Aditya Birla Capital to add 30 million new customers, launches ‘ABCD’ app

NEW DELHI: Aditya Birla Capital has launched its fintech app named ABCD making “Everything Finance as Simple as ABCD”. The omnichannel D2C platform ABCD is housed under Aditya Birla Capital Digital Limited (ABCDL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL). Further, the company aims to add 30 million new users over the […]

Adobe Premiere Pro gains generative AI-backed video editing tools

NEW DELHI: Adobe has announced new tools within the popular video editing platform Premiere Pro, powered by generative AI technology. Editors can now remove or add an object to a video with just a simple text prompt, powered by Firefly AI, including a new video generation model. These new tools will be available for Premiere […]

Meta Threads starts showing real-time search results for some users

New Delhi: Meta’s latest social media network and rival to Twitter – Threads is finally getting a new feature that enables users to filter search results to show the latest posts on the platform. After some Threads users noticed a new button that let them sort search results, Instagram head Adam Mosseri clarified that the […]

YouTube initiates ‘enforcement’ on third-party apps that disable ads

New Delhi: YouTube has begun to crack down on third-party apps that block ads. According to an official note from Google-owned video streaming platform, some users who watch YouTube videos on a third-party app will soon see an error message stating, ‘The following content is not available on this app,’ while trying to watch a […]

IMF raises India’s growth projection to 6.8 pc in 2024

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised India’s growth projection to 6.8 per cent from its January forecast of 6.5 per cent citing bullish domestic demand conditions and a rising working-age population. With this, India continues to be the fastest growing economy of the world, ahead of China’s growth projection of 4.6 per cent […]

India fastest growing economy during last 3 financial years: FM

JAIPUR: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here on Tuesday that India has been the fastest growing economy in the last three consecutive financial years and this growth can continue in the coming years as well. She said the next 25 years will be critical for India. In the financial year 2023-24, India witnessed a […]

India allows export of 10,000 tonnes of onions to Lanka, grants more quota to UAE

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has allowed the export of 10,000 tonnes of onions to Sri Lanka at a time when the staple vegetable’s outward shipments have been kept under restrictions. According to the DGFT notification, as of now, India has approved 79,160 tonnes of onions for export via the National […]

Apple’s iPhone exports from India almost doubled to USD 12.1 bn in FY24: Trade Vision

NEW DELHI: Apple’s iPhone exports from India almost doubled to USD 12.1 billion in 2023-24 from USD 6.27 billion in the preceding fiscal, trade intelligence platform The Trade Vision said on Tuesday. The total smartphone exports from India surged to USD 16.5 billion in 2023-24, up from USD 12 billion in the preceding year. This […]

Media and entertainment companies need to make radical moves to survive: Accenture report

New Delhi: IT services and consulting company Accenture on Tuesday announced the launch of its new “Media Thrive Index,” aimed at assessing the ability of media and entertainment companies’ ability to succeed in and industry that is getting increasingly challenging. “While the media industry is growing, the industry players are not. This essentially means that […]

Market extend losses on widespread selling amid Israel-Iran tensions

New Delhi: Stock market extended losses for the second consecutive session on Monday on wide-spread selling amid Israel and Iran tensions. The losses were weighed on investors’ risk appetite who will also closely track March quarter results at home. Sensex was down 845.12 points, or 1.14 per cent, at 73,399.78, and the Nifty was down […]