Tata Comm buys AI firm Commotion

MUMBAI: Tata Communications (Tata Com) has acquired 51% of US-based AI solutions provider Commotion for Rs 227 crore (about $26 million) as the broader Tata Group doubles down on AI-enabled businesses.Last month, TCS announced an investment of Rs 9,180 crore to develop AI data centres. Commotion, a three-year-old startup, also has a subsidiary in India.Acquiring…

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MPC meeting: RBI’s three day monetary policy discussions begin today – Another repo rate cut coming?

The RBI’s three-day monetary policy committee meeting opens in Mumbai on Wednesday, marking the start of the central bank’s latest policy review. Over the course of the discussions, members of the six-member panel is set to hold discussions on how the central bank should navigate policy, in accordance with the newest growth and inflation readings….

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FM seeks cooperation to deal with eco digitalisation

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday called for cooperation among tax jurisdictions to deal with digitalisation of economy, emergence of new financial products, and evolving structures of beneficial ownership, while asserting that there was greater tax compliance, and voluntarily, in India in recent years.In her address at the plenary…

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Situation is ripe for a rate cut: Ficci chief

NEW DELHI: While asserting that Indian macroeconomic fundamentals are strong and tax cuts will help boost private sector investment, Anant Goenka, the newly elected Ficci president and vice-chairman of the RPG Group, on Tuesday suggested that the Reserve Bank of India should lower interest rates.“The situation is ripe for a rate cut. Inflation was better…

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Exports of shrimps get a boost after EU decision

NEW DELHI: The European Union’s decision to allow seafood exports by 102 new Indian entities has helped boost the shipment of prawns and other frozen shrimps to the members of the trading bloc.Exports have increased 55% to $448 million during April-Oct, from $290 million in the corresponding period last year, data available with the commerce…

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Rupee on brink of turning 90 vs dollar

MUMBAI: The rupee fell to a record low on Tuesday, extending losses driven by the absence of a trade deal with the US that has weakened trade and portfolio inflows and pushed the currency into its fifth straight day of decline.The rupee touched 89.95 during the session before closing at 89.87, down 0.4%. Data from…

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