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Reinventing the pond: How this Bengal start-up is helping fish farmers battle climate and credit crisis
At a time when climate change is impacting world resources, including the aquatic system, Jalpaiguri’s Essential Aquatech is working to empower smallholder fish farmers by turning data into actionable insights and measures.
Year-Ender Special: New local corridors to national partnerships, Delhi Metro says 2025 brought expansion, innovation
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation achieved significant milestones in 2025. The year saw major expansion with new corridors and services. DMRC embraced digital transformation for commuter convenience. The corporation also strengthened its role as a mobility partner nationally and globally. Sustainability and social responsibility were key themes.
Strategic autonomy in AI needs public investment across data, models, talent and governance
India's AI ambitions are hampered by its reliance on global tech giants for foundational models and infrastructure. While Indian firms excel in application development, a lack of control over core AI layers creates vulnerabilities. Strategic public investment in data, talent, and governance is crucial for India to become an AI creator, not just a consumer.
How Devnagri AI is helping MSMEs overcome their dependency on English to grow their businesses
Once you break the English dependency, MSMEs start operating like digital-native enterprises, says Nakul Kundra (NK), Co-founder, Devnagri AI.
Prasar Bharti unveils free OTT app 'Waves' with 40 live channels, archives & live events including US Premier League Cricket Tournament
Waves OTT App: Doordarshan, India's public broadcaster, has launched its OTT platform 'WAVES', featuring a blend of nostalgic classics like Ramayan and Mahabharat alongside contemporary programming. Available in 12+ languages, WAVES offers news, documentaries, regional content, and live events, including the upcoming US Premier League Cricket Tournament.
PhonePe revenue bump; NPCI’s Bhim makeover
Digital payments major PhonePe has reported a 74% jump in revenue for FY24. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
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Over 1.5 million developers use Gemini globally, India among the largest: Google Deepmind
Tech giant Google has now unveiled Gemma2, the next generation of its open models for AI innovation, released to all developers. It features improvements in performance along with built-in safety advancements. It's available in both 9 billion and 27 billion parameter sizes, optimised by Nvidia to run on next-gen GPUs.
Surat to Jammu, diverse customer profiles coming through ONDC: Snapdeal’s Himanshu Chakrawarti
Snapdeal’s focus on value e-commerce appears to be doing well with its collaboration with ONDC as it sees a majority of customers from smaller towns and tier-2, 3 cities.
Is ONDC’s gamble paying off?
The ambitious project has gained visible traction through the past year. But what are the challenges that must be addressed before it truly democratises web commerce?
Success of achieving SDGs hinges on tech acceleration, collaboration: Nasscom Foundation Conclave
The event served as a platform for civil society, social innovators, entrepreneurs, government representatives and leaders from technology and development space to come together and foster collaborative efforts.
How PhonePe's plan to invest in Dunzo hit a roadblock; Slice seeks fresh funds
PhonePe was interested in acquiring the merchant network and quickly tapped into it for Pincode. It has been spending on customer acquisitions and discounts on the separate platform to acquire more users.
Impact of RBI’s year-long ban on payment processors; Meta’s Joel Kaplan interview
Happy Monday! Almost a year after the country’s central bank imposed a freeze on onboarding new merchants for online payment firms, they have been forced to scout for alternative revenue sources.
Google should bring Tensor chip plant in India in three years: Vaishnaw
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has urged Google to start manufacturing its Tensor chipset in India within three years. The minister also suggested that Google bring its premium Pixel Fold devices to India as soon as possible. The Tensor G3 chipset includes the latest generation of CPUs, upgraded GPUs, and next-gen TPUs to support Google's AI models.
Digital India: Aadhaar, e-Sanjeevani, Bhashini showcased at G20 summit venue
Delegates and other guests visiting the Digital India Experience Zone, set up at the Bharat Mandapam, will also be able to experience the journey of Digital India initiatives via virtual reality.
More than 20 ecommerce firms adopt Google Cloud-ONDC’s Open Commerce solution
Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform will enable buyers and sellers to transact via voice commands in regional languages, automatically translate catalogues, and complete the buying journey without typing.
ONDC evaluating solutions to add more regional languages
In June, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal had also said ONDC should be made available in regional languages.
With NABARD's help, ONDC can onboard the entire Indian farm value chain including mandis: Piyush Goyal
Goyal was speaking virtually at the launch of a three-day Grand Hackathon of ONDC and NABARD where early stage startups will participate and solve two problem statements to bring ecommerce to agri tech.
ONDC can onboard entire farm value chain: Piyush Goyal
Goyal was speaking virtually at the launch of a three-day grand Hackathon of ONDC and Nabard where early-stage startups will participate in solving problems for bringing ecommerce to agriculture technology. Winners stand to get rewards worth ₹1.2 crore at the Hackathon.
Doubling farmers' income top priority for govt: Piyush Goyal
"Farmers, farmers' welfare ... doubling their income has been a top priority for this government," Commerce and Industry Minister Goyal said speaking at an event of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
ONDC should be made available in regional languages: Piyush Goyal
ONDC CEO Thampy Koshy says over 150 entities have signed up on the network to integrate their apps.
Zomato buys Blinkit for Rs 4,447 crore; RBI extends tokenisation of cards by three months
Zomato’s board of directors approved the acquisition of Blinkit for close to $570 million
Govt gears up to take on Flipkart, Amazon
The meeting reviewed the status of the pilot launched since April 29, 2022 and discussed plans for faster rollout of the ONDC platform to a larger number of traders, categories of goods, geographies and companies.
Sequoia closes largest India, SEA fund at $2.85B; concerns over proposed IT rules changes
The storied VC firm has now closed this fund, and will invest $2 billion of it in Indian startups and the remaining $800 million across Southeast Asia.
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