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Delhi CM Rekha Gupta announced on Saturday that Delhi government will open two new AI Centres of Excellence with projected outreach of around 100 startups, training for over 7,000 individuals and creation of over 1,000 jobs in a four-year implementation period. The move is expected to boost governance under Central government's IndiaAI Mission. Each centre will receive ₹20 crore funding.
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Chinese autonomous driving technology developer DeepRoute.ai said on Saturday over 3,00,000 cars are equipped with its advanced assisted driving system on China's roads. CEO Maxwell Zhou told reporters on sidelines of Beijing Auto Show that DeepRoute.ai expects the number to grow additionally by 1 million in 2026. The firm had said it was ready to deliver 2,00,000 vehicles in 2025.
Apr 26th, 2026

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The Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) urged Ministry of Labour and Employment to mandate heatwave protections under Code on Social Security, 2020. It called for paid cooling breaks, drinking water access, shelters and protection from penalties in severe heat. The body warned that delivery and ride-hailing workers face serious health hazards without mandatory safety measures.
Apr 26th, 2026

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Rapido seems to track iPhone users' location even when the app isn't in use, despite location access being restricted to 'only while using the app', Digit reported. Moreover, while these location-triggered notifications popped up on iOS devices, no such alerts were seen on Android devices.
Apr 26th, 2026

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OpenAI's billionaire CEO Sam Altman was corrected after he tried using Gen Alpha internet slag. "We still get looksmaxxed on frontend a little but we IQmog hard now," Altman said. TBPN's Tyler Cosgrove responded, saying, "Sam, just so you know...this is technically incorrect usage of the '-maxx' suffix. To 'looksmaxx' is to improve oneself, it’s not really a comparison."
Apr 26th, 2026

Vinayak Nair
Anthropic's "Project Deal" tested AI-run commerce by letting Claude agents negotiate on behalf of 69 employees in a simulated marketplace. Over a week, AI agents completed 186 deals worth over $4,000 in 500 listings. The experiment showed AI can handle negotiations, but revealed advanced models secured objectively better outcomes, raising concerns about fairness in agent-to-agent transactions.
Apr 26th, 2026

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Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) appointed former IRTS officer Sanjay Jamuar as the first CEO of Delhi Metro International Limited (DMIL). Jamuar, who was the first Operation and Maintenance (O&M) employee when he joined DMRC in 1998, has wide international experience. The entity, set up by DMRC last month, will bid for metro projects in India outside Delhi and abroad.
Apr 26th, 2026

Arshiya Chopra
At least six passengers were injured and hospitalised after a Swiss Air flight from Delhi to Zurich aborted takeoff and was evacuated on the runway at Delhi Airport early on Sunday, according to reports. An engine of the aircraft reportedly failed and caught fire during the takeoff roll, prompting the crew to stop the aircraft and initiate an emergency evacuation.
Apr 26th, 2026

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Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, has announced plans to hire 1,000 graduates and interns. He said the recruits would support its expanding artificial intelligence (AI) products, including Agentforce and Headless360. Benioff added that concerns about AI eliminating entry-level roles are overstated. This comes after the cloud software provider reportedly cut fewer than 1,000 jobs in February.
Apr 26th, 2026

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a $12.7-billion investment in India, to boost the country's cloud and AI infrastructure by 2030. India is among a select group of countries where AWS operates multiple regions, with Mumbai and Hyderabad regions fully scaled, AWS VC Prasad Kalyanaraman said. He added that AWS has trained over 7 million people in India in cloud skills.
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