Hong Kong, June 18 (IANS) India’s participation enhances the G7’s relevance and legitimacy in an increasingly multipolar world order. This is particularly significant as the grouping’s influence today is largely “political and normative” rather than institutional, a report has stated. For India, engagement offers “prestige, access, networking opportunities, and a chance to influence discussions,” but it does not yield immediate economic gains or structural advantages. While participation i…
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New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’, held in the national capital last week, is being seen in the foreign media as the most significant artificial intelligence (AI) gatherings ever hosted in the Global South, and is described as the world’s biggest AI summit to date.“This landmark event marked a pivotal shift: it was the first global AI summit of its kind held outside the traditional power centres of the Global North, following predecessors like the UK AI Safety Summit, …
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) There is an urgent need to close the artificial intelligence (AI) divide between the Global North and South, Microsoft Vice Chair and President, Brad Smith, said here on Wednesday.Speaking at a session during the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ here, he said the economic divide was created by unequal access to technology, specifically electricity.”Technology, for over a century, drove industrialisation and prosperity across the Global North before it really took off in…