New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Intel India on Monday announced a collaboration with Digital India BHASHINI Division to make the real-time translation and transcription facility BHASHINI’s Vidyalekha available on Intel‑based AI PCs.Digital India BHASHINI Division under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology developed this real-time translation and transcription utility across multiple Indian languages and the collaboration will benefit students, education content creators, schools …
Latest India AI Impact Summit 2026 News & Updates
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) India and Sweden have taken a step forward in strengthening cooperation in artificial intelligence and digital technologies, Ministry of Electronics & IT said on Wednesday. On the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, the IndiaAI Mission and Business Sweden signed a Statement of Intent to boost bilateral collaboration in AI and promote trade and investment between the two countries.The agreement lays down a structured framework for working together on the dev…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A group of former Chief Justices of High Courts, senior High Court judges, senior civil servants and armed forces veterans have issued a joint statement condemning the protest staged by members of the Indian Youth Congress during the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, terming the episode a “national disgrace” that undermined India’s global standing. The signatories said they were “shocked beyond belief” at the recent “unpardonable spectacle” in…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Anurag Garg, interacted with sarpanches of border villages in Punjab’s Amritsar district and sought their active support in strengthening efforts to combat drug trafficking and substance abuse, an official statement said on Sunday.During the interaction, Garg emphasised the need for a whole-of-community approach to address the menace of drugs and stressed the important role that local communities can play in preve…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi, said on Sunday that India remains committed to making the global clean energy transition faster, fairer and development-oriented for the benefit of people and the planet.In an X post, replying to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the minister said that India’s clean energy journey is rooted in action, ambition and inclusion. “Under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, we are expanding renewable capacity a…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) As the Indian Youth Congress, on Saturday, shared a photograph of Mahatma Gandhi on social media to defend its dramatic shirtless protest during the India AI Impact Summit 2026, leaders from the constituents of the Opposition INDIA bloc criticised the move, citing concerns over the country’s image on international platforms. Allies of the Congress within the INDIA bloc, including the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Samajwadi Party (SP), expressed reservations about th…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) A day after members of the Indian Youth Congress staged a shirtless protest during the India-AI Impact Summit 2026, the organisation shared a photograph of Mahatma Gandhi on social media to defend its dramatic demonstration.On Friday, Youth Congress members carried out a protest inside Bharat Mandapam during the high-profile India AI Impact Summit, raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Central government over alleged “unemployment, inflation and th…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Kanishka Narayan, the UK’s AI Minister received a warm welcome in Patna on Saturday during his visit to Bihar after more than two decades. Sanjay Kumar Jha, JD(U) MP, welcomed the visiting minister at his residence in Patna and highlighted the significance of his visit for the state’s technological aspirations.Speaking to IANS, Sanjay Kumar Jha said, “Since he is from Bihar and serves as a minister in the AI department in UK, he is familiar with all these matters. To…
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) The United States firmly rejected global governance of artificial intelligence while urging nations to adopt what it called a sovereign AI model built on the American technology stack, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.Leading the US delegation, Michael Kratsios, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, delivered a pointed message on AI policy and sovereignty.“As the Trump Administration has now …
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, attending the India AI Impact Summit 2026 along with Chris Lehane (Head of Public Policy, OpenAI) and Azeez Gupta (Co-founder, Rocket Learning) on Friday, announced Shiksha Saathi, an AI-powered assistant to strengthen the professional and pedagogical capacities of Anganwadi Workers across Maharashtra. In a post on X, CM Fadnavis wrote, “Maharashtra is the first state in India to partner with OpenAI and Rocket Learning to implement an …