BENGALURU: Ecommerce marketplace Meesho on Tuesday announced a generative artificial intelligence-powered multilingual voice bot, setting a new standard for customer service in the e-commerce industry in India.Currently, the feature supports only Hindi and English. However, the Bengaluru-based startup plans to expand this to six additional regional languages over a period of time.The solution aims to…
NEW DELHI: Ola Electric on Tuesday announced its foray into the commercial segment with the launch of ‘Gig’ range of scooters with an introductory price of Rs 39,999, targeting gig workers. The company also launched its S1 Z model, a personal-use electric scooter aimed at urban commuters priced at Rs 59,999. The Gig range has…
Technical analysis suggests immediate resistance at 24,350, with crucial resistance between 24,500-550. (AI image) Stock market today: Indian equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and Nifty50, opened in green on Tuesday. While BSE Sensex crossed the 80,300 mark, Nifty50 was just shy of 24,300. At 9:17 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at 80,338.29, up 228 points…
NEW DELHI: In a reprieve for financially-crippled Vodafone Idea and the broader telecom industry, the Union Cabinet on Monday eliminated the need to submit hefty bank guarantees towards past spectrum purchases, with the relief expected in excess of Rs 30,000 crore for the various players.While a substantial part of the benefit will flow in for…
Despite most of Gen Z thinking that their jobs could be replaced with AI in the next decade, the vast majority are still using AI to help complete office tasks — and they’re open about it. A new survey released on Monday from Google assessed the AI habits of 1,005 full-time U.S.-based knowledge workers aged…
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett, 94, is making more changes to his philanthropic plans. The iconic investor, who is No. 7 on Bloomberg’s billionaire list with around $150 billion as of press time, announced new donations and provided details about how he plans to continue to give away his fortune in a letter to Berkshire…
For the past three years, one Macy’s employee hid over $100 million in delivery expenses from the company. Macy’s was supposed to release its third-quarter earnings on Tuesday but stated in a press release on Monday that it has decided to delay the release and its accompanying conference call to December 11 to wrap up…
PAN 2.0: This e-Governance initiative aims to modernise taxpayer registration service. PAN 2.0: In a step aimed at helping taxpayers, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) led by PM Narendra Modi has today given its nod for the PAN 2.0 Project of the Income Tax Department. According to the CCEA press release, the project…
MUMBAI: Amara Raja Infra on Monday said it has completed construction of India’s first green hydrogen fuelling station in Leh, Ladakh, for NTPC Ltd. Union Minister for Power and Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal inaugurated the facility on Saturday, the company said. The fuelling station project with a capacity of producing GH2 of 80kg…
The deadline for updating the Aadhaar card for free is approaching, with less than three weeks left until December 14, 2024. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been urging citizens to update their Aadhaar information for a long time, especially those who received their cards more than 10 years back. It’s important to…
