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Technology: Google agrees to restore Indian apps on Play Store—for now

March 5, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pending a decision by the antitrust body Competition Commission of India (CCI), search engine behemoth Google on Tuesday agreed to reinstate all the delisted apps of Indian startup companies on its Play Store after a government intervention got the two sides talking to resolve a dispute over service fee payments. Union […]

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Price rise: CMIE’s inflation projections lower than RBI’s

March 4, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Contrary to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s projections, the leading economic think tank, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), said on Monday the country’s inflation may decline for two years in a row. It is likely to fall to 4.3 percent in 2024-25 from 5.4 percent in 2023-24, which […]

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Economy: Moody’s ups India growth forecast to 6.8% for 2024

March 4, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Global rating agency Moody’s on Monday raised India’s growth forecast for the 2024 calendar year to 6.8 percent, from 6.1 percent estimated earlier, on the back of ‘stronger-than-expected’ economic data of 2023 and fading global economic headwinds. This forecast came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, exuding confidence in the […]

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Ganganyaan mission: PM Modi reveals names of 4 Indian astronaut-designates

February 27, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after ISRO Chairman S. Somanath said India is planning to send its crewed mission to the Moon by 2040, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday revealed the names of four astronaut-designates selected for the prestigious Gaganyaan mission. Gaganyaan is India’s crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative […]

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Adani University, Vjoist sign MOU to collaborate on academics and research

February 22, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Delhi, 22 February 2024: In a development aimed at fostering academic excellence and innovation, Adani University has partnered with Vjoist Innovation to offer unparalleled educational and research opportunities. The memorandum of understanding was inked by Prof. Dr. Ravi P Singh, Provost, Adani University, and Dr. Tasos Vasiliadis, Founder and CEO, JOIST Innovation Park, Greece. Vjoist Innovation, […]

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Education: ED bars Byju’s CEO Raveendran from foreign travels

February 22, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: From being a high-achiever in 2022, what a great fall he has suffered now. Founded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath, education technology behemoth Byju’s claimed to have over 150 million registered students in April 2023, and became a decacorn with a valuation of over USD 10 billion. Then […]

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Adani Institute of Digital Technology Management holds 1st convocation

February 22, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad, 22 February 2024: The Adani Institute of Digital Technology Management (AIDTM) conducted its first convocation on Saturday. The 2021-23 batch included students from two AICTE-approved PGDM programmes – Big Data Analytics and Technology Management. A total of 20 students successfully completed their programmes: 16 from PGDM (Big Data Analytics) and 4 from PGDM (Technology […]

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Fintech: ADB approves $23 mn loan to boost education, research in Gujarat

February 22, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday said it has approved a USD 23 million loan to enhance access to quality financial technology (fintech) education, research, and innovation at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) in India and establish an International Fintech Institute (IFI) there. GIFT is a state-owned enterprise […]

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Technology: DPI could drive India’s $8 trillion economy by 2030, says NASSCOM

February 21, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s rapid digital revolution and its multiplier effect on the overall economic growth is a game-changer and its matured Digital Public Infrastructures (DPIs) are expected to drive a USD 8 trillion economy by 2030. Matured DPIs like the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and the Aadhar Number have already impacted 1.3 […]

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Euthanasia: Former Dutch PM Agt, and his wife end their lives ‘hand-in-hand’

February 14, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In the rarest of the rare cases of mutual love and respect, former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt and his wife Eugenie, both 93, chose to end their lives by legal duo euthanasia—assisted or mercy death—on February 5, after over 70 years of marriage. The couple passed away in […]