Gandhinagar, July 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the 11th edition of the INTERPOL Digital Forensics Expert Group (DFEG) Meeting at the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar on Monday, bringing together representatives from 47 countries and senior law enforcement officials to discuss advances in digital forensic investigation.The inaugural ceremony will be attended by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi and NF…
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New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India has emerged as one of the leading contenders in the race for AI data centres that will power the next generation of computing, with global technology giants including Google, Microsoft and Amazon — alongside major domestic conglomerates — committing billions of dollars to set up AI-ready data centre infrastructure in the country, according to an article in The Citizen.It highlights that much of this investment is concentrated in coastal cities such as Mumbai and …
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Google on Wednesday unveiled the 2026 cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator: India programme, selecting 20 AI-first startups from nearly 2,500 applications as it marks the 10th anniversary of its accelerator initiatives in the country.The new cohort reflects the rapid evolution of India’s startup ecosystem from traditional large language model (LLM)-based applications to agentic and multimodal AI systems, with startups developing solutions across sectors includin…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) India has improved its position by two ranks to become the world’s 11th largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI), with inflows surging nearly 44 per cent to $38.89 billion in 2025, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) ‘World Investment Report’ released on Tuesday.The country was placed at the 13th position among global FDI recipients in 2024, with inflows of $27.09 billion.“India continued to strengthen its posi…
Pune, July 7 (IANS) A new twist has emerged in Pune’s Lohagad Fort murder case, with sources claiming that the prime accused, Siya Goyal, had allegedly entered into a secret marriage with her boyfriend, Chetan Chaudhary, several months before her planned wedding to businessman Ketan Agarwal. According to NDTV sources, Goyal and Chaudhary are believed to have registered their marriage around four months ago, despite Goyal getting engaged to Agarwal in February. Agarwal, a 25-year-old Pune-based r…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said that artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies can play a transformative role in empowering MSMEs, startups, exporters and local businesses, while highlighting the need for stronger collaboration to drive innovation-led and technology-driven growth.The minister shared that he met a delegation from Google led by Vidhya Srinivasan, Vice President, Ads & Commerce, and Preeti Lobana, Vice Presid…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) has directed Telegram to take immediate action against pirated films and OTT content and submit a report within 15 days, sources said on Saturday.The move aims to protect India’s creator economy, film industry, broadcasters, OTT platforms, producers, and distributors from the adverse impact of digital piracy.Earlier, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had blocked Telegram in India till J…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Union government’s Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) to decide, within 15 days, an appeal seeking removal of a YouTube video uploaded by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, which has been alleged to contain defamatory content and hurt religious sentiments. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma passed the direction while disposing of a plea filed by advocate Amita Sachdeva, who had sought a direction to the GAC to decide her…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) India is in talks with the United States to secure access to Anthropic’s Project Glasswing to strengthen cybersecurity testing of its critical digital infrastructure, a senior government official said on Friday.Speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Cybersecurity Summit, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary S. Krishnan said access to the advanced AI model would help India stress-test its digital systems against frontier art…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) India’s ambitions to emerge as a global artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse are receiving a major boost as global technology giants have committed nearly $80 billion towards AI and cloud infrastructure in the country over the next few years, strengthening its position as a key innovation and digital infrastructure hub, a report has said.The latest push came after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced an additional $13 billion investment in AI and cloud infrastructure in …