Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) India’s upcoming AI Impact Summit in New Delhi will be anchored around three core themes — people, planet and progress — with the aim of shifting global artificial intelligence discussions from principles to practical outcomes, India’s Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington, Namgya Khampa, said.Khampa’s remarks came at “US-India Strategic Cooperation on AI,” a discussion organised by Observer Research Foundation America (ORF America), the Special Competitiv…
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Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) India’s upcoming Union Budget is expected to broadly stay the course, with the government maintaining its focus on fiscal consolidation, macroeconomic stability and stepped-up investment in high-technology sectors, according to Anit Mukherjee, Senior Fellow at ORF America, who has worked extensively on fiscal and development policy.“I’m expecting more of the same because this is the midpoint of this term, of this government,” Mukherjee told IANS in an interview,…
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) signaled that it is likely to upgrade India’s growth forecast after the country’s economy expanded more strongly than expected in the latest quarter, reaffirming India’s role as a key driver of global growth.Responding to a question on India’s growth outlook for 2025, IMF Communications Department Director Julie Kozack said India continues to anchor global expansion even as uncertainty clouds the broader international econom…