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< Back India’s 1st hydrogen train to undergo final trial in early 2025 30 Dec 2024 It is the first large-scale attempt worldwide to use hydrogen as a fuel for trains. The Research, Design, and Standard Organisation (RDSO), an Indian Railways wing, designed and released the model in December 2021. During the International Innovative Rail Expo in Lucknow, it was named NaMo Green Rail. However, an official name has yet to be decided. The train is scheduled for a final trial between Jind and Sonipat stations in Haryana in the first quarter of 2025, and operations will begin thereafter. Integration is being done at Chennai's Integral Coach Factory (ICF). The train will have 8 coaches and a capacity of 2,638 passengers. Its maximum speed will be 110 km/hour. Three additional coaches will store hydrogen cylinders and integrated fuel cell converters, air reservoirs, and batteries. It will be deployed on short distances. Hydrogen is used globally as a sustainable fuel in road transport, but its usage in rail transport hasn’t seen much success. The performance of NaMo Green Rail could be groundbreaking. Previous Next

< Back IT industry and AI, limited by unlimited liability 2 Jun 2025 Clients demand that IT firms take full liability for all mistakes their AI systems make. AI works probabilistically, which makes its outcomes unpredictable. More businesses expect global IT firms to include an ‘unlimited liability’ clause in their contracts to protect themselves against potential errors and resulting outcomes, and to negotiate more favourable agreements. IT firms are hesitant because of the fear of enormous financial repercussions. This is leading to prolonged or cancelled deals. A customer sued Air Canada after its chatbot produced misleading information, which went against the airline's policy. Lawyers representing Anthropic, an AI firm, apologised to a US Federal Court for an erroneous citation by their LLM, Claude. Reportedly, a prominent Indian IT firm walked away from the deal with a European Bank on the same grounds. Usually, IT operations and software development are considered low risk, and their contracts do not include unlimited liability clauses. In more regulated sectors, like insurance and energy, liability is capped at a percentage of contract value. Never miss another post from SalestorrsNews150. Follow Salestorrs on WhatsApp , LinkedIn , Facebook , X , and Instagram . Previous Next

< Back ChatGPT’s Sora: The text-to-video conversion AI tool 26 Feb 2024 Sora uses your texts to understand your video requirements. It can create videos of varying lengths, sizes, and shapes. OpenAI launched a text-to-video generator, Sora, in early February. It uses a diffusion model to break down your text input and create a video. It can generate complex scenes with multiple characters, varied backgrounds, and motions. The tool shows an advanced understanding of how things exist naturally and their physical behaviour. It can also understand human language and create characters showing specified emotions. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, invited several social media professionals to try out the new app, and the responses were ecstatic. The videos seemed real-life-like. But this also raised several issues about the societal implications of this technology. Currently, Sora is mainly available for Red Teamers, the cybersecurity professionals who act as enemies to assess the associated risks. Many designers, filmmakers, and visual artists are also given access to try out Sora. Meta and Google are working on similar tools. Previous Next

Brésil a proposé d’imposer une taxe de 2% sur les milliardaires globaux avant le sommet de G20 à Rio les 18-19 novembre. < Back Les États ont rejeté l’idée d’une taxe des super riches Brésil a proposé d’imposer une taxe de 2% sur les milliardaires globaux avant le sommet de G20 à Rio les 18-19 novembre. Pendant la réunion de ministres des finances du G20 le 25 juillet, les États Unis ont rejeté la proposition d’introduire d’une taxation des super riches. Avant la réunion, pendant une conférence de presse, la secrétaire de Trésor Américain, Janet Yellen, a dit que son pays ne voyait pas le besoin d’introduire une taxation pour les grandes riches. Les ministres de finances ont se retrouvé pour discuter de cette idée. Le président Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a mentionné comment « certains individus contrôlent plus de ressources que des pays entiers ». Pour une contre mesure, il a lancé une alliance mondiale contre la pauvreté et la faim. D’après une étude récemment d’Oxfam, l’ONG, les 1% les plus grandes riches du monde ont gagné plus de 40,000 milliards de dollars dans dix ans, mais leur taxation est très faible. L’économiste français Gabriel Zucman estime leur imposition à 0,3% de leurs patrimoines. Previous Next

