No company for coders! Why Salesforce, among world’s most-valued software companies, won’t hire more engineers

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff emphasised that Agentforce, their primary AI offering, has become the company’s central focus. (AI image) Salesforce, the San Francisco-based software giant, has announced that it will not be hiring any more engineers this year, citing substantial productivity improvements from artificial intelligence. During the 20VC with Harry Stebbings podcast, Salesforce CEO Marc […]

Economy

Ship building & new cargo terminal, among ₹57,000 cr-projects announced for Kandla port in Gujarat

With proposed investments worth ₹57,000 crore, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday announced major initiatives to boost the capacity at Kandla Port in Gujarat. The projects announced include a mega shipbuilding project and a new cargo terminal project. The proposed ₹30,000 crore new Mega Shipbuilding Facility at the Kandla Port will […]

Telecom, railways, among others, go slow on capex

NEW DELHI: The telecom department and the ministries of defence, railways and highways are among the major heads that have seen lower capital expenditure, with the department of economic affairs (DEA) too going slow during the fiscal year up to Nov.Data available on website of the controller general of accounts showed that during April-Nov, the […]

Economy

Gujarat’s ‘Mission Bee’ programme boosts honey production among Amul dairy farmers

  Under the “Mission Bee” programme in Gujarat, 284 milk producers associated with Amul Dairy have produced about 16000 kilograms of honey, stated an official release from the state government, Saturday. Earlier this year,  the Kheda District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union at Anand enrolled 284 farmers engaged in animal husbandry in Anand, Kheda, and Mahisagar districts under the […]

Real Estate Outlook 2025: North Bengaluru, outskirts of Whitefield among areas likely to see rental appreciation

In 2023-24, Bengaluru saw a major surge in residential rentals, increasing rents by more than 20%-30%. In a city starved of rental properties, tenants have been struggling to cope with the ever-changing demands of the landlords, some of whom have gone to the extent of checking out LinkedIn profiles of their prospective tenants. Bengaluru rental […]

Economy

Connectivity boost: Parandur among three greenfield airports likely to get clearance

The Centre is considering giving clearance for the construction of three greenfield airports at different locations across the country, sources told businessline. The three airports in the fray are located at Parandur, Tamil Nadu; Kota, Rajasthan; and Puri, Odisha. These three airports, sources said, have reached the second stage of the Centre’s Greenfield Airports (GFA) policy […]