Prashanth Ranganathan’s new venture in talks for $20-25 million

Ranganathan, who left Prosus-owned PayU earlier this year, is currently on gardening leave. His new venture will likely be in the wealthtech space.

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UK PM Sunak faces questions over wife Akshata's Infosys shares in FTA with India: Report

"As the Prime Minister recently learned, it's important he declares any interests properly. I expect him to do so in respect of the India trade deal too," said Darren Jones, Labour MP and chair of the cross-party House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee - which has been scrutinising the FTA talks.

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Microsoft Launcher for Android to get ChatGPT-supported Bing Chat

Microsoft unveiled its Launcher application in 2017 to enable users to bring the Microsoft interface to their Android phones' home screen experience.

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India's digital public infrastructure to reach 50 countries in next 5 years: Nandan Nilekani

The DPIs will also play a critical role in climate adaptation and mitigation to facilitate the increasing need for cash transfers to fortify vulnerable areas and people, and emergency funding after extreme climate events like floods.

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The fight over a 'dangerous' ideology shaping AI debate

Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman have signed open letters warning that AI could make humanity extinct -- though they stand to benefit by arguing only their products can save us.

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Growing list of Indian-origin CEOs at top firms impresses Elon Musk

Currently, Sanjay Mehrotra is the CEO of Micron Technology; Shantanu Narayen is the CEO of Adobe; Satya Nadella is Chairman and CEO of Microsoft; Sunder Pichai is the CEO of Alphabet and Google; Jay Chaudhry is the CEO of Zscaler which is a cloud security company; Arvind Krishna is the CEO of IBM; Neal Mohan is the CEO of YouTube; and George Kurian is the CEO of NetApp, among the top tech giants.

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Rocket Science: Chandrayaan-3’s success to provide a shot in the arm for private investments

India created history as it became the first nation to land on the south pole of the moon — and at 30% of the average cost

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