New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India’s journey from the ‘Fragile Five’ economies in 2014 to emerging as the world’s fourth largest economy reflects a decisive shift in national confidence, capability, and direction, Union Minister of State, Dr. Jitendra Singh, said on Saturday.He further stated that India is now firmly on course to become the third largest economy in the near future and achieve the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047.Delivering the P. Parameswaran Memorial Lecture in Thiruvananthapu…
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New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday said that Indian youth are at the forefront of addressing global challenges in an increasingly interconnected world, and students are poised to guide India toward new directions. Addressing the Convocation Ceremony of Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, he said that the present era represents a transformative phase in India’s evolving future.Students of this period – equipped with thoughtful insight, …
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS): Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday announced the Rail Tech Policy and the complete digitisation of the Railway Claims Tribunal as Reform Number Three and Reform Number Four under the flagship “52 Reforms in 52 Weeks” initiative of the Indian Railways.Rail Tech Policy aims to engage innovators, startups, industry and institutions to promote innovation in Indian Railways. The new policy simplifies the selection of innovators and introduces a dedicated “Rail T…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Indian tech startups raised $9.1 billion in 2025, up 23 per cent year-on-year, with funding becoming more selective and milestone-linked, a report said on Wednesday.India’s technology startup ecosystem is moving from volume-driven expansion to execution-led maturity, as capital was concentrated in scalable, commercialisation-ready ventures, the report from Nasscom and Zinnov said.It noted that 74 per cent of deal activity was at seed and early stages, underscoring the …
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The only way for Sri Lanka to get into the AI race is to jump onto the bandwagon of a fast mover. Since it is unlikely that Sri Lanka can do so with the two leaders in the AI race — the US and China — the choice available is its neighbour to the north, India, the rising star. India has a high strategic edge with AI on many counts, according to an article in the Colombo Telegraph.“India is moving fast in AI development and, most likely, will become part of a three-mem…
Guwahati, Feb 20 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the disruption at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, alleging that the opposition party is unsettled by India’s growing global leadership in new-age technologies. Reacting to the incident involving Youth Congress workers at the summit, Sarma said it was not the BJP but the “rise of Bharat as a global force in Artificial Intelligence” that troubl…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 20 (IANS) The Kerala Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on Friday approved the state’s Information Technology Policy 2026, laying out an ambitious roadmap to position Kerala as a leading knowledge and innovation hub in India over the next five years.At the centre of the policy is a target to secure at least 10 per cent of India’s total IT export share and generate a minimum of five lakh new jobs across the IT sector and allied industries, according t…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Industry leaders and experts on Friday hailed the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026,’ saying AI is not merely a technology upgrade; it is an infrastructure shift and infrastructure determines power.Countries have increasingly used trade and technology as strategic leverage. According to Savi Soin, SVP and President, Qualcomm India, the country’s “AI future will be defined not just by powerful models, but by how effectively intelligence reaches people, industries, and …
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The India AI Summit in the national capital featured an inspiring address by one of its youngest keynote speakers, student Ranvir Singh Sachdeva, who spoke about blending India’s ancient philosophical traditions with modern artificial intelligence and highlighted the transformative role of youth in shaping the future.Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of the summit, Sachdeva, who was born in 2017, said his presentation explored how timeless Indian ideas can inform conte…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Billionaire Mukesh Ambani announced on Thursday that Jio and Reliance Industries will together invest as much as Rs 10 lakh crore in artificial intelligence over the next seven years.”This is not a speculative investment. It is not for chasing valuation. This is patient, disciplined, nation-building capital — designed to create durable economic value and strategic resilience for decades to come,” the Reliance Industries Chairman remarked in his address at the AI I…