Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) The tax holiday for foreign cloud service providers aims to “provide investment certainty, anchor high-value digital infrastructure within the country, and strengthen India’s role in global digital value chains,” the government said on Saturday.The Government has announced a tax holiday till 2047 in Budget 2026-27 for eligible foreign cloud service providers operating through India-based data centre infrastructure. Such companies’ income will be exempt from Indian t…
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Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) Calling the upcoming India AI Impact Summit a “pretty key, an important event,” Dell Technologies senior executive Vivek Mohindra said the gathering marks a pivotal moment for India and the broader Global South as artificial intelligence reshapes economies and governance.“This is the first global AI summit to be held in the global south,” Mohindra told IAND in an exclusive interview.He added that India, with its “huge aspirations,” is convening global leader…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Union Minister of Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Tuesday met US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor and said he looks forward to strong participation from the US in the upcoming ‘AI Impact Summit 2026’.The ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ from February 16-20 has received a phenomenal response from across the world and is shaping up to be the biggest AI summit so far globally.“Good meeting with Sergio Gor, U.S. Ambassador to India. Discussed strengthening our s…
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) India and France presented the upcoming AI Impact Summit in New Delhi as a turning point in global artificial intelligence governance, with a focus on inclusion, development, and real-world outcomes.Participating in a panel discussion at a CSIS conference here, Indian Ambassador to the US Vinay M Kwatra and French Ambassador Laurent Bili said the February summit in New Delhi will build on earlier global AI meetings while expanding the agenda to reflect Global South prio…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ next month has received a phenomenal response from across the world and is shaping up to be the biggest AI summit so far globally, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said on Friday.Vaishnaw said that leading IT companies have developed more than 200 focused, sector-specific AI models, which are proposed to be launched during the AI Impact Summit. He further said that investments worth nearly $70 billion are already flo…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Centre on Friday released a White Paper titled “Strengthening AI Governance Through Techno-Legal Framework”, outlining India’s approach to building a trusted, accountable, and innovation-aligned artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem.The White Paper, released by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government, emphasises the contours of a “techno-legal” AI governance framework that aims to mitigate risks while preserving flexibility and innovation….