New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will not deliver the keynote address at the India AI Impact Summit, his philanthropic organisation, the Gates Foundation, announced on Thursday morning. In a statement, the foundation clarified that it will instead be represented at the summit by Ankur Vora, president of its Africa and India offices, who is scheduled to address the gathering later in the day in New Delhi.”After careful consideration, and to ensure the focus remains on the …
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New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) As Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes economies and societies worldwide, India is positioning itself at the centre of the global AI conversation with the India–AI Impact Summit 2026 — highlighting its vision of inclusive and sustainable technological growth, a report has said.AI is rapidly transforming India’s economy and is projected to add more than $500 billion to the country’s GDP by 2035, according to Geopolitico report.Over the past few years, the governm…
Amaravati, Feb 16 (IANS) Gates Foundation Chairman Bill Gates on Monday visited Real Time Governance Society (RTGS) Centre at Andhra Pradesh Secretariat here to view utilisation of technology in governance.Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu explained to him how faster civic services are being provided and the results being achieved through Real Time Governance.Bill Gates enquired about the functioning and progress of Data Lake, Aware 2.0, WhatsApp Governance, Sanjeevani project and Amaravati pr…
Amaravati, Feb 16 (IANS) Founder Chairman of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates will be visiting Andhra Pradesh on Monday.Gates, who will be leading a delegation from the Foundation, will have a detailed discussion with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, and the Minister for Information Technology Nara Lokesh, on various issues including diversifying sectors like education, health and agriculture.With the cooperation of the Gates Foundation, the State Governme…
Amaravati, Feb 15 (IANS) Founder Chairman of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates will be visiting Andhra Pradesh on Monday. Gates, who will be leading a delegation from the Foundation, will have a detailed discussion with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, and the Minister for Information Technology Nara Lokesh, on various issues including diversifying sectors like education, health and agriculture.With the cooperation of the Gates Foundation, the State Governm…
Amaravati, Feb 13 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Friday that Telangana’s objection to the Polavaram-Nallamala Sagar Link Project is unjustified. Speaking in the Assembly session during the discussion on the motion thanking the Governor’s address, he said every year, 3,500 TMC of Godavari floodwaters go waste into the sea. The state government is planning to divert 200 TMC to Nallamala Sagar.As Telugu states, both should utilise water judiciously. Obstructing …
Dharamsala, Feb 8 (IANS) The office of the Dalai Lama on Sunday firmly denied media reports suggesting any association between the Tibetan spiritual leader and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The clarification comes after several media outlets, citing documents from the United States Department of Justice (DoJ), reported that the Dalai Lama’s name appeared 169 times in the widely discussed Epstein files.According to some reports, the Buddhist leader’s name allegedly appeared in multip…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) China is planning to send an official delegation to India’s upcoming AI summit in the national capital, in a fresh sign that relations between the two neighbours are gradually improving.According to reports, a vice minister from China’s Ministry of Science and Technology likely to lead the delegation.George Chen, partner and co-chair of digital practice at consultancy The Asia Group, said the Indian embassy in Beijing had reached out to arrange visas for the Chinese r…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates contracted sexually transmitted disease (STD) after alleged sexual encounters with “Russian girls”, and asked for antibiotics for his then-wife, Melinda French Gates, according to the latest claim in the Epstein files.The fresh allegations come as the US Justice Department released a large batch of files — encompassing over three million pages of records, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images — related to its investigation into financier Je…
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) The Washington State Senate has passed a resolution honouring India’s 77th Republic Day, citing India’s democratic traditions and the contributions of the Indian-American community. The resolution, Senate Resolution No. 8674, was adopted in Olympia with bipartisan support. It recognised India’s strong democratic legacy and noted the growing ties between India and Washington state. It also highlighted agriculture, trade, technology, and critical and emerging technologies…