< Back New cab hailing startups offering better incentives to drivers 13 Mar 2024 Rapido levies a subscription fee, and inDrive charges a 10-12% commission compared to Uber and Ola’s 25-30%. Competition from new startups is forcing established ride hailing companies to lower their commission structures for drivers. Rapido bike taxi, backed by Swiggy, scrapped its commission model to introduce a subscription fee for cab and auto drivers. This amounts to ₹9-29 per day. California-headquartered inDrive charges a 10-12% commission, less than half that of Uber and Ola’s 25-30% fee. Namma Yatri, backed by ONDC, offers its Software as a Service (SaaS) to auto drivers for ₹25 per day or ₹3.5 per trip for up to ten rides and free of cost afterwards. This works as a loyalty programme and lures drivers to spend more time on the app to get more rides and an ROI on the daily fees. Uber launched the Uber Pro programme, offering drivers milestones-linked benefits like cheaper vehicle maintenance, motor insurance, area preference, and micro-credit offerings. It also reduced its peak-hour commission by 5-7% to incentivise drivers. Previous Next

< Back Startups turn to Digilocker verification after govt crackdown 17 Jul 2025 Startups previously relied on Aadhaar authentication apps to verify gig workers, but this changed in January. Companies in e-commerce, ride-hailing, and food delivery often struggle to verify gig workers, such as delivery personnel, using Aadhaar-based eKYC. In January, the government mandated ministry approval for accessing the government database for Aadhaar authentication. After approval, companies could access the government’s Aadhaar database via Protean eGov Technologies. Protean eGov processes around 12 lakh eKYC transactions daily. It handled 56 crore verifications in FY2025 alone. In June, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) and UIDAI targeted the unauthorised use of Aadhaar onboarding tools and blocked verification websites like Surepass, Digitap, and Zoop. The move also impacted startups and companies in the fintech and lending sectors. They turned to Digilocker-based Aadhaar verification tools for governmental compliance. Verification platforms like Idfy are assisting e-commerce companies with legal methods of validation and onboarding. The UIDAI will introduce QR codes and PDFs for safer verification, replacing the use of XML files. Never miss another post from SalestorrsNews150. Follow Salestorrs on WhatsApp , LinkedIn , Facebook , X , and Instagram . Previous Next

< Back RBI raises prepaid mobility cards limit to up to ₹3,000 without KYC 18 Mar 2024 The National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) can now be issued with a limit of up to up to ₹3,000 with no KYC. The Reserve Bank of India relaxed KYC norms for the mobility cards. NCMCs are debit, credit and prepaid cards issued by over 25 partner banks and RuPay. These open-loop cards allow commuters to pay for transport systems like metros, road toll and parking plazas, buses, suburban railways, and fuel stations across India. Users can use an NCMC to withdraw money and make online retail payments. It permits offline payments for low-value transactions. The Near Field Communication (NFC) technology facilitates tap-and-go payments. Due to stringent KYC norms, the card saw limited usage, with only 200 million people getting the NCMCs since its launch on March 4th, 2019. The government tried replicating London’s Oyster card or Hong Kong’s Octopus Cards through the ‘One Nation, One Card’ initiative. However, the scattered transportation system and the RBI ban on Paytm Payments Bank, one of the key players issuing NCMCs, made implementing it challenging. Previous Next

< Back Reliance to form a JV to absorb Disney’s India operations 14 Dec 2023 RIL will take a 51% stake in the upcoming unit under Viacom18 and merge Star India’s media operations. Reliance Industries will likely pick up a 51% stake in a new unit coming up under Viacom18 in possibly an all cash deal; Disney will hold a 49% stake in the new entity. The new unit will absorb Disney’s Star India media operations through a share swap deal. Disney’s India assets include the Disney+Hotstar OTT platform and Star India. Viacom18 currently runs the JioCinema streaming platform. Earlier, Reliance battled Disney to offer free streaming of IPL 2023. This move catapulted JioCinema to the #1 position as the most downloaded app in the country by May 2023, compared to the 13th rank in May 2022. Reliance also bought the rights to various movies and shows by global networks like HBO, NBC, and Warner Bros. It aims to build a platform with audience volumes bigger than television. It wants to become India’s foremost digital group and is not competing with other OTTs. Previous Next

