MAGIC AADHAAR
A hundred countries now want to replicate India Stack—this is transformational, says Accion President Michael Schlein
Accion’s president says India is now ‘overweight’ in its global fintech portfolio, with innovations increasingly travelling from India to Africa, Latin America and beyond.
IRCTC tatkal booking: Here are top tips to book confirmed tickets before Diwali, Chhath
With Diwali and Chhath approaching, Indian Railways anticipates a significant surge in passenger traffic, making Tatkal bookings crucial for last-minute travelers. To secure confirmed tickets, passengers should prepare details in advance, utilize the IRCTC master list, and opt for faster payment methods like UPI or the IRCTC wallet.
Zerodha Mutual Fund goes live on ONDC, broadening access to mutual fund investing
Zerodha Mutual Fund integrates with ONDC, becoming a pioneer in offering mutual funds on the open digital commerce network. The move aims to make investing simple, transparent, and widely accessible across India.
Is RBI's CBDC initiative just another digital mirage?
Launched by RBI in 2022, CBDC aimed to reduce India's reliance on the dollar and counter cryptocurrencies. Despite lackluster adoption, fintech companies like CRED and MobiKwik are introducing CBDC wallets, envisioning potential to challenge UPI giants like PhonePe and Google Pay.
As China's DeepSeek disrupts Wall Street, can India turn the AI tide in its favour?
China's DeepSeek has emerged as a leading force in AI foundation models, delivering cutting-edge capabilities at lower costs. This progress marks a shift from China's traditional manufacturing role and highlights the need for countries like India to bolster their AI research and infra significantly.
DeepSeek's AI success has India staring at a big question - Can it catch up?
China emerges as a key player in AI foundation models with DeepSeek's advanced large language models. India, divided on its AI strategy, must enhance infrastructure, invest in R&D, and foster collaboration to compete globally. Emphasis on indigenous tech and commoditizing hardware is crucial for progress.
Satellite 'magic bullet' to connect the unconnected; offers opportunity to cover areas left out: Sunil Mittal
Bharti Chairman Sunil Mittal described satellite communications as crucial for connecting remote areas unserved by traditional networks. Addressing the NDTV World Summit, he noted that about 2 billion globally remain offline. Mittal emphasized the potential in India, where 5% of the population lacks connectivity. He highlighted that two ground stations are prepared, pending government approval.
India a key growth engine: cloud tech company Avaya CEO Alan Masarek
Avaya announced that it is witnessing an accelerated momentum for its solutions in India, particularly among enterprises looking to infuse artificial intelligence into customer experience.
India is 15% of solution G20 is looking for in terms of economic growth: Jaishankar
The minister cited managing director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva's statement that in "otherwise a fairly gloomy global economic scenario" India's GDP base is growing at seven percent and is likely to increase in the coming decade. "
DPI: Where India is uniquely positioned to lead the world
Each layer of India Stack addresses a clear need and enables the critical flows necessary for any society - that of people, money and information. These, when integrated, lead to considerable value creation across all segments through a network effect. And that is when magic happens.
Single Nodal Account dashboard to make governance more transparent, realise better value of every rupee spent: FM Sitharaman
Speaking at the event, Sitharaman said about Rs 4.46 lakh crore gets transferred to states by way of Centrally Sponsored Schemes and SNA would bring about greater transparency in the spending of the amount.
Open digital platforms can unlock economic value of over $700 billion by 2030: Nasscom
Creating such digital platforms and ecosystems around them can drive $500 billion in new value and drive additional savings of $200 billion, a Nasscom report - The Platformisation Play – showed.
Crorepati maker! After 1,400% rally in Covid year, this stock is still gung ho
Analysts tracking the company appreciated its BFSI and technology capabilities, but said the stock might already be priced to perfection after the recent rally.
Stocks in the news: BPCL, Tata Motors, Cadila Healthcare, Max Financial & Godrej Properties
Zydus Cadila is likely to release the phase III data of its Covid-19 vaccine by the end of this month or early next month.
Intellect Design Arena unveils AI-powered Aadhaar processing solution
Intellect Design Arena’s Magic Aadhaar will hyper-digitise the end-to-end process of automatic classification, extraction and masking of Aadhaar numbers for complete compliance and security.
Facebook is a bigger threat to privacy than is Aadhaar, says tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa
Who are you more worried about: companies that are selling you and lying to you at the same time, or governments that are trying to operate for its population?
No magic pill. HP looks to ride digital wave here: CEO Dion Weisler
In an interview with ET, HP's CEO Dion Weisler spoke about the company’s plans for India-specific devices and its prospects in the Indian market.
Account opening rush for direct cash transfers leading to Bank goofups
Nationalised banks that are being pushed to open record number of account to roll out direct cash transfers are doing so.
Combating corruption: Try technology as it can be transformational
Technology too is no magic bullet, but can provide transparency, access and efficiency, and be transformational.
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