Samsung opens pre-booking for locally manufactured Galaxy S24 series in India

Samsung opens pre-booking for locally manufactured Galaxy S24 series in India

New Delhi, Jan 18 - Samsung on Thursday opened pre-bookings for its latest ‘Made in India’ Galaxy S24 Ultra, Galaxy S24+ and Galaxy S24 smartphones in the country that are powered by industry-first artificial intelligence (AI) features. The sale of the new devices

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Apple to resume sale of new Watches in US sans blood oxygen features

Apple to resume sale of new Watches in US sans blood oxygen features

San Francisco, Jan 18 - Apple is resuming sale of its Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 from Thursday (US time) without blood oxygen features amid a patent infringement dispute.

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Google Cloud AI to power Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S24 series

Google Cloud AI to power Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S24 series

San Jose, Jan 18 - Samsung and Google Cloud have announced a new, multi-year partnership to bring Google Cloud’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology to its smartphones, starting with the new Galaxy S24 series.

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Samsung heralds ‘AI phone’ era with premium Galaxy S24 series

Samsung heralds ‘AI phone’ era with premium Galaxy S24 series

San Jose (US), Jan 17 - South Korean giant Samsung on Wednesday elevated the premium smartphone experience to a new level with launching Galaxy S24 series, which enhances real-life experiences driven by artificial intelligence (AI)-driven features.

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Govt to make highway projects more attractive for pvt investors: Gadkari

Govt to make highway projects more attractive for pvt investors: Gadkari

New Delhi, Jan 17 - Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that the government is committed to revive the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model for road projects and make it more investment friendly and attractive for private partnerships.

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Adani Group to set up Rs 50 K crore hyperscale data centre infrastructure in Maha

Adani Group to set up Rs 50 K crore hyperscale data centre infrastructure in Maha

Mumbai, Jan 17 - The Maharashtra government and Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) on Wednesday signed a MoU to set up a 1 GW hyperscale data centre infrastructure with an investment of Rs 50,000 crore in 10 years, officials said.

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RBI chief sees India’s GDP growth at 7% in 2024-25 despite global challenges

RBI chief sees India’s GDP growth at 7% in 2024-25 despite global challenges

Davos, Jan 17 - RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said that the Indian economy is likely to grow 7 per cent in the next financial year (2024-25) despite the global slowdown.

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Akasa Air to operate daily Pune-Ayodhya flights from Feb 15

Akasa Air to operate daily Pune-Ayodhya flights from Feb 15

New Delhi, Jan 17 - Akasa Air on Wednesday announced to operate daily flights from February 15 between Pune and Ayodhya via Delhi with no change of aircraft required at Delhi.

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Rolls-Royce to showcase ‘Power of Trent’ at Wings India 2024

Rolls-Royce to showcase ‘Power of Trent’ at Wings India 2024

New Delhi, Jan 17 - Rolls-Royce is all set to participate in the Wings India 2024 show to be held in Hyderabad starting from January 18.

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Foxconn partners HCL Group to start chip packaging in India, invest $37.2 mn: Report

Foxconn partners HCL Group to start chip packaging in India, invest $37.2 mn: Report

New Delhi, Jan 17 - Taiwanese contract manufacturing giant Foxconn has said that it is teaming up with HCL Group to start a chip packaging and testing venture in India, a media report said on Wednesday.

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Asian Paints posts 35% rise in net profit in Oct-Dec quarter

Asian Paints posts 35% rise in net profit in Oct-Dec quarter

Mumbai, Jan 17 - Asian Paints, the country’s largest paintmaker, on Wednesday reported a 35 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 1,447.72 crore for the October-December quarter of the current financial year on the back of strong sales in the

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Nosedive correction in banking stocks impacts market sentiment

Nosedive correction in banking stocks impacts market sentiment

New Delhi, Jan 17 - Markets took a turn on Wednesday with Nifty bank falling 4 per cent as HDFC bank share price slipped 7 per cent on concerns around slowdown in deposit growth, Jaykrishna Gandhi, Head - Business Development, Institutional Equities, Emkay

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Economists optimistic about 2024 as Fed reserve wins war over inflation

Economists optimistic about 2024 as Fed reserve wins war over inflation

Washington, Jan 17 - Economists are confident that the US economy will turn around in 2024 as the federal reserve appears cheerful as it has won the war on inflation which was largely around 2.7 per cent against the targeted 2.0 per cent.

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Google updates Chrome’s incognito disclaimer after settling $5 bn lawsuit

Google updates Chrome’s incognito disclaimer after settling $5 bn lawsuit

San Francisco, Jan 17 - Google has updated Chrome's incognito mode disclaimer in the experimental Canary channel after it agreed to pay $5 billion for settlement over tracking users’ activity in incognito mode.

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JSW Energy to set up 1,500 MW Pumped Storage Project in Telangana

JSW Energy to set up 1,500 MW Pumped Storage Project in Telangana

Hyderabad, Jan 17 - JSW Neo Energy, a subsidiary of JSW Energy, has announced setting up of a Pumped Storage Project in Telangana, with an investment of Rs 9,000 crore.

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Domestic equities plunge 2 per cent

Domestic equities plunge 2 per cent

New Delhi, Jan 17 - Domestic equities plunged 2 per cent amid a weak environment globally and a selloff in HDFC Bank,Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, said.

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Google Pay India joins NPCI International to expand UPI payments globally

Google Pay India joins NPCI International to expand UPI payments globally

New Delhi, Jan 17 - Google India Digital Services Out Ltd on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), to expand the transformative impact of

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Closing women’s health gap can boost global economy by $1 trn annually: WEF

Closing women’s health gap can boost global economy by $1 trn annually: WEF

Davos, Jan 17 - Closing women’s health gap can help more women to live healthier, higher-quality lives, and provide an unprecedented boost to the global economy by $1 trillion annually by 2024, according to a new World Economic Forum (WEF) report released on

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Hyundai Motor sells one of its plants in China for around $221 mn

Hyundai Motor sells one of its plants in China for around $221 mn

Seoul, Jan 17 - South Korea's top carmaker Hyundai Motor has sold one of its plants in China as part of a business reorganisation strategy in the world's biggest auto market.

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Lufthansa launches direct flight from Hyderabad to Frankfurt

Lufthansa launches direct flight from Hyderabad to Frankfurt

Hyderabad, Jan 17 - GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd, in partnership with Lufthansa Airlines on Wednesday announced the launch of direct flights to Frankfurt, Germany.

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