Author: Punit Panchal

New Delhi: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Tukaram Mundhe has again cracked down on food safety. Maharashtra FDA has issued a directions to impose immediate ban on selling loose/packed edible oil in the state. The department has also cautioned that if serious violations are committed, the authorities may prosecution and imprisonment for up to seven years. The decision follows a series of findings by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during its inspections of the edible oil supply chain; these included problems with mixing of oils, contamination and unauthorisation, and defective packaging and lack of proper licences. Some were…

New Delhi: AI is changing the way India’s information technology (IT) services industry does business. However, big IT giants like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech and Cognizant are transforming their business models in the presence of clients that are looking for quicker work, more productive and cost-effective services. India’s IT services industry generated almost $315 billion in revenue last year and long had been reliant on the traditional practice of charging for the number of employees and hours worked. Yet, for numerous software and tech activities, AI is streamlining the time. This is putting pressure on companies to…

New Delhi: India has ambitious economic goal of becoming a $20 trillion economy by 2036. The target is achievable, but will demand increased economic growth, a stronger rupee and significant reforms in multiple sectors, latest report states. The report suggests that India’s underlying growth rate of the rupee should be higher around 14.2%, compared to the current 10.5%. Meanwhile, the rupee should appreciate by approximately 3%-3.6% each year to get India to $20 trillion in dollar terms. What reforms does India need? The 20-point reform agenda has been proposed by Equirus including the services, infrastructure, human capital, capital markets and…

New Delhi: Nearly 6 lakh employees are joining Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on a new Digital User Experience Monitoring tool on their laptops that the company has reportedly started deploying. The shift has raised questions regarding employee privacy, surveillance at the workplace, and the balance between security and surveillance of employees. The monitoring software is said to be capable of recording employee information regarding the use of their company’s laptop. This includes details such as which applications are accessed and how much time is spent on different applications. The technology is, in general, to provide organizations with a deeper understanding…

New Delhi: The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has revolutionized the payment landscape in India by enabling millions of users to make payments more conveniently. UPI has simplified the process of transferring and receiving money, whether it’s a small tea shop or a big store. The system also expanded quickly, surpassing over 23 billion transactions during the month of May in 2026. But the success of UPI has also ushered in some new challenges. What’s the biggest problem is the system has turned into a real dependency on a handful of big payment apps. Late this year, UPI transaction volumes have…

New Delhi: Recently, Huawei has officially introduced its latest Huawei Pura X View. It has now moved beyond the earlier leak stage, having officially debuted in China on August 20, 2026. It is particularly interesting because Huawei has taken the wide-screen concept from the foldable Pura X and put it into a regular, non-folding smartphone body. It features a 6.39-inch OLED display with an unusual 16:9:5 aspect ratio. The company stated it offers more usable display area than many conventional 6.9-inch displays. It has up to 6,500nits of peak brightness with a screen-to-body ratio around 96.1% and very slim 1.05mm…

New Delhi: Nothing has officially started teasing its upcoming latest software version, Nothing OS 5.0, for its eligible Nothing devices. Nothing OS 5.0 is now one of the more immediate Android 17-based software upgrades to watch. Nothing had already confirmed in June that OS 5.0 was taking shape. Nothing has teased August 25, 2026, with the announcement scheduled around 11:00 AM BST. Nothing has clearly confirmed whether this will be the full debut, beta opening, or simply the software reveal. More joy, every day. Nothing OS 5.0 25.08. 11:00 BST pic.twitter.com/OThGjRCSH6 — Nothing (@nothing) August 20, 2026 Nothing has recently…

New Delhi: Amazon is making a giant leap toward online shopping with a drone delivery in the United States. The company intends to roll out Prime Air drone delivery service to close to 500 cities and towns by the end of 2026, from where it is today. It’s a sign Amazon is scaling up its drone delivery efforts and is looking forward to it playing a bigger role in the way it delivers products to customers. So far, the company has a few operations running under Prime Air but is aiming to expand its footprint quickly this year. Amazon wants…

New Delhi: The government is planning to develop a large data centre hub in the city of Visakhapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh, which has sparked concerns about water consumption in the region, particularly because water resources are already a limited resource in the city. The IT Minister Nara Lokesh says that future data centres would not be drawing water from the city’s drinking water resources. The projects will not get water that is intended for housing but instead they will use water from the separate industrial allocations and treated water. Lokesh also stated that newer cooling technologies may…

New Delhi: Samsung is getting ready for another Galaxy event this month. The company has announced the next Galaxy Event will be held on August 27, 2026. Samsung hasn’t officially revealed any of the name of device, but it will going to share the name of the “latest addition” to the Galaxy S26 lineup. This unpacked event is expected to be dominated by the Samsung’s mostly and widely rumored Galaxy S26 FE, which might going to be the cheaper of the Galaxy S26 lineup. These details should not going to be considered as official information, as Samsung has not officially…