New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) With coastal states leading the Blue Economy mission and industrial corridors driving advanced manufacturing, Andhra Pradesh is positioned as a key partner in India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday. The Union Budget 2026–27 gives concrete shape to this vision by placing fisheries, marine exports, coastal infrastructure, and ocean-based economic activity at the centre of India’s long-term growth strategy, he stated….
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New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha highlighted the critical bottleneck hindering India’s ambitions in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, stressing that the primary constraint is not funding, capital, or talent but the availability of computational resources, particularly Graphics Processing Units or GPUs.Chadha pointed out that rising GPU costs and global supply chain disruptions are severely limiting India’s data centre expansion and efforts to tr…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 (IANS) India’s space establishment has treated with utmost seriousness the consecutive failures of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), long regarded as the most reliable launch vehicle in the country’s space programme.The gravity of the situation was underscored by National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval’s visit to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thumba, here to personally review the circumstances surrounding the setbacks. The ISRO unit there …
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Traders in Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar Market have expressed mixed reactions to the Union Budget presented by the central government. They have described it as largely “average.” According to traders, the budget is unlikely to have a significant impact and does not adequately address the issues faced by local markets and small businesses.Praveen Gupta, President of the Gandhi Nagar Market Subhash Road Association, said the budget is not special and is almost similar to las…
Jaipur, Jan 26 (IANS) A coaching student preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) was found dead in Rajasthan’s Kota. The incident occurred in the Udyog Nagar police station area on the Delhi–Mumbai railway line. The deceased has been identified as Sartaj Singh (18), a resident of Himayun Kheda village in Sirsa district of Haryana. He had been living in Kota for the past two years to prepare for the engineering entrance examination.According to police, the incident took place aroun…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh, launched India’s first-ever open-sea marine fish farming project from the Andaman Sea on Sunday.The minister described the initiative as one of the first major steps in the direction of realising the Blue Economy through India’s vast ocean resources, as envisaged and repeatedly emphasised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The project was launched on-site at North Bay, Sri Vijaya Puram, during the minister’s f…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Integrating ocean science and biotechnology will help strengthen India’s economy, environment, and employment, said Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, on Saturday.Singh said this while on a visit to the Atal Centre for Ocean Science and Technology for Islands (ACOSTI) to launch and review key marine technology initiatives aimed at strengthening the Blue Economy and livelihoods in the Andaman &am…
Jammu, Jan 16 (IANS) Union MoS (Ind. Charge) for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Friday said that while India had around 400 startups before 2014, the number of recognised startups has now crossed 2 lakhs, with nearly 50 per cent emerging from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. Speaking to reporters here, Singh said there was once a perception that startups could only be launched in metropolitan cities, but the Narendra Modi-led government has successfully changed that mindset. “Today, nearly …
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, on Tuesday, addressed the youth and while referring to the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in the digital age asked them to ensure that they control technology and not let technology control them. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the national conference “Developed India’s Resolution and Youth” organised by the Delhi University’s Hansraj College to commemorate the National Youth Day at Vigyan Bhawan, the Chief Ministe…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) India has entered a futuristic healthcare phase with molecular diagnostics, genome sequencing, and personalised medicine, said Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Jitendra Singh.Speaking during his visit to the DBT-BRIC Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad, Singh said that India is now scientifically and economically equipped to take on complex health challenges through genomics, biotechnology, and prevent…