ABU DHABI: United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Abu Dhabi on Thursday for talks focused on Middle East developments, regional security and the broader UAE-UK relationship. The meeting brought together two close partners at a time of heightened concern over security in......
BEIJING: China’s top economic and financial officials pledged expanded support for technology firms, a push toward more balanced trade and deeper capital market reforms during a news conference on the sidelines of the annual National People’s Congress. The briefing brought together leaders from the economic planning agency, the commerce ministry, the central bank......
NEW DELHI: India’s Union Cabinet has approved a new state-backed venture capital initiative, clearing the Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 with a corpus of ₹10,000 crore (about $1.1 billion) to mobilize venture capital for the country’s startup ecosystem, the government said in a statement issued Feb. 14. The program, launched under......
AI will generate millions of jobs by 2025 while automating repetitive work, enabling industries like healthcare and finance to innovate and focus on creativity, experts say....
In a groundbreaking report published on Monday, Goldman Sachs predicts that India is poised to surpass not only Japan and Germany but also the United States, becoming the world’s second-largest economy by 2075. This projection reflects India’s remarkable growth potential as its population of 1.4 billion people becomes the largest......
The World Economic Forum (WEF), in conjunction with Frontiers, today unveiled its annual list of the ten breakthrough technologies poised to leave a significant imprint on the world over the next five years. Revealed were flexible batteries, generative AI, and sustainable aviation fuel among other transformative technologies. These innovative advancements,......