Los Angeles, June 26 (IANS) Actor Louis Partridge, who first gained recognition in 2020 with “Enola Holmes”, has learned to navigate fame “in various ways, sometimes better than others.” “The social media stuff can get a bit noisy sometimes, but it’s important to have good people around you — and to figure out for yourself what’s important outside of looking at your phone, to be honest, which is surprisingly hard to do these days. I’m not gonna lie,” Partridge told variety.co…
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Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Maharashtra Industries Minister Uday Samant on Thursday announced that the government will set up a high-level committee under the chairmanship of veteran nuclear scientist Dr Anil Kakodkar to comprehensively study the impact of data centre projects on water, power, the environment, global warming and the livelihoods of local citizens.Minister Samant made the announcement in the Legislative Council, adding that the government would request Dr Kakodkar to accept the chairma…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) As geopolitical tensions, trade disruptions and economic uncertainty continue to weigh on several global markets, India is increasingly emerging as a preferred investment destination for multinational corporations. From technology and cloud infrastructure to manufacturing, industrial automation and data centres, several global companies have announced large investment commitments in India in recent months, underlining confidence in the country’s long-term growth prospec…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday welcomed Amazon’s record $48 billion investment in India, saying that this investment will create new opportunities for youth in the country.Amazon has announced a total investment of $48 billion to expand and support its businesses in India from 2026 to 2030, after its CEO, Andy Jassy, met PM Modi in the national capital.“A great meeting with Mr. Andy Jassy. I welcome Amazon’s record $48 billion investment in India. This will …
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) US e-commerce giant Amazon on Thursday announced to invest a total of $48 billion to expand and support its businesses in India from 2026-2030, as its CEO Andy Jassy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.Jassy reiterated Amazon’s long-term commitment to India and announced plans to invest an additional $13 billion to expand AI and cloud infrastructure in the country by 2030.This takes Amazon’s total planned investment in expanding and supporting AI and cloud infrastruct…
Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday met the Amazon Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Andy Jassy and said that they discussed on how Maharashtra is India’s technology capital and Amazon is the integral partner in the state’s digital transformation journey. “It was a great pleasure to meet and welcome the CEO of Amazon in Mumbai today. I re-appreciated how Amazon chose Mumbai for its first Indian cloud infrastructure region back in June 2016. Since then Mah…
Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) India has emerged as a key market for Amazon’s expanding quick-commerce ambitions, with the company’s ‘Amazon Now’ service becoming its fastest-growing ecommerce business unit in the country, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on Wednesday.Sharing his experiences after visiting an Amazon Now micro-fulfillment center in one of Mumbai’s busiest neighbourhoods, Jassy said the service is witnessing exceptional growth as customers increasingly opt for deliveries within minute…
Gandhinagar, June 2 (IANS) Gujarat’s Hastkala Setu Yojana (HSY), launched to strengthen traditional arts and crafts and improve market access for artisans, has recorded cumulative sales of Rs 102.08 crore and generated more than 50,000 employment opportunities since its inception, according to figures released by the state government. The scheme, introduced in 2020 under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, was designed to support artisans through training, market linkages, and en…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The India-US partnership in semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI), which got a fresh push during US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent visit to India, has rapidly evolved from strategic dialogue to industrial execution. Anchored by the US-India TRUST Initiative and the PAX Silica Declaration, both nations are collaborating to build trusted tech supply chains, expand computational capacity, and establish joint R&D projects.The vision which was outline…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The United States imports nearly 40 per cent of its generic medicines from India because of the trust it has in the country’s pharmaceutical capabilities, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Friday.Speaking at the Advancing Partnership in Research and Innovation event at Indian Institute of Technology here, Gor said India-US ties have expanded significantly across sectors including trade, defence, technology, health and space cooperation.“On pharmaceuticals, we…