Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) In a rare interaction between political leadership and the state’s technology community, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday engaged with IT professionals, startup founders and technocrats at the Technopark campus here, calling for a stronger focus on skills, innovation and manufacturing to secure India’s economic future.The discussion, titled “Technology, Innovation and Opportunity,” drew around 200 invited IT professionals, including software eng…
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New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) India is emerging as a key player in the global Artificial Intelligence revolution and is helping to democratise the technology not just for its own citizens but also for developing countries around the world, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, said on Thursday.Speaking at the Asia in 2050 Conference in Bangkok, Georgieva said the rapid development of AI has the potential to reshape the global economy, with Asia playing a central…
Rajkot, Feb 13 (IANS) Students in Gujarat are being equipped with practical skills alongside academics under a state-wide initiative to promote self-reliance.Led by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the programme targets students from classes 9 to 12, combining vocational training with traditional studies to prepare them for employment and entrepreneurship.At Shree Chandrasinhji Higher Secondary School in Rajpara, Kotda Sangani Taluka, Rajkot district, pupils are receiving hands-on training in 11 …
Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar has voiced concern over the threat posed by ‘Agentic AI’ and called for appropriate security measures, trust framework and governance to tackle it.The Police Commissioner, through a social media post on Friday, highlighted how autonomous, multi-agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems act independently across critical sectors. According to him, the risks arise from both malicious exploitation and unintended autonomous be…
Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) The warehousing stock in India reached 610 million square feet in 2025, and more than half of this was premium Grade A space, a report showed on Thursday.Institutional-backed Grade A assets now account for 38 per cent of quality stock, bringing standardised development, enhanced specifications, and attracting global occupiers, sand the JLL report. Logistics (3PL) and e-commerce lead storage demand, while light manufacturing, driven by auto, engineering and electronics, is gr…
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) Artificial intelligence is advancing so rapidly that national policy choices made in the next few years will determine economic growth, geopolitical power, and social stability, technology entrepreneur Romesh Wadhwani said.Delivering the keynote address at a major CSIS conference ahead of India’s upcoming AI Impact Summit, Wadhwani said AI is entering a new phase defined by autonomous “AI agents” capable of planning, executing, and learning with limited human over…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Bhavish Aggarwal-run electric two-wheeler company Ola Electric on Friday announced to lay off approximately 5 per cent of the workforce owing to the “ongoing structural transformation”.In a statement, the company said it is “doubling down on speed and discipline through increased automation across its frontend operations”.“As part of this ongoing structural transformation, approximately 5 per cent of the workforce will be impacted,” Ola Electric said.It furth…
Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) US lawmakers and homeland security officials have warned that China remains the most persistent cyber threat to American civilian infrastructure, a challenge that closely mirrors security risks faced by India and other major democracies.The warning came during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing focused on cybersecurity, transportation security, and emerging technology risks. Members from both parties said Chinese state-backed hackers are increasingly targeting …
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) President Donald Trump said the US economy was “rocketing” on the back of a manufacturing revival, defending his rollback of electric vehicle mandates and predicting that robotics would play a growing role in addressing labor shortages.Speaking during an interview with CBS News at an active Ford assembly line, Trump pointed to expanded production across major automakers as evidence of economic strength.“If you went around this plant, like I have, they just announc…
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Around 97 per cent of HR leaders in the tech sector in India feel that work by 2027 will be done by humans working alongside AI rather than engaging with it intermittently, a report said on Tuesday.The report from Nasscom and Indeed, based on a poll of over 120 HR leaders in the tech sector in the country, found that 20-40 per cent of work in technology firms is already AI‑driven.Around 45 per cent of respondents reported that over 40 per cent of software development is n…