry of AI data capture and labelling for the global robotics supply chain.Pronto is not alone. Startups such as Human Archive, Humyn Labs, Egolab AI and Neocambrian are…
MUMBAI: Pine Labs has launched India’s first agent-to-agent payment capability, enabling autonomous transactions through artificial intelligence by extending UPI’s standing mandate framework to machines.The company on Thursday introduced the Pine Labs Payment Protocol (P3P), allowing users to authorise a onetime mandate that can be delegated to an AI agent, which can then independently decide when…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has exempted petrol blended with higher levels of ethanol from excise duty as it seeks to make fuel beyond E20 more attractive for consumers and push voluntary use.The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) issued notifications on Wednesday, exempting ethanol blended petrol (EBP) grades E22, E25, E27 and E30,…
Ram Charan’s sports action drama ‘Peddi’ witnessed another drop in collections as it completed eight days in theatres. After a strong opening week, the film’s daily earnings have gradually slowed.According to Sacnilk, the film collected Rs 6.30 crore net in India on its eighth day. This represents a 16.6 percent decline from the Rs 7.55…
Strong domestic travel has again saved the day for Indian hospitality, although the West Asia war has impacted inbound traffic to the country, like many others globally.“Over 40% of people flying to India (and other parts of Asia from the west) do so via the Middle East (West Asia). That has slowed down inbound. The…
Now black mamba is among the most feared snakes not only in Africa but in the world. It is also the continent’s longest venomous snake which can grow up to 4.5 metres in length. This species is found across eastern and southern Africa. But what is surprising here is that contrary to its name, black…
NEW DELHI: A fresh round of price hikes by FMCG companies is set to make everyday essentials costlier for consumers soon. The latest increases across categories, from soaps and detergents to toothpaste and edible oils, in the range of 4-11%, come weeks after the fuel price revision in mid-May, industry experts told TOI.Leading consumer goods…
MUMBAI: Credit growth surged to a high even as deposits shrank in the first two months of FY27, widening the funding gap and pushing banks deeper into a liquidity squeeze, with the wedge between loans and deposits reaching about Rs 3.8 lakh crore by May 31.Credit growth stood at 17.7% for the fortnight ending May…
SpaceX’s initial public offering has attracted more than $70 billion in orders from retail investors, according to people familiar with the matter, as the potentially record-breaking debut enters the home stretch.Retail investors are expected to be allocated at least 20% of the available shares, the people said. At a $75 billion IPO size, which would…