As it looks to emerge as a global agricultural and farm export hub by 2047, Uttar Pradesh (UP) has set a target of producing more than 30.25 million tonnes (MT) of kharif food grains and oilseeds in 2026-27.

This would mark an increase of nearly 20 per cent over last year’s kharif food grain and oilseed output of 25.62 MT.

Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday said he has resigned from the post of Karnataka Chief Minister.

Announcing his resignation at a packed press conference, the 77-year-old leader said that since Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot was not in the town, he handed over his resignation letter to the Governor's special secretary Prabhu Shankar.

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters list will begin in Delhi with door-to-door visits by booth-level officers from June 30 in a transparent manner, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ashok Kumar said on Wednesday.

Addressing a press conference, Kumar said that from June 20 to June 29, training of booth-level officers (BLOs) and printing of enumeration forms and other papers will be underway as the in-house activity for the SIR.

Air India will reduce up to 22 per cent of its domestic flights amid rising operational costs due to high fuel prices, according to sources.

The loss-making airline, which is facing financial headwinds, has reduced international flights by around 27 per cent, the sources said.

State Bank of India will continue to back its branch network even as it accelerates investments in artificial intelligence and digital banking, chairman C S Setty said, signalling that India’s largest lender sees physical banking remaining central to its growth strategy.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the ₹202 crore penalty imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Amazon in connection with its investment in Future Coupons Private Limited (FCPL), holding that the amount recovered or deposited by the company must be returned within eight weeks.

India is likely to begin formal marketing next month for a planned share sale in Life Insurance Corporation of India that could raise as much as ₹10,000 crore ($1 billion), according to people familiar with the matter.

The government plans to sell a stake of about 2 per cent in the state-run insurer in late June or early July to institutional investors.

The founder of failed Indian technology firm Byju’s was sentenced to six months in jail by a Singapore court for contempt, according to people familiar with the matter.

Byju Raveendran was ordered to serve jail time after the court said he had disobeyed multiple orders related to his assets dating back to April 2024.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Tuesday the rapid development and adoption of AI would not lead to a global "jobs apocalypse" and the technology had not claimed as many white-collar jobs as he had feared.

Speaking virtually at a Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) conference in Sydney, Altman said he was initially concerned about the impact AI would have on global employment levels.

Bharti Airtel has defended its new "Priority Postpaid" service before a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) panel, asserting that the offering, powered by 5G network slicing, neither violates net neutrality norms nor degrades service quality for prepaid users.

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