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Kamolika Peres Gupta, Vice President, India and SAARC, Autodesk | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Autodesk on Thursday (August 7, 2025) said its customers in India can now store and manage their data within the country. Until now, there was no local storage option available for the country, and therefore, customer data was stored outside the country.The new arrangement would boost data safety, privacy and recoverability and also support regulatory compliance, said the California-based firm that offers 3D design, engineering and entertainment software.With India now available as a primary project data storage location, businesses and public sector organisations, especially in regulated…

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GuwahatiAug 7, 2025 22:27 IST First published on: Aug 7, 2025 at 21:11 IST Share As the talks to grant greater autonomy to the six districts of Eastern Nagaland gain pace, the state government has expressed concern about the suggestion to include a new provision in the Constitution for the Frontier Naga Territory, the proposed new political and administrative unit. It would effectively “bifurcate” the state, the government has said. Following a meeting of the state Cabinet on Wednesday, where the issue was discussed at length, state Minister Kenye said a new Constitutional provision apart from the existing Article 371A,…

A photo taken on January 2, 2025 shows the letters AI for Artificial Intelligence on a laptop screen (R) next to the logo of the Chat AI application on a smartphone screen in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images/AFP Artificial Intelligence continues to grow, forcing companies to find a way to close the gap between innovation and preparation. Companies have begun integrating AI into their day-to-day operations. Some employers are concerned that this will…

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he has directed the Commerce Department to revise how the Census Bureau collects population data, a move aimed at excluding undocumented immigrants from official counts. In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said future census operations would be based on “modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024.” The statement suggests Trump may attempt to inject political considerations into data collection processes that underpin a wide range of federal statistics, from poverty rates to economic indicators. He specifically…

The Reserve Bank of India has decided to grant ‘in-principle’ approval to AU Small Finance Bank Ltd (AUSFB) for transitioning from a small finance bank (SFB) to a universal bank. The universal bank status will allow AU Bank to offer a wide range of financial services and products under one roof without many restrictions unlike a small finance bank. Sanjay Agarwal founded Au Financiers in 1996. Headquartered in Jaipur, Rajasthan, the retail-focused non-banking finance company got the small finance bank (SFB) license in 2015 and it started operations in April 2017. Story continues below this ad AUSFB serves over 1.15…

Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The Maharashtra government has requested the Union government to re-examine the Marathi movie Khalid ka Shivaji and halt its release, following complaints by right-wing organisations alleging inaccurate portrayal of history. The Congress has criticised the government, calling it a “ridiculous and condemnable attempt to diminish the towering stature of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj”. The movie was officially screened at the Cannes Film Festival this year.While citing historical texts, Congress leader Sachin Sawant said, “Why can’t Maharaj be Khalid’s hero? Why is the BJP so disturbed if Muslims identify with the values of…

Trump’s administration halts mRNA vaccine development, sparking WHO fears for emerging pandemic preparedness.The decision by US President Donald Trump’s administration to terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines is a major blow to a hugely promising platform, the World Health Organization said.“This is, of course, a significant blow,” WHO immunisation figurehead Joachim Hombach told the UN correspondents’ association ACANU on Thursday.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcement that it will wind down mRNA vaccine development activities under its biomedical research unit is the latest development under US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a long-time vaccine sceptic who…

The National Endowment for the Humanities building on April 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images A federal judge has ruled that the government’s abrupt elimination of humanities grants previously approved by Congress was “unlawful” and that a lawsuit brought by humanities groups can move forward. In April, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), terminated grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to thousands of groups across the country including humanities councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets. In May, Oregon Humanities and the Federation of State Humanities…