New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Taking cognisance of the spread of AI-based deepfakes online, the IT Ministry on Tuesday issued revised guidelines for social media intermediaries like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, directing them to clearly label all AI-generated content and ensure that such synthetic material carries embedded identifiers.The government has set a three-hour deadline for social media platforms to take down AI-generated or deepfake content once it is flagged by the government or ordere…
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New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Homegrown Yotta Data Services on Monday announced the successful deployment of BHASHINI’s end-to-end sovereign AI cloud transformation on Yotta’s Government Community Cloud (GCC) and Shakti Cloud.With this development, BHASHINI now operates entirely on Indian cloud and GPU infrastructure, ensuring that language datasets, models, and citizen interactions remain within India’s jurisdiction.The deployment demonstrates how national digital public goods can be migrated f…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) As the Union Budget announced tax holiday for data and cloud centre companies, Finance Ministry sources on Wednesday clarified four essential conditions for foreign firms to meet to become applicable for the exemption.The exemption is available from tax year 2026-27 onwards till tax year 2046-47, to “a foreign company which provides cloud services globally including in India,” sources said.Four essential conditions must be satisfied by the foreign company to qualify for t…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Industry on Sunday hailed the Union Budget 2026–27 for adopting a steady and largely inclusive approach, reinforcing India’s manufacturing and technology ecosystem through policy continuity, scale, and targeted reforms.The sustained focus on electronics manufacturing, the launch of India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0, and the significant expansion of the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) reaffirm the government’s long-term commitment to building re…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Over one lakh individuals have enrolled in India’s chip design training programmes, with around 67,000 already trained, the government said on Saturday.The initiative, driven by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), aims to make India self-reliant in chip design, a sector crucial for modern electronics, green energy, defence, and emerging technologies.“Over 1 lakh individuals have enrolled in chip design training, with approximately 67,000 t…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Tesla CEO and founder of AI firm xAI, Elon Musk, has said he is unaware of any instances where Grok, xAI’s chatbot, generated sexualised images of underage individuals.Musk posted on X platform that “I not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero. Obviously, Grok does not spontaneously generate images, it does so only according to user requests.”Musk’s comments come after regulatory scrutiny on reports that Grok had complied with requests …
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) National language AI platform BHASHINI has moved from rule-based systems to AI-powered inclusive engines, providing language services to all citizens and advancing towards full societal inclusivity, according to senior government officials.The Digital India BHASHINI Division at IT Ministry organised ‘BHASHINI Samudaye: Strengthening India’s Language AI Ecosystem’ here in collaboration with Wadhwani AI.According to a ministry statement, the event represented a signi…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi said that eight terror camps, of which two are near the International Border (IB), and six across the Line of Control (LoC), are still active, and security forces are keeping a close watch on them.In response to a question from IANS during the annual press conference of the Indian Army, Gen Dwivedi said, “According to our information, eight terrorist camps are still active, two of which are in IB and six are across the LoC. We do…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday stated that the Army had mobilised its personnel during Operation Sindoor and is “fully prepared” for ground operations should Pakistan commit any “mistake”. The Army chief reiterated that “Operation Sindoor remains ongoing, and a future misadventure will be resolutely responded to”.”As far as our eyes and ears are concerned, because Operation Sindoor is still on, those eyes and ears will remain open. Under this, whatever action we have…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday said India can be satisfied with the progress made in the field of security in 2025, while mentioning that Operation Sindoor demonstrated India’s readiness, precision and strategic clarity. He mentioned that India’s resolute response to the Pahalgam terror attack served as an example of the current reality of the world that “nations that stay prepared, prevail”.Addressing the annual press conference of the Indian Army,…