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Updated on: Jul 2023
PM Modi unveils India’s homegrown AI platform, Bhashini
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PM Modi unveils India’s homegrown AI platform, Bhashini

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PM Modi) has unveiled Bhashini, an AI-based language translation tool developed indigenously in India. During his address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on July 4, Narendra Modi said, while addressing SCO heads of state, “We are happy to offer Bhashini, India’s language platform driven by AI, to all members […]

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TCS to upskill 25,000 engineers on Microsoft’s Azure Open AI
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TCS to upskill 25,000 engineers on Microsoft’s Azure Open AI

A global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has said that the company plans to train 25,000 engineers. This will provide these engineers certified in Microsoft’s Azure Open AI. TCS has also launched its new Generative AI Enterprise adoption offering for clients, making a bet on the rapidly […]

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Meta launches Twitter rival new App ‘Threads’ in 100 countries
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Meta launches Twitter rival new App ‘Threads’ in 100 countries

Mark Zuckerberg just announced the initial version of Threads, an app built by the Instagram team for sharing text. This app will offer a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations. This social network platform is in the market to compete with Elon Musk’s Twitter. Meta’s CEO and co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg has announced the debut of […]

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Are Companies Implementing Haryana Workplace Liquor Policy?
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Are Companies Implementing Haryana Workplace Liquor Policy?

Recently, the Haryana government announced its new liquor policy 2023-24 which allows corporate offices possession and consumption of low-alcohol content liquor like beer, and wine, at the workplace, effective from June 12, 2023. The government has introduced a new excise policy for the year 2023-24 which will be effective from June 12 and was approved by […]

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PwC Australia sacks eight partners over tax leak scandal
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PwC Australia sacks eight partners over tax leak scandal

According to Reuters, PwC Australia has fired eight partners as part of an internal investigation into the leak of confidential government tax plans by another former partner, the firm said on Monday. The eight partners, who have left or are in the process of leaving, include former CEO Tom Seymour, who resigned in May after admitting he […]

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Google is set to appoint Sreenivasa Reddy as India Policy Head
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Google is set to appoint Sreenivasa Reddy as India Policy Head

Google is set to appoint a manufacturing and policy veteran as its top government affairs executive in India to tackle legal challenges and expand hardware assembly to the country. Google’s previous India policy head, Archana Gulati, left the company last year. Sreenivasa Reddy, currently a senior engineering executive at Microsoft Corp., is likely to join […]

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Oracle offers Free Training & Certification Program for Cloud and AI
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Oracle offers Free Training & Certification Program for Cloud and AI

To help accelerate careers in high-growth areas like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and to keep up with the growing demand for Oracle Cloud services, Oracle is offering free training and certification testing worldwide. The new program includes instruction and certification on in-demand skills across OCI, AI/ML, data management, and Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. Also Watch YouTube, […]

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Microchip to expand in India by $300M Investment Initiative
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Microchip to expand in India by $300M Investment Initiative

Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions, announces a multi-year initiative to invest approximately $300 million in expanding its operations in India, one of the world’s fastest-growing semiconductor industry hubs. “Microchip is making a significant strategic commitment to growing our operations in India, whose meteoric growth has established it […]

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Microsoft people slam CEO for raising profits by freezing pay hikes
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Microsoft people slam CEO for raising profits by freezing pay hikes

Some angry Microsoft employees reportedly blasted their boss Satya Nadella on Thursday after he shared a message touting a “landmark year” at the tech giant — even as executives withheld raises, announced 10,000 layoffs in January, and frozen pay raises. Nadella lauded the company’s accomplishments in a missive shared on Microsoft’s internal message boards on […]

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Boss asks woman to join a work call after she quit, its gone viral
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Boss asks woman to join a work call after she quit, its gone viral

Social media is filled with various experiences of employees facing problems at the workplace. Recently, a boss asked the woman to join a work call after she quit. A woman shared a tweet explaining how her boss asked her to join a work call after she left the company. In a recent Tweet, an employee […]

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OpenAI, Chat GPT firm sued for ‘stealing’ people’s data
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OpenAI, Chat GPT firm sued for ‘stealing’ people’s data

OpenAI, a Chat GPT firm has been sued in the US. The allegation against the company is of stealing data from the public to train its AI chatbot ChatGPT. The lawsuit filing states, “Instead of following established procedures for the acquisition and usage of personal information, the defendants resorted to theft.” Microsoft, an OpenAI partner […]

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Income Tax issues clarification on PAN-Aadhaar linking
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Income Tax issues clarification on PAN-Aadhaar linking

The income tax department has issued a clarification on PAN-Aadhaar linking regarding difficulties faced by individuals in Aadhaar-PAN linking. Income Tax has shared a Tweet from the official Twitter handle saying, “Kind Attention PAN holders! Instances have come to notice where PAN holders have faced difficulty in downloading the challan after payment of a fee […]

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