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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,

Rupee falls 5 paise to 88.16 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Sep 11 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 5 paise to 88.16 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday, as market participants are keenly awaiting cues from the trade talks between India and the US. Forex traders said the rupee held its ground supported in part by renewed talk of an India-US trade deal and the rupee is expected to trade within a narrow band of 87.50-88.40 in the near term. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 88.11, then lost ground and touched an early low of 88.16 against the US dollar, registering a decline

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