New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday that the various ministries of the Central government are undertaking all possible precautions to ensure that the NEET-UG re-examination is conducted without any irregularities. He added that the Chief Ministers and administration of all states are also cooperating.The NEET-UG re-examination is scheduled to be held on June 21, following alleged discrepancies in the earlier May 3 examination.Speaking to reporters…
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Hyderabad, June 9 (IANS) Salesforce, the artificial intelligence customer relationship management (AI CRM) firm, on Tuesday announced a commitment to skill one million learners across India by 2030, as part of its broader push to build an AI-ready workforce in the country.The announcement coincides with the 10th anniversary of Salesforce India’s Centre of Excellence (CoE).The initiative aims to go beyond digital literacy and prepare India’s workforce for emerging AI-driven job roles, leverag…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), S. Krishnan, has said that artificial intelligence (AI) presents India with a transformative opportunity to enhance productivity, improve governance and financial inclusion, and expand access to key sectors such as healthcare, education and manufacturing, the ministry said in an official statement on Monday.According to the ministry, during the addressing of the ‘Governance Summit 2026: Inclus…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The MeitY-backed ChipIN Centre — focused on semiconductor design education and VLSI research — has been inaugurated at Sona College of Technology in Tamil Nadu on Saturday to strengthen India’s semiconductor ecosystem and support the country’s ‘Make in India’ chip push.The ‘Sona ChipIN Centre’, established at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), has been set up under the Chips to Startup (C2S) programme supported by the Ministr…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The government on Wednesday felicitated winners of the AB PM-JAY Auto-Adjudication Hackathon Showcase 2026, aimed at developing AI-driven solutions to improve claims adjudication, transparency and fraud detection in public health insurance.Organised jointly by the IndiaAI Mission, NHA and IISc Bengaluru, the hackathon focused on creating advanced technological solutions to improve the speed, transparency and accuracy of claims adjudication while also strengthening fraud …
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) As social media handles claimed that certain posts by the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, were allegedly restricted by the government on Sunday, sources said that there was no such action or demand from the end of IT Ministry. According to sources, it was wrongly claimed by social media handles that certain Instagram posts of Rahul Gandhi were restricted by MeitY.“It is clarified that MeitY had nothing to do with this action. It was because of …
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The government on Sunday dismissed reports claiming that Aadhaar cards will soon be reduced to a simple format with just a photograph and QR code, stating that there is no such proposal under consideration and terming the claims misleading.In an official statement, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said that news reports and social media posts suggesting a change in Aadhaar’s format are incorrect and are creating unnecessary confusion among the publ…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) More than 9,400 WhatsApp accounts linked to India and involved in the so-called ‘digital arrest’ scam have been banned since January 2026, Attorney General R. Venkataramani told the Supreme Court.The development came to light through a note submitted by the Attorney General before the apex court, which is hearing the matter suo motu in view of the rising number of ‘digital arrest’ fraud cases across the country.According to the note, the accounts were identified and re…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that Indian banks are adequately prepared to deal with emerging technology-related challenges, even as she raised fresh concerns over risks linked to a new artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic.Speaking to reporters, FM Sitharaman noted that India is closely monitoring the potential threats posed by Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, which has drawn global attention for its advanced capabilities.The finance …
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) India will bring into force a comprehensive set of rules to regulate the fast-growing online gaming sector from May 1, 2026, the government said on Wednesday.The new framework, notified under the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming (PROG) Act, 2025, reflects the Centre’s dual objective of protecting users — especially children and vulnerable groups — from financial and psychological harm, while positioning the country as a global hub for gaming and digital cr…