FIGURE 2  Fourteen days from glitch to concession.  Dates for the late July and early August markers follow the sequence reported by Indian outlets rather than a confirmed official record.

The Apology Was the Easy Part. The Costliest Sentence Meta Has Ever Spoken in India

There are two versions of what happened in New Delhi on Wednesday. In the first version, a large American technology company made an operational mistake, a video by the Prime Minister of India was briefly unavailable, the company apologised, and a diplomatic irritant was cleared away. That is the v...

Google Showcases 12 AI Solutions Built for Local Governance and Community Challenges in India

Google has concluded the Parliamentary Showcase for Build with AI: Code for Communities, a nationwide initiative aimed at connecting technology innovation with local governance and community needs. Held on 22 July in New Delhi in collaboration with The Dialogue, the showcase featured 12 winning dev...

Beating the 45-Day Clock: The AI Behind India's New Payment and Tax Compliance Challenge

Section 43B(h) turned the timing of a payment into a tax event. That quietly made “who pays late, and when” one of the most valuable predictions an Indian finance team can buy. Here’s how the models actually make it — and the one question to ask before you trust one. Predi...

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman Of Reliance Industries, Announces 110 B$ AI Investment At India AI Impact Summit

Reliance Industries Limited has announced plans to invest 10 lakh crore rupees over the next seven years to build what it described as India’s sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure, marking one of the largest technology investment commitments in the country’s history. Address...

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet At India AI Impact Summit Calls For Reinvention And Global Partnerships To Turn AI Into A Growth Engine

At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Julie Sweet, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Accenture, delivered a message that cut through the noise with rare clarity. Artificial intelligence will not drive prosperity through pilots, prototypes, or boardroom optimism. It will drive prosperity when organi...

India To Expand AI Compute Base With 20000 GPUs And Accelerate Responsible AI Deployment

Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Shri. Ashwini Vaishnaw, announced on the second day of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 that India will scale its compute capacity beyond the existing 38,000 GPUs with the addition of 20,000 GPUs in the coming weeks. He highlighted tha...

Ashwini Vaishnaw Announces Scaled AI Infrastructure And Policy Push At AI India Impact Summit 2026

India signalled a decisive shift from vision to execution as Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Railways and Information and Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, outlined a comprehensive expansion of national AI infrastructure and policy support at the AI India Impact Summit 2026....

AI In Sustainment Session Explores Data Driven Strategies To Enhance Military Equipment Readiness At India AI Impact Summit

The session titled AI in Sustainment: Enhancing Operation Readiness of Military Equipment, held during the India AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam, brought together defence leaders, industry experts, and academic researchers to examine how artificial intelligence can strengthen equipment sustainme...

Global Leaders Call For Trusted Data Collaboratives To Power Responsible AI And Inclusive Growth At India AI Impact Summit

The session titled Strengthening Data and AI Collaboratives for Economic Growth and Social Good, held during the India AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam, convened international policymakers, researchers, development experts, and civil society leaders to examine how trusted data ecosystems can powe...

AI India Impact Summit Calls For Child