X has removed its standalone messaging app, XChat, from Apple’s App Store and Google Play, months after its launch.

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AI content startup Flam has raised $40 million in a Series B round led by QED Investors, with Shah Rukh Khan and others joining existing backers.

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Air India is expanding Salesforce’s Agentforce AI across customer-service operations, automating refunds, emails, passenger name changes and employee support.

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The Finance Ministry has barred banks and payment system providers from imposing direct or indirect charges on UPI transactions up to ₹2,000 and RuPay debit-card payments.

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India and Thailand have agreed to deepen trade and investment ties, advance the AITIGA review and fast-track integration of India’s UPI with Thailand’s PromptPay.

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India has overtaken Russia to become the world’s fourth-largest foreign exchange reserve holder, with reserves reaching a record $785.71 billion in the week ended September 4, 2026.

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Microsoft AI has released a draft “Humanist AI: Code of Conduct” focused on keeping AI under human control. The framework is not yet being used to train models and is open for six weeks of public feedback.

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Apple introduced the next generation of Apple Intelligence, centering on a redesigned Siri AI that blends personal context, onscreen awareness, and broad knowledge.

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India’s semiconductor sector has secured USD 1.4 billion in equity funding across 281 firms, with USD 701 million raised since 2025, according to Tracxn.

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PwC India and PwC US plan to form a 40,000 employee joint venture combining their consulting and advisory capabilities.

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Satya Nadella has joined Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk in warning that frontier artificial intelligence must advance under tighter human control.

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Google has announced five sustainability initiatives in India, including expanding its Solar API to more than 300 million rooftops.

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BRICS plans to formalise its digital agriculture agenda through a dedicated Agri Portal, linking farmers, agri-tech startups, researchers, investors and agribusinesses across BRICS member countries.

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The IMF has hailed India’s stronger-than-expected economic performance after GDP grew 7.8% in the April-June quarter of FY27.

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The Supreme Court has directed FSSAI to answer 13 questions within 10 days on proposed front-of-pack warning labels for packaged foods high in sugar, salt and fat.

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OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Financial Services, a tailored ChatGPT Work environment for banks and advisers needing fast and reliable analysis.

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NPCI has launched UPI Tap & Pay, enabling contactless UPI payments without mobile data or Wi-Fi.

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The Centre has amended India’s e-commerce rules, with new requirements on pricing, search results, sponsored listings and dark patterns.

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Ultraviolette will build its BIGGA Factory in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, with an initial capacity of 2.5 lakh vehicles a year, scalable to 500,000, creating about 2,000 jobs.

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PhonePe has shut its US engineering office after four years, winding down a seven-to-eight-member Bay Area team and consolidating its work in India.

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