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Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Shirish Chandra Murmu has spelt out five areas of focus for non banking finance companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs) to ensure sustainable growth for the sector.NBFCs must focus on governance, liquidity m

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Welcome to The Daily Catch-Up, your three-minute evening briefing from The Indian Express. An Express investigation finds BJP booth-level agents submitting stacks of Form 7 applications seeking deletion of voters from electoral rolls in Godda with a striking n

Piyush Goyal says India could attract more than $200 billion in investment into its data centre industry as the country seeks to emerge as a global data centre hub. The Commerce and Industry Minister highlighted data centres, AI, semiconductors and manufacturi

Khadim Batti, cofounder and chief executive officer of enterprise software startup Whatfix, passed away on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest. He was about 49 years old.Vara Kumar, Batti's cofounder and a close friend, told Whatfix employees in an email that B

The End of Oak Street, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, is currently playing in theatres after its August 14, 2026 release. The sci-fi adventure follows a suburban family whose quiet life is turned upside down when a mysterious cosmic event transports

The Indian Army has opened registrations for Terrier Cyber Quest (TCQ) 2026, a national cybersecurity and technology challenge aimed at identifying talent in cyber defence, artificial intelligence and digital awareness. Organised by the Territorial Army in col

Union minister for communications, Jyotiraditya Scindia, said that India s transformation in telecommunication and digital connectivity led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been monumental in the past one decade. Scindia was in Pune to attend the 12th BRICS

Washington: After ripping through the first half of the year, memory stocks are struggling to regain momentum as growing concerns about the state of the artificial intelligence trade overshadow their strong fundamental backdrop.While Sandisk Corp, Micron Techn

Karnataka has launched KEO, an AI-ready computing platform developed within the state, with an aim to bring advanced technology to students and small businesses. The platform features on-device artificial intelligence, reducing reliance on internet connectivit

AI must reach India s small businesses, farmers and workers not only large enterprises Google India s Preeti Lobana said at ET WLF 2026. She discussed compute infrastructure, enterprise deployment, Indian-language AI, cybersecurity, sovereignty and the role of

A consultation convened by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Thursday called for a broader regulatory framework to protect children online, with participants stressing the need to address platform design, digital literacy and lo

Chandigarh: Haryana is using GIS-based technology to cut infrastructure site-feasibility assessments from 40-45 days to just one or two days, signalling a major shift from conventional, file-driven planning to integrated, technology-based decision-making under

The Haryana health department is expected to set up a project management unit (PMU) in September to introduce technology-enabled and artificial intelligence-backed solutions across sub-centres, primary health centres, district hospitals, medical colleges and A

Investigators are now piecing together the overseas digital trail with six mobile numbers and six bank accounts allegedly used to siphon off 42.09 lakh from the 70-year-old retired FCI employee and his wife. Police have so far managed to freeze or place a hold

Reserve Bank of India s (RBI) Deputy Governor Shirish Chandra Murmu on Wednesday underlined the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the banking system but emphasised that human intervention remains necessary in implementing the technology and identif

After Prime Minister Modi s Independence Day speech mentioned that the government would provide free coaching for competitive examinations to students, Maharashtra s Higher Education Department has constituted a committee to form a policy to expand the state s

A legal dispute between singer Sonu Nigam and his namesake, Bihar-based criminal lawyer Sonu Nigam Singh, over the alleged misuse of the singer s identity on social media has been settled by the Bombay High Court. Last week, the Court disposed off the commerci

The European Commission on Tuesday welcomed changes made by Apple to its rules for app developers to address charges of breaking the bloc's competition rules -- and avert the risk of new fines.The commission slapped Apple with a fine of 500 million euros ($586

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The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has extended the digital local pass facility for 121 toll plazas across its network. It enables local residents around a toll plaza to obtain a monthly pass through the Rajmargyatra app

