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Highlights of Economic Survey 2024-25
31 Jan 2025
Following are the highlights of the Economic Survey 2024-25 presented by minister of finance and corporate affairs Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament today
India’s economy seen re-entering the fast lane
31 Jan 2025
India's economic growth, in terms of real gross domestic product (ie GDP at constant prices), is estimated at 6.4 per cent in FY25 (as per first advance estimates of national income), which is equal to an average
Govt to invest Rs34,300 cr for developing critical minerals value chain
31 Jan 2025
The union government will invest Rs34,300 crore over the next seven years, to build a resilient value chain for critical mineral resources that are vital to fostering green technologies.
India gets into AI mode, plans to build own LLM
31 Jan 2025
The Indian government woke up to reality of its digital status, after a Chinese startup launched a low-cost foundational AI model, and has announced plans to build an Indian version of the Large Language Model
US Fed keeps policy rates unchanged, for now
30 Jan 2025
The US Federal Reserve has decided to keep its policy rates unchanged, as the central bank saw no need for an immediate reduction in interest rates.
Govt to provide 60% guarantee on capital credit of up to Rs100 crore to MSMEs
30 Jan 2025
National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Limited (NCGTC) will provide guarantee of up to 60 per cent to member lending institutions for extending capital credit to micro
Alibaba claims AI supremacy in move to shift tech war to China
30 Jan 2025
Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released an improved version of its artificial intelligence model, Qwen 2.5, which, it claimed, is way ahead of AI startup DeepSeek’s
Isro’s GSLV-F15 launches second navigation satellite NVS-02
29 Jan 2025
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) today successfully launched the NVS-02 navigation satellite from India’s spaceport at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
DeepSeek reports cyberattack as users make a run for the AI startup
28 Jan 2025
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that came out with an AI assistant that could more than match American AI models like ChatGPT
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UltraTech Cement in talks to acquire Heidelberg Cements India Ltd
28 Jan 2025
Aditya Birla Group company UltraTech Cement, the country’s biggest cement manufacturer, is reported to be in talks to acquire Heidelberg Cement India Ltd
India, China agree to resume Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, direct flights
28 Jan 2025
India and China have agreed to resume direct flights between the two nations and the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
China’s DeepSeek scores over OpenAI with its R1-Zero model
27 Jan 2025
Researchers at China’s open-source AI platform, DeepSeek, have succeeded in creating a free and truly open-source AI model
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