BENGALURU: India’s next-generation Fastag system may not require a physical tag at all. Vehicles could be identified through roadside cameras, their type and number detected in real time, and tolls deducted automatically without a windshield sticker, Pramod Varma, a key architect of India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI), said on Tuesday.Speaking at the ConvoZen Conversational AI…
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended sharply lower, falling more than 1 per cent, as heavy selling in information technology stocks combined with global trade uncertainties and rising geopolitical tensions to weigh on investor sentiment.The NSE Nifty declined 288.35 points, or 1.12 per cent, to close at 25,424.65 after touching an intraday low of…
IDFC First Bank disclosed that employees at its Chandigarh branch carried out unauthorised dealings in accounts linked to the Haryana government. (AI image) IDFC First Bank fraud case: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday told the state assembly that the government has succeeded in recovering nearly Rs 556 crore linked to the IDFC…
The story of AI in business is not one of universal acceleration. (AI image) Two stories from the past few weeks capture something essential about where we are with AI.The first concerns Salesforce, the enterprise software giant that aggressively embraced AI for customer service. CEO Marc Benioff proudly announced that AI deployment had allowed the…
The petitioner approached the High Court seeking quashing of the appointment order and her own appointment based on merit. (AI image) In a strongly worded decision that upheld the constitutional right to equality in the public employment, the Gujarat High Court ruled that refusal to employ an unmarried woman on the assumption that she might…
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BENGALURU: The IT industry is undergoing one of its deepest structural shifts in decades as AI reshapes talent needs across the delivery chain. The traditional pyramid model with large teams of junior coders supervised by layers of managers-is giving way to a capability-dense, AI-augmented structure. “The shift is from coding depth to problem framing,” said…
Global stocks on Monday were dragged down by losses on Wall Street and European equities as fresh uncertainty around tariffs intensified after US President Donald Trump announced new levies following a US Supreme Court ruling last week.Wall Street’s main indexes slid, with software and financials being the biggest drags on the benchmarks. Citigroup was down…
The Citrini Research’s “The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis” has gone viral, giving deep insights into thematic equity and global macro markets by using cross-asset, lateral thinking.In this different 2028, AI doesn’t just help people do their jobs; it takes them over completely. Citrini Research highlights a move away from the basic hardware race toward “Phase…
With appraisal season around the corner, conversations about pay hikes, promotions and performance rewards are returning to office corridors as companies reassess compensation strategies.Companies are preparing to roll out an average salary hike of 9.1 per cent in 2026, signalling a shift towards skills-based pay structures rather than uniform annual increments, according to a report,…