New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Tuesday unveiled draft amendments to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, proposing a fresh framework to regulate online news and current affairs content, while attempting to address concerns around overreach and censorship.The ministry has opened the draft for public consultation, with the feedback window currently set to close on April 14, although officials indicated that the deadline could be exten…
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New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The government on Monday approved 29 new applications under its electronics component manufacturing scheme, aiming to boost domestic production and investment in the sector.According to S Krishnan, Secretary at the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), these fresh proposals involve a cumulative investment of Rs 7,104 crore.He added that the new investments are expected to generate around 14,246 jobs, providing a significant push to employment in the electronics manuf…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) on Thursday felicitated the winners of the ‘Cyber Security Grand Challenge 2.0’, with a combined prize pool of Rs 6.85 crore, an official statement said.The flagship initiative of MeitY was implemented in association with the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) with the winner receiving Rs 1 crore and the first and second runners‑up awarded Rs 50 lakh and Rs 25 lakh respectively.The initiative aims to stren…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The India AI Expo Summit 2026 will remain closed to the public on February 19 and will instead continue for an additional day on February 21, Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan said on Wednesday.The decision comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the summit on February 19.Due to the high-level presence and security arrangements for the inaugural session, authorities have decided to keep the expo closed for general visitors on that day.Krishnan sa…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Union Electronics and Information Technology Secretary, S. Krishnan, said on Tuesday that whether artificial intelligence (AI) succeeds beyond the hype depends entirely on whether it delivers solutions that improve lives. Addressing the session titled “From Algorithms to Outcomes: Building AI that Works for People” on the second day of the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ here, Krishnan said the India AI Mission is modelled to address diverse needs and real-world challenges…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) IT Secretary S. Krishnan told IANS on Monday that India has to ride the wave of artificial intelligence (AI) to build a ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047, as the country kicked off the much-anticipated ‘AI Impact Summit’ in the national capital. He said that a lot of preparation has gone into (for almost a year) to make the AI Summit a roaring success.“Last February, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the AI Action Summit in France, he announced that thi…
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) As the highly-anticipated ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ kicked off in New Delhi on Monday, senior policymakers and leaders called for urgent action to use artificial intelligence (AI) to promote inclusive growth.Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran warned that every year delaying AI progress narrows economic and technological options.”India needs to act now to use the benefits of AI to promote inclusive growth,” Nageswaran said, adding the country can beco…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) India’s $265 billion technology services sector can scale to $750–850 billion by 2035, while strengthening global competitiveness in the AI era and supporting the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, according to a 10-year roadmap released by NITI Aayog on Thursday.The roadmap by NITI Aayog’s Frontier Tech Hub spotlights that artificial intelligence marks a structural shift in the industry: value will move from labour-arbitrage services toward IP-led, outcome-oriented, and p…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ next month has received a phenomenal response from across the world and is shaping up to be the biggest AI summit so far globally, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said on Friday.Vaishnaw said that leading IT companies have developed more than 200 focused, sector-specific AI models, which are proposed to be launched during the AI Impact Summit. He further said that investments worth nearly $70 billion are already flo…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The government has unveiled a new Aadhaar mobile app designed to make identity verification faster, safer and more citizen‑friendly by enabling users to carry and share their digital identity from their mobile phones.The application allows users to present Aadhaar for verification without showing a physical card or submitting photocopies. Further, users can share only the specific details required on a use-case basis and will speed up identity checks at places such as …