‘Global chaos relatively positive for India’ – Rising middle class can drive consumer growth: BlackRock COO Goldstein

Robert L Goldstein, chief operating officer of BlackRock, the world’s leading asset manager with funds worth about $11 trillion – which is more than double India’s market cap, is involved with the rollout and expansion of the Jio-BlackRock JV, one of his many initiatives. Goldstein, who first visited India in 2010, remains bullish on the…

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‘Global-first’ Indian-origin AI startups rake in moolah | India News

BENGALURU: A clutch of India-origin AI startups secured significant early-stage funding, attracting marquee global investors. With a global-first approach, these homegrown startups demonstrated early monetisation potential and commanded premium valuations, reflecting growing confidence in their scalability and global relevance. These AI-native startup deals that TOI learnt about include GigaML, which offers secure on-premise deployment of…

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‘Saw him washing floor’: Odisha teen kills younger brother; felt sidelined, neglected by parents; buries body near home | Bhubaneswar News

BHUBANESWAR: A 17-year-old teenager killed his 12-year-old younger brother and buried the body close to their house one-and-a-half months back without giving the slightest hint until police arrested him at Titilagarh in Balangir on Saturday. The accused told police that he committed the crime because he constantly felt sidelined and neglected because his parents paid…

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