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Latest Updates
Government Cracks Down On Messaging Apps
The Indian government has passed new rules requiring WhatsApp and other messaging apps to link user accounts to their SIM cards, in a bid to curb cyber fraud and increase the ability to track malicious activity. Further, it has ordered that Web versions of these apps automatically sign out the user after 6 hours.
Zerodha Invests $5 Million In Tijori Finance
Zerodha is a popular Indian stock brokerage firm and Tijori Finance is a data engine that powers research features on Kite, a trading app. Zerodha is investing $5 million in Tijori to expand its AI-powered market products, including its flagship tool Concall Monitor, which transcribes live analyst calls and generates summaries. The investment will help Tijori shift its revenue engine toward enterprise customers and international markets.
IIT Kanpur And Indian Army Team Up For Cybersecurity Training
C3iHub, IIT Kanpur, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Headquarters Central Command, Indian Army. The initiative includes two structured 3-month modules designed to equip Army personnel with essential cyber defence skills.
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Trending Projects / Code Repositories
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The “Xano AI-Powered Backend Challenge” invites participants to build production-ready backends using AI, focusing on scalable, secure, maintainable backend systems. Participants can build full-stack AI-first applications or public APIs, showcasing how human developers refine AI-generated code into real-world solutions. Prize pool: US $3,000 total. Register here.
The “AI Challenge for Cross-Platform Apps” by Uno Platform invites developers to build native cross-platform applications using a single .NET codebase (targets: iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, WebAssembly). Entrants must use Uno Platform’s AI-powered tooling. Total prize pool: USD 3,000. More details here.
Miscellaneous
Github: How We Are Making Github CoPilot Smarter With Fewer Tools
GitHub Copilot Chat now uses embedding-guided tool routing and adaptive tool clustering to reduce latency and improve success rates by 2-5% by filtering out non-essential tools and grouping similar tools under virtual directories.
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