US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urges ‘immediate de-escalation’, says State Dept spokesperson

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urges ‘immediate de-escalation’, says State Dept spokesperson

US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Thursday said Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for restraint amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan. During a press briefing, Bruce said that Rubio spoke to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, urging immediate de-escalation. “This morning Secretary Marco Rubio … Read more

IndiGo to lease two more Boeing 787-9s for long-haul routes

IndiGo to lease two more Boeing 787-9s for long-haul routes

Airline major IndiGo has entered into a new agreement with Norse Atlantic Airways to boost its wide-body fleet for the future expansion of its international long-distance network. Under the agreement, IndiGo will damp lease (aircraft with crew) two additional Boeing 787-9 aircraft. Previously, IndiGo had damp-leased four Boeing 787-9s from Norse Atlantic Airways, of which … Read more

OpenAI announces data localisation feature in India and other Asian countries  

OpenAI announces data localisation feature in India and other Asian countries  

Features under this residency include advanced encryption techniques for data confidentiality and integrity during storage and transmission. OpenAI has announced data residency in India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea for ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, and its API platform to meet the respective countries’ local data sovereignty requirements when using OpenAI products. The data residency allows … Read more

Fed holds rates steady, flags rising risks of inflation and unemployment

Fed holds rates steady, flags rising risks of inflation and unemployment

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell | Photo Credit: REUTERS Federal Reserve officials held interest rates steady for a third-straight meeting and emphasised they see a growing risk of both higher inflation and rising unemployment. “Uncertainty about the economic outlook has increased further,” the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement Wednesday at the … Read more