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Sensex climbs 123.58 points; Nifty extends winning run to 7th day on firm global trends

Mumbai, Sep 11 (PTI) Benchmark BSE Sensex climbed 123 points while broader Nifty settled above 25,000 on Thursday, tracking a rally in global peers amid Fed rate cut hopes. Rallying for the fourth day in a row, the 30-share Sensex climbed 123.58 points or 0.15 per cent to settle at 81,548.73. During the day, it rallied 217.07 points or 0.26 per cent to 81,642.22. The 50-share NSE Nifty rose by 32.40 points or 0.13 per cent to close at a nearly three-week high of 25,005.50, marking its seventh consecutive day of gains. Among Sensex firms, NTPC, Axis Bank, Power Grid,

India’s IT sector nervous as US proposes outsourcing tax

BENGALURU, Sept 11 (Reuters) – India’s massive IT sector faces a lengthy period of uncertainty with customers delaying or re-negotiating contracts while the U.S. debates a proposed 25% tax on American firms using foreign outsourcing services, analysts and lawyers said. The sector is likely to be on the receiving end of a bill which, though unlikely to pass in its nascent form, will initiate a gradual shift in how big-name firms in the world’s largest outsourcing market buy IT services, they said. Get the latest news from India and how it matters to the world with the Reuters India File

Social media is teaching children how to use AI. How can teachers keep up?

Halifax (Canada), Sep 11 (The Conversation) Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how students write essays, practise languages and complete assignments. Teachers are also experimenting with AI for lesson planning, grading and feedback. The pace is so fast that schools, universities and policymakers are struggling to keep up. What often gets overlooked in this rush is a basic question: how are students and teachers actually learning to use AI? Right now, most of this learning happens informally. Students trade advice on TikTok or Discord, or even ask ChatGPT for instructions. Teachers swap tips in staff rooms or glean information from LinkedIn

PM’s birthday wish to RSS chief a “desperate bid to curry favour,” says Congress

New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): Congress General Secretary in-charge communications, and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for trying to “curry favour” with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) after wishing the Sangh’s chief Mohan Bhagwat on his 75th birthday. “The Prime Minister, in his desperate bid to curry favour with the RSS leadership, has written an over-the-top tribute to Mohan Bhagwat on his 75th birthday today,” Jairam Ramesh said in an X post. He further criticised the Prime Minister for not mentioning Mahatma Gandhi’s “first Satyagraha call” given on September 11, 1906,

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