L’incendie s’est déclaré dans une sous-station électrique à Hayes, dans l’ouest de Londres, aux premières heures du vendredi 21 mars. < Back Londres Heathrow fermé après l’incendie d’une sous-station électrique voisine L’incendie s’est déclaré dans une sous-station électrique à Hayes, dans l’ouest de Londres, aux premières heures du vendredi 21 mars. 1 351 vols prévus à l’arrivée et au départ de Londres Heathrow (LHR) ont été annulés après que l’aéroport a été fermé à la suite d’un incendie dans la sous-station électrique de Hayes, située à moins de trois kilomètres de l’aéroport. L’incendie a coupé l’alimentation électrique de l’aéroport et de 16 300 foyers de l’ouest de Londres pendant la nuit. Environ 150 personnes ont été évacuées. L’Heathrow Express a mis en place un service de train toutes les demi-heures pour aider les passagers à quitter les terminaux de l’aéroport. L’aéroport devrait rester fermé jusqu’à 23h50 vendredi. On ne sait pas encore quand le courant sera définitivement rétabli. Bien que l’aéroport dispose de sources d’énergie alternatives, la commutation prend du temps. Même après le rétablissement de l’alimentation électrique, les systèmes doivent être redémarres et leur fonctionnement vérifié. La ligne d’assistance de l’aéroport est le 020 8757 2700. Ne manquez pas un autre article de SalestorrsNouvelles150. Suivez Salestorrs sur WhatsApp , LinkedIn , Facebook , X , et Instagram . Previous Next

Le modèle gratuit du générateur d’images GPT-4o d’OpenAI a été mis en attente pendant un certain temps. < Back OpenAI crée un nouveau générateur d’images payantes, Gemini 2.5 le meilleur de Google Le modèle gratuit du générateur d’images GPT-4o d’OpenAI a été mis en attente pendant un certain temps. Après un succès retentissant, OpenAI a limité l’accès au générateur d’images alimenté par le GPT-4o aux utilisateurs payants. Pour obtenir des images détaillées, il faut souscrire un abonnement Plus ou Pro, qui coûte 20 et 200 dollars. Parallèlement, la société californienne Reve AI Inc. a lancé son premier outil de génération de texte a partir d’images, Reve Image 1.0, disponible gratuitement en avant-première. NVIDIA a lancé G-Assist dans l’application NVIDIA. Il s’agit d’une nouvelles fonctionnalité expérimentale alimentée par un Small Language Model. Elle permet aux utilisateurs d’effectuer des taches telles que répondre à des questions, améliorer les performances du matériel informatique, effectuer des diagnostics en temps réel et résoudre les goulets d’étranglement, le tout par le biais de commandes textuelles ou vocales. Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental de Google, disponible dans Google AI Studio et dans l’application pour les utilisateurs avancés, offre un raisonnement avancé et des capacités de codage améliorées. Ne manquez pas un autre article de SalestorrsNouvelles150. Suivez Salestorrs sur WhatsApp , LinkedIn , Facebook , X , et Instagram . Previous Next

< Back Reliance Retail brings Shein back to India 3 Feb 2025 It relaunched the app as Shein India Fast Fashion on Saturday. Isha and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Retail struck a licensing deal with the Chinese fashion app Shein. Reliance will pay a licensing fee to use Shein’s brand name and offer its products on a dedicated app. The Indian manufacturers will supply local products under Shein’s brand name. Reliance offers international brands on its homegrown Ajio app. The deal allows Reliance to retain complete control over the platform and operations while Shein can act only as a technology partner. All customer data will be locally stored in India, and Shein will not have access to it. Shein will undergo regular security audits by government-certified cybersecurity firms. Shein is now available in Google and Apple Play Stores. They started deliveries in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, and Bengaluru. PAN India shipping will begin soon. Shein, headquartered in Singapore, was banned in India in 2020 after escalated geopolitical tensions between India and China. Never miss another post from SalestorrsNews150. Follow Salestorrs on WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, and Instagram. Previous Next

< Back China to participate in Bharat Mobility Expo after 5 years 15 Jan 2025 Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025 is the nation’s biggest motor show. 40 new products are expected to launch this year. Indo-Chinese ties worsened in early 2020 after a border clash and visa misuse by Chinese executives. India banned many Chinese apps, including TikTok and Shein. Chinese automakers like JSW MG Motor and BYD couldn’t attend the mobility show. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has been working on resolving border tensions. It granted a no objection in principle, allowing China to participate. The government started granting visas to Chinese technical professionals working with companies that secured approvals under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. China is among the global leaders in EV technology and battery manufacturing. India imports up to 30% of its auto part imports from China. In FY2024, India bought around $6 billion worth of Chinese components. EV sales may surge from 100,000 units sold in 2024 to double in the next two years. 15-20 EVs, including the luxury segment, could be launched this year. Previous Next