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Source: Live Mint What if your next business partner wasn’t a human, but an AI agent that could handle operations, make data-driven decisions, and help scale your company in record time? Sounds futuristic? Not anymore. In the heart of India’s bustling startup ecosystem, a quiet yet radical transformation is underway. Artificial Intelligence, once a distant…
Source: Live Mint On Saturday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a fiscal outlay of ₹2,000 crore ($230 million) for the Mission. The move succeeded the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) announcing last Thursday that a repository of 18,693 graphic processing units (GPUs), provided by private sector companies, was ready to be used as…
Source: Live Mint This means that AIF income, previously treated as business income, will now be considered capital gains. While capital gains are taxed at 12.5%, the highest business income tax slab is 30%. The amendment is significant given that, according to data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), more than 1,400…
Source: Live Mint Every startup starts with an idea. To bring this idea to reality, a team of efficient leaders and adequate funds are required. Startups can get funds through angel investors, friends, and family, or they can borrow. The government has initiated several schemes to provide loans for startups in India. Some schemes offering…
Source: Live Mint If you are planning to start a business venture and have access to ₹1 crore while you believe that you have enough capital to get by, then you should probably think again. In a candid interview with Zerodha’s co-founder Nikhil Kamath, Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of Aditya Birla Group, delved into a…
Source: Live Mint India’s rich cultural heritage faces an uphill battle against the forces of time and neglect, and the by-products of human activity. This reflects not just in our art forms and structures which are fast diminishing, but also the alarming rate of environmental degradation, which threatens India’s unique biodiversity and the delicate balance…
Source: Live Mint The Indian education system is one of the largest in the world with India. With about 65 per cent of the nation’s population under the age of 35, it is imperative to offer the right opportunities for quality education and skill development to drive the growth of the country at large. Artificial…
Source: Live Mint India, with all its diversity, faces significant challenges when it comes to achieving social equity and inclusion. Despite constitutional guarantees, there is a lot of disparity between the haves and have nots, for marginalised communities and even women across domains of education, employment and property ownership, to name a few. AI can…
Source: Live Mint Agriculture contributes to 17 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and is the single largest source of employment in India, making innovations in this space critical for growth of the nation. The country’s smallholdings farmers face significant challenges owing to pest infestations, shrinking yields, financial constraints and the increasing impact…
Source: Live Mint As the world’s third-largest consumer of energy, India is taking giant strides towards sustainability and has set an ambitious target to achieve net zero emissions by 2070. Towards this, a slew of measures has been initiated to reduce emission levels and an enhanced target 500 GW of non-fossil fuel-based energy has been…