According to police, Shivank s father Mithilesh Kumar approached Sushant Golf City police after his son went missing, following which a case was registered. The initial investigation was conducted by Sushant Golf City police before it was transferred to the An

Two lakh trees have been mapped, geo-tagged and entered into a digital database across several parameters in Ludhiana, marking the first-ever tree census conducted for a Punjab city. The census assumes significance as the industrial city continues to grapple w

Indian residents' outward remittances have significantly increased, reaching a record USD 31.73 billion by FY2023-24. Digital reforms and infrastructure upgrades have streamlined the process for investing abroad

With the arrest of eight individuals, Bazarkhala police in Uttar Pradesh capital city Lucknow claimed to have busted a gang that allegedly targeted train passengers arriving alone at Aishbagh railway station by offering to arrange accommodation and later assau

India s payments ecosystem has evolved dramatically, from hundis and merchant networks that moved value across long distances to formal banking, electronic transfers and the digital infra behind UPI. Each technological leap solved the same fundamental challeng

A war of words broke out between the Punjab government and the Centre on Friday over the pending Rural Development Fund (RDF) amounting to 9,821 crore after Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the state had always received the funds as p

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Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday launched the digital rupee-based direct benefit transfer (DBT) of food subsidy into the wallets of the beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) in the Union Territories

Schools across Noida and Greater Noida have been directed to limit students screen exposure during smart-class teaching to 30 minutes a day for Classes 1 to 5 and 60 minutes for Classes 6 to 8, following complaints from parents that some students were spending

New Delhi: The Andaman and Nicobar administration has invited private companies, including cloud service providers, AI infrastructure companies, and data-centre developers, interested in exploring the feasibility of establishing a green artificial intelligence

The Centre has asked Census officers to collect information on 40 specified items during the population enumeration phase. The list of questions covers basic demographic details such as name, relationship to the head of household, sex, date of birth, age, mari

Navi Mumbai: The ageing Vashi APMC could soon look very different, with authorities planning a decision on the fate of its long-troubled onion-potato market within two months and a gradual shift to digital, cashless transactions beginning within a year. The ov

Chitkara University and Paramotor Digital Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the Sonia Asher Centre of Excellence in Future Technologies and Innovation, aimed at preparing students for the rapidly evolving technology and fi

Thane, The new digital platform 'Framework for Fertiliser Sale' will be implemented across Thane district in Maharashtra from August 15, officials said. The initiative was recently rolled out on a pilot basis in 56 districts across 23 states

Jio Financial Services Ltd (JFSL) of the Reliance Industries group and Bank of America Corporation (BofA) have signed a definitive agreement under which BofA will acquire up to a 49.9% stake as a joint venture partner in JFSL s wholly-owned NBFC lending subsid

A 26-year-old social media influencer was arrested in Pune on Monday for his alleged involvement in a digital arrest scam in which an octogenarian Pune resident was cheated of Rs 10.74 crore, police said. The accused, identified as Rohan Rajeshwar Jadhav, was

Mid-tier digital engineering services provider Coforge on Tuesday announced the launch of a new business unit focused on the private equity (PE) sector.Powered by Coforge Nuuron, its AI operating system and enterprise autonomy platform, Coforge s PE business u

A cybercrime investigation that has already led to the arrest of 123 accused has now turned the spotlight inward, with Lucknow police suspending three personnel and sending six others to the police lines after CCTV footage, official records and other evidence

Last week, the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was passed in the Lok Sabha, which proposes changes to the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, that create pathways for fees to be charged on UPI and RuPay debit card payments. Introduced in

Digital commerce has evolved through multiple infrastructure eras. What began as browser-led e-commerce eventually transformed into mobile-first transactions with real-time payments, embedded finance, and intelligent consumer engagement ecosystems that today p

LinkedIn CEO Dan Shapero joins The Economic Times Anirban Chowdhury and Dia Rekhi to unpack how AI is transforming hiring, skills and careers. He explains why LinkedIn s data does not yet show AI driving the current hiring slowdown, even as the skills required