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New Delhi, April 25 (Ians) Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said that verified accounts on the microblogging site will now be prioritised.

“Verified accounts are now prioritised,” he tweeted.

This development might give special attention to people who have had their accounts verified.

For instance, if your account is verified, people looking at Twitter are more likely to see your posts.

Last week, Musk removed all legacy verified accounts with Blue check marks.

American actor Charlie Sheen publicly begged Musk to return his blue Twitter check mark.

Sheen, like thousands of others, lost his official verification badge after a site-wide purge of legacy verified accounts.

He was among the ones who refused to pony up for Twitter Blue – Musk’s $8-dolllar-a-month subscription service.

However, Sheen’s blue check was soon restored.

Amitabh Kant, the former chief executive officer of Niti Aayog, also lost the Blue Tick on Twitter.

Earlier, it...

New Delhi, Oct 4 (Ians) Documenting his inspirational entrepreneurial journey, B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, Founder & Chairman, Cyient has authored the book — “Engineered in India: From dreams to billion-dollar Cyient”.

The book takes the readers on an entrepreneurial roller coaster ride. Unveiled by Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa and former CEO Niti Aayog along with Debjani Ghosh, President, Nasscom, the book chronicles the story of a young man stepping out of Iit Kanpur in 1974 with a dream in his heart – to become an entrepreneur and contribute to nation-building.

Undaunted by a lack of experience or means to capital in pre-liberalised India, B.V.R Mohan Reddy’s enterprising spirit took the long and winding road, never losing sight of his ambition.

He gained overseas education on scholarship and donned multiple hats for 18 long years before embarking on his life’s mission at 40. The mission has propelled Cyient – the company he incorporated, to pioneer in outsourced engineering services.

New Delhi, April 13 (Ians) As more and more electric two-wheelers catch fires in the country, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Wednesday asked Ev original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to voluntarily recall batches involved in the Ev fire incidents. Speaking to CNBC, he said that the time is ripe for the Ev industry to instill […]...

Hyderabad, Dec 7 (Ians) Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with a private firm for a study entitled ‘Geo-relief enabled governance to enhance evidence-based decision making’. Addressing the inaugural ‘DigiSmart India 2021’ conference virtually, Kant asserted that the emphasis on making geospatial tools available and approachable for a wider […]...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (Ians) Jsw School of Public Policy at Iim Ahmedabad (Iima) hosted Amitabh Kant, CEO of Niti Aayog, for the launch of its Public Talk Series titled ‘India 2031: The Decade of Transformation’ at the Iima Campus. Stressing upon some key focus areas where the country needs to probe, Kant laid down […]...

Mumbai, June 14 (Ians) Homegrown public cloud storage provider DigiBoxx on Monday said it now has over one million users within six months of its launch.

Launched in December by Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, the platform offers digital file storage, sharing and data management SaaS product that provides storage options for individuals and SMEs who wish to store their personal and work data.

The company said it has witnessed over 16 per cent users being active on a daily basis.

"India needs more such home-grown technologies to fulfil our vision of an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat.' As the global tech companies move away from providing the public cloud access for free, DigiBoxx is poised to step into this vacuum, with its aggressive pricing and free storage options for individuals, businesses and academics," said Kant.

The company offers monthly and yearly plans starting at Rs 30 per month.

For individuals, there is a free...

New Delhi, May 31 (Ians) The consensus in the recently concluded two-day Dialogue on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was that plural philosophical perspectives and a global and inclusive regulatory framework could balance the risks and benefits to humanitys quest for social justice and equality.

Convened by United Nations in India and the O P Jindal Global University's School of Government and Public Policy, the conference brought together top minds on AI. They discussed the emergence of Artificial Intelligence as both a problem and a solution to social issues, its ethical implications and evaluated the existing frameworks for AI governance.

An International collaborative approach is imperative because national governments may prefer to take advantage of AI capacity to manipulate public opinion and that ethical principles, common to the plurality of philosophical traditions, must create the Vision for AI in the future.

Joined by legal experts, technologists, philosophers, theologists, mathematicians, scientists and diplomats,...

New Delhi, March 8 (Ians) The Indian retail sector is likely to generate 2.5 crore new jobs by 2030 and a lion's share will be the offline+online model which will account for nearly 50 per cent of the total retail employment addition, a Nasscom report said on Monday.

The online+offline model will lead to $125 billion retail exports and $8 billion in incremental Gst contribution in the next 10 years, according to the report by Nasscom in association with leading management and consulting firm Technopak.

Retail 4.0 will result in a significant rise in the size of the domestic market, job creation and exports. The changing demand and supply drivers are likely to accelerate the growth momentum, with the India retail market reaching up-to $1.5 trillion by the financial year 2030.

"Retail sector is one of the growth engines for the nation's economy, with a double-digit contribution to the Gdp, and employment to nearly 35 million individuals in FY2020," said Amitabh Kant,...

Noida, March 4 (Ians) Automation and robotics firm Addverb Technologies has inaugurated its Rs 75 crore manufacturing facility in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, that will employ 450 people and enable rapid innovation, adaption, optimisation and agile delivery of made-to-order robotics.

The facility called "Bot Valley" has a capacity to manufacture more than 50,000 robots of varied types in a year, and is equipped with best-in-class electronics and mechanical machines, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

"We have entered a nascent paradigm shift (industry 4.0) where technology will help Addverb meet the growing needs and demand of the present business ecosystem. Robotics holds huge potential in streamlining the processes across industries right from retail to healthcare and from warehousing to supply chain," said Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog, who inaugurated the Addverb facility.

The 2.5-acre manufacturing unit will house cutting-edge robotics and digitalisation technologies.

Even with increased demand for automation, the penetration of robotics, especially...

Noida, March 4 (Ians) Automation and robotics firm Addverb Technologies has inaugurated its Rs 75 crore manufacturing facility in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, that will employ 450 people.

The facility called "Bot Valley" has a capacity to manufacture more than 50,000 robots of varied types in a yearend is equipped with best-in-class electronics and mechanical machines, the company said in a statement on Friday.

"We have entered a nascent paradigm shift (industry 4.0) where technology will help Addverb meet the growing needs and demand of the present business ecosystem. Robotics holds huge potential in streamlining the processes across industries right from retail to healthcare and from warehousing to supply chain," said Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog, who inaugurated the Addverb facility.

The 2.5-acre manufacturing unit will employ 450 people, housing cutting-edge robotics and digitalisation technologies to enable rapid innovation, adaption, optimisation and agile delivery of made-to-order robotics.

Even with increased demand for automation, the penetration of robotics,...

New Delhi, Jan 11 (Ians) Niti Aayog and Flipkart on Monday launched a revamped Women Entrepreneurship Platform (Wep), in a bid to uplift and empower women-led businesses in the country.

The revamped version will include an additional feature to offer mentorship to women with specific knowledge concerning a problem area through a dedicated online mechanism facilitated under Ficci-flo's ‘Empowering the Greater 50%' mission.

"The Wep will become a digital place for entrepreneurs to not only seek information and support, but also help each other out," said Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog, who first mooted the idea of Wep in 2017.

The community on the Wep platform aims to connect knowledge-seeking women entrepreneurs who have questions or seek clarifications on multiple aspects of setting up new businesses, or progressing already established businesses.

"The Women Entrepreneurship Platform plays a critical role in uplifting and empowering women-led businesses in their growth ambition and we...