New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Thursday that he is struck by the pace of change in India, and we must approach AI boldly as it can improve billions of lives.Speaking at the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ here, Pichai said the company is also building a vast network of subsea fibre optic cables, including four new systems between the US and India, as part of the India-America Connect initiative.“In India, we are helping farmers protect their livelihood…
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New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday announced the India-America Connect Initiative, a major step aimed at strengthening artificial intelligence (AI) connectivity between the two nations through new sub-sea cable routes.Speaking at an event here on the sidelines of the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026,’ Pichai said the initiative will create new undersea cable connections to boost digital and AI connectivity, not only between India and the US but also across se…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) India is standing at the start of a major technological transformation, and artificial intelligence will play a central role in shaping the country’s future, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Wednesday.Speaking at an event here, Pichai described the current phase as a “transformational moment”.”It feels like the beginning of a decade-long change driven by technology, innovation and large-scale adoption of AI,” he stated.Pichai said India is uniquely positio…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday said Google is infusing artificial intelligence (AI) at all levels in India to improve healthcare, support startups, agriculture and more.Pichai earlier met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and discussed India’s growing work in artificial intelligence and how Google can collaborate with the country’s talented students and professionals.“Great to meet with PM Modi this morning. We discussed how Google is helping with h…
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) Google-owned video platform YouTube said on Wednesday it restored large parts of its service after a global outage that left thousands of users reporting issues with the social media platform.“We’re back!! This issue has been fixed across YouTube. Thanks for all the reports and for bearing with us while we sorted it out,” TeamYouTube posted on X social media platform.The company said the homepage was restored, and the team was working on a full fix.”Update: An issue w…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that the company’s annual revenues exceeded $400 billion for the first time, with Gemini AI app reaching over 750 million monthly active users.In the company’s quarterly earnings call, Pichai said they have sold more than 8 million paid seats of Gemini Enterprise launched just four months ago. In addition, “We are also seeing significantly higher engagement per user especially since the launch of Gemini 3 in December. O…
Kathmandu, Feb 3 (IANS) Nepal’s interim government on Tuesday decided to withdraw the Social Media Bill registered in Parliament by the then K P Sharma Oli–led government, which had been widely criticised for seeking to curtail freedom of expression. The decision comes amid memories of the Gen Z–led protests against the ban on social media imposed by the Oli administration in September last year. Those protests eventually escalated into broader anti-corruption demonstrations, leading to th…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Silver has surged to become one of the most valuable assets in the world, overtaking tech giants Apple Inc and Alphabet in market capitalisation and moving closer to surpassing NVIDIA Corporation to claim the second spot after gold.According to data from companiesmarketcap.com, silver’s market capitalisation has risen to $4.220 trillion. This places it just 8.1 per cent behind NVIDIA, which currently stands at $4.592 trillion.Gold continues to remain far ahead as the w…