Bond yields rise after Senate Democrats appear poised to back funding bill

China is reportedly keeping DeepSeek under close watch

China appears to think homegrown AI startup DeepSeek could become a notable tech success story for the country. After DeepSeek’s sudden rise to fame in January with the release of its open “reasoning” model, R1, the company is now operating under new, tighter government-influenced restrictions, according to The Information. Some of the company’s employees have...

Budget eyes agriculture, MSMEs, other labour-intensive sectors for job creation

AIMPWAMarch 14, 2025

The government’s focus on creating jobs for informal and gig workers comes at a time when the economy has been struggling to create enough formal jobs. Therefore, the government is leaning on agriculture, manufacturing, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and startups to generate more employment for the country’s burgeoning youth. For instance, under ‘Building...

In a post-Trump world, trade gets special focus in budget; govt opens domestic market for some imported vehicles

AIMPWAMarch 14, 2025

As US president Donald Trump threatens to impose reciprocal tariffs on its trading partners, potentially upending global commerce, India has placed a significant emphasis on invigorating manufacturing and exports while also opening up the domestic market. As part of the customs duty rejig, the government lowered import tax on a range of products such as...

‘In their last days, our parents changed their will’: They left me $250,000, but gave my sister $1 million. What should I do?

AIMPWAMarch 14, 2025

“How many people maintain a relationship with their siblings after their parents died?” Source link

Atmanirbhar Budget for consumption and development: The ABCD of Budget 2025

AIMPWAMarch 14, 2025

Here’s a handy alphabetized list of the key themes that shaped the most important financial document of the year: It can’t be a Budget without annadatas and agriculture, can it? Identifying agriculture as one of the four powerful engines in India’s journey of development (the other three being MSMEs, investment and exports), the Budget unveiled...