India’s Frontier Lab Vision Positions Sovereign AI As A Blueprint For The Global South

One of the most anticipated plenary discussions at the AI India Impact Summit 2026, Inside India’s Frontier Lab And Its Global South Impact, brought together leaders across research, policy, infrastructure, and industry to examine how India is advancing sovereign frontier artif...

Reset Ambitions for Trillion-Dollar Tech Future by 2035, Embrace AI and Clean Energy: Goyal

Calling upon India’s technology sector to reset its ambitions towards a trillion-dollar opportunity by 2035, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said the industry must embrace reimagination to stay ahead in an era defined by artificial intelligence, data centres and clean ener...

Global AI Leaders To Gather At India AI Impact Summit 2026 In A Defining Week For Technology Governance

The India AI Impact Summit 2026, powered by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the IndiaAI Mission, will take place from 16 February to 20 February 2026, bringing together an extraordinary coalition of global technology pioneers, policymakers, researchers and industry leade...

Dharmendra Pradhan calls for scalable AI solutions and responsible AI adoption in education at Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave

Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan addresses the Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026 at Bharat Mandapam. The event was also graced by Sukanta Majumdar, Minister of State for Education. During the event, Pradhan launched the Bodhan AI Centre of Excellence. The Conclave marks a sign...

India AI Impact Summit to Unite Nations, Innovators and Citizens for Inclusive, Responsible and Resilient AI

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a future concept. It is already reshaping how Indians learn, work, access services and solve everyday problems. This message took centre stage in the latest episode of Digital India – Ask Our Experts, which featured an engaging and thought-provoki...

AI Shockwave Sparks Indian IT Sell Off As $22.5 Billion Value Evaporates In A Week

  Market Rout Wipes $22.5 Billion from Indian IT Stocks Stock Market Impact: Worst Week in Four Months The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai. Indian information technology (IT) stocks suffered a steep selloff in early February, erasing an estimated $22.5 billion in market v...

Indian Railways Deploys AI, Sensors and Wildlife Corridors to Prevent Elephant Deaths on Tracks

The Ministry of Railways, in coordination with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has rolled out a series of technology-driven and on-ground measures to prevent elephant deaths caused by train collisions, Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronic...

India AI Impact Summit 2026: 35,000+ Registrations so far; 100+ Countries, 500+ Startups to engage across 500 Sessions

The India AI Impact Summit, scheduled to be held in New Delhi from February 16-20, 2026, is anticipated to be the largest of the four global AI summits hosted to date, reflecting the growing international momentum around responsible, inclusive and impact-driven Artificial Intelligence. The Summit, ...

Union Budget 2026 Reinforces AI, Semiconductors and Digital Innovation as Pillars of India’s Growth Strategy

The Union Budget 2026–27 has underscored the government’s intent to accelerate India’s transformation through artificial intelligence, digital innovation, and advanced manufacturing, with key announcements spanning agriculture, semiconductors, and critical minerals. Experts across ...

Union Budget 2026 Puts Emerging Technologies and AI at the Heart of India’s Growth Agenda

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026 in Parliament, emphasisinghting the second Kartavya of the government fulfilling the aspirations of common citizens the Budget positions AI and advanced technologies as key enablers for empowering farmers, women in STEM, youth...

Tax Holiday Until 2047 Signals India’s Long Game On Cloud And Digital Infrastructure

The Union Budget 2026, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has laid out one of India’s most ambitious sector focused fiscal incentives to date, offering a tax holiday until the year 2047 for foreign cloud service providers operating global businesses from data cen...

India Budget 2026 Signals A Decisive Global Push To Accelerate Artificial Intelligence Initiatives

The Union Budget 2026 places artificial intelligence at the centre of India’s economic and technology strategy, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman confirming a significant expansion of AI driven initiatives as part of the government’s fiscal roadmap. The Budget out...

Economic Survey 2025-26 Frames AI as Economic Strategy, Calls for Frugal and Decentralised Adoption

The Economic Survey 2025-26, tabled in Parliament on Friday by Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, positions artificial intelligence (AI) as an economic strategy rather than a prestige technology race, advocating a pragmatic and development-oriented approach tailored ...

Federated Intelligence Hackathon Advances Privacy-Preserving Health AI Ahead of India AI Impact Summit 2026

The National Health Authority (NHA), in collaboration with the ICMR–National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Science (NIRDHDS) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, organised a national Federated Intelligence Hackathon to accelerate the development of Digital P...

India Emerges As A First Tier AI Power On The Global Stage, Says Ashwini Vaishnaw At Davos

Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw outlined India’s approach to Artificial Intelligence, emphasising large-scale AI diffusion, economic viability, and techno-legal governance, during a panel discussion titled “AI Power Play, No Referees” at t...

India to Host Outcome-Focused AI Impact Summit, Says Vaishnaw at WEF 2026

Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Railways and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, highlighted India’s comprehensive approach to artificial intelligence, semiconductors and deep tech innovation during various interactions on the sidelines of the Worl...

TRAI–STPI Pre-Summit Explores Role of AI in Shaping India’s Telecom Future

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), in collaboration with the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), today organised a Pre-Summit Event of the India – AI Impact Summit 2026 on the theme “AI in Telecommunication” at the STPI Conference Facility in East Kidwai Nagar...

AI to Preserve Local Pronunciations and Vernacular Place Names across India

The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Survey of India (SoI) to support the digitisation, transcription and standardisation of geographical place names (topon...

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