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Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, strikes licensing deal

As part of the Disney-OpenAI licensing deal, Sora will be able to generate short videos using characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars.>

Cabinet may clear India-Oman free trade pact this week

Negotiations between India and Oman were almost over in early 2024, but the deal could not be signed because of last minute disagreements over certain issues>

Piyush Goyal sees ‘early conclusion’ for India-EU FTA talks

Government officials and industry experts expect that the India-EU FTA would be announced during the India EU Summit>

Flipkart announces its biggest price cut yet on the iPhone 16 Pro Max, offering early buyers a limited-time discount

Flipkart has rolled out one of its steepest price drops for Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max, offering the discount only to users who secure an early Pre-Reserve Pass.>

State of India’s telecom: 5G and broadband momentum drives Jio and Airtel

TRAI’s data for October 2025 pegs India’s mobile subscriber base at 1171.87 million, with 44.82 million fixed wireless broadband subscribers>

CEA V. Anantha Nageswaran sees India-US trade deal signed by March 2026

“I believe this is as much a matter of geopolitics as it is of bilateral trade,” CEA V. Anantha Nageswaran says of an “elusive” India-US trade deal.>

Microsoft ties up with TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant to accelerate Agentic AI in India

TCS, Infosys, Wipro and Cognizant will deploy more than 50,000 Microsoft Copilot licenses each, setting up a new benchmark for enterprise-scale AI adoption.>

A India-US trade deal, not Fed rate cut, matters more for India's stock market, rupee

The quarter-point US Fed rate cut was largely priced in, analysts say. What investors—foreign or domestic—are now awaiting is a India-US trade deal.>

Gold prices up, silver hits record after US Fed delivers rate cut and leans dovish

Gold prices have surged more than 60% this year and silver has more than doubled, with both metals on track for their best annual performances since 1979.>

View | Flight disruptions: Why the key lies in promoting competition in the airline industry

Encouraging competition at the policy level includes incentives to new players to enter the market and ensure there is no over-reliance on a single company.>

Credits : HTimes