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HDFC Bank CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan will depart after his term ends next month. New chairman Rajiv Kumar sought aggressive changes and executive replacements

The US pressed G20 members on Tuesday to take a hands-off approach to AI regulation and avoid creating rules for the technology at a gathering of industry titans and commerce ministers in North Carolina. The US goals largely align with the thinking of the worl

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) highlights a key paradox of the modern age. While it enables rapid progress in climate action and supply chain transparency, it is also highly energy intensive

Gartner projects that by the end of 2026, 40% of enterprise applications will embed task-specific AI agents, up from under 5% in 2025. But at the same time 40% of agentic AI projects are expected tobe cancelled by 2027 over weak governance

Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick recalled his initial disagreements with Benchmark Capital investor Bill Gurley who led the effort to remove him as Uber's CEO in 2017 over the company's fundraising plans and valuation, in a recent interview on David Senra's podc

N Chandrasekaran's potential departure highlights board readiness for leadership transitions. Successful leaders often make succession planning more difficult for boards

Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Saturday hoisted the Tricolour at Lok Niwas on the occasion of India s 80th Independence Day in the presence of freedom fighters and their families; RWA representatives; youth icons; students, and residents of Delhi

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As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, the real challenge is preparing leaders to make informed decisions on investment, implementation and business impact. The Economic Times AI Business Transformation Masterclass & ET Most Innovative AI Product Awards 2026 b

Stressing the need for informed decision-making and collaborative action to address Gurugram s growing environmental challenges, Union Minister of State and Gurugram MP Rao Inderjit Singh on Friday launched the Gurugram Sustainability Handbook 2026, a comprehe

Sir Ratan Tata Trust faces a restraint order from the charity commissioner. This order prevents its participation in crucial Tata Trusts meetings

Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran has discussed the possibility of stepping down ahead of the August 18 AGM, amid uncertainty over his reappointment as a director and tensions with Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata. The suspension of Sir Ratan Tata Trust has fu

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and Cyril Shroff have laid the foundation of the Cyril Shroff IIMA GC Leadership Academy. The academy has been introduced as a research and executive development initiative designed to fortify leadership dev

Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi Taranjit Singh Sandhu has directed that officials posted at the same post for extended periods be transferred, and that the list of sensitive departments be redrawn, officials said on Sunday. This comes two days after the gove

The RBI has revised bank board governance norms, effective October 1. Boards will now focus on strategy and risk oversight, delegating operational matters

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York. India officially launched its campaign for a non-permanent UNSC seat for 2028-29

The Ladakh administration on Monday announced the setting up of Autonomous Hill Development Councils for each of the new districts created in the Ladakh Union Territory. Until now, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (LAHDC) have existed in the two

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has set up the Mattu Centre for Research in Security Pricing and Corporate Finance, a new Centre of Excellence aimed at advancing research in asset pricing, corporate finance, corporate governance, and broade

HDFC Bank MD Sashidhar Jagdishan addressed chairman Atanu Chakraborty's resignation and governance questions. External law firms reviewed Chakraborty's statement, finding it unsubstantiated by records and interviews

Bengaluru, Karnataka IT minister Priyank Kharge on Saturday met Irina Ghose, managing director of Anthropic India, to discuss the state's AI vision and opportunities for strategic collaboration, officials said.The discussions focused on building advanced, futu

India's economic growth trajectory remains strong despite temporary global shocks. Experts project sustained growth between 6.5 and 7 percent over time

The Jharkhand government has launched a roadmap to expand its digital infrastructure and adopt artificial intelligence (AI) in public governance in the state. The announcement was made on Wednesday, on the inaugural day of the two-day National Stakeholders Con

Across India, conversations around Artificial Intelligence (AI) are steadily moving beyond innovation labs and corporate boardrooms into the domain of governance. The larger question is no longer whether governments will adopt AI, but whether these systems can

Nepal s government says it fulfilled 70 of the 100 commitments in its self-imposed 100-day reform agenda under Prime Minister Balendra Balen Shah, a claim disputed by independent assessments. The government marked its first 100 days in office on July 4 with a

When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was in Delhi last week, I was in Japan. There was no connection between the two trips, but we both had a common message: A stronger India-Japan relationship is imperative for both countries at this time of global tur

RBI's new AI governance rules for banks place significant accountability on financial entities for all predictive models, including third-party ones. While aiming for robust risk management, the guidelines face challenges due to India's reliance on foreign AI

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu stated that although he studied economics, he has learned far more from society and people than from books

Failure to upload site images, mismatch in vehicle registration numbers, deposition of dust these are among the irregularities flagged after Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based monitoring and site inspection of desilting works, with the Brihanmumbai Municipal C

Former Tata Trusts trustee Mehli Mistry has raised a series of questions before the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner, ranging from compensation and commissions received by certain trustees from Tata...

Solapur, A novel initiative in Maharashtra's Solapur district is letting meritorious school students step into the shoes of a village sarpanch for a day, giving them freedom to propose solutions and...

The Union government on Thursday named 16 projects of the Central, state and local governments across the country as the winners of the National Awards for e-Governance. These include the Agriculture Ministry s platform for farmers, known as Agri Stack; the Co

Last week, Pope Leo XIV unveiled the Magnifica Humanitas, a wide-ranging treatise warning against the blind adoption of artificial intelligence, the moral risks of unchecked technological power, and reaffirming the primacy of human consciousness. However, addi...

It was the early 1970s. I was five years old, visiting my great-grandmother Subbamma in Phirangipuram, a small village in Andhra Pradesh.

What intrigued me about the government s decision to sound the death knell of the Delhi Gymkhana Club was the timing. Why now?

At the inauguration of naval museum Nausena Shaurya Vatika in Lucknow, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday that the facility was a symbol of inspiration that would remind future generations of the true cost of the country's freedom and security. Th...