Fifth Third at Barclays conference: Comerica deal lifts growth plans

HDFC Bank is searching for a new chief executive officer. The bank faces challenges in integrating its merger and reviving retail lending. Its stock has declined significantly this year, impacting investor confidence. The new leader must improve loan growth and core profitability. Kaizad Bharucha is a leading internal candidate for the role.

Rajasthan says fertiliser supplies are adequate, but Congress alleges farmers face shortages, long queues and inadequate access to DAP

Google’s artificial intelligence assistant Gemini has surpassed one billion monthly users, CEO Sundar Pichai announced Tuesday, a week after a major reorganization of the tech giant’s AI division. OpenAI reached one billion users across all its interfaces, led by ChatGPT, the lab announced in July without specifying whether that figure was monthly or weekly users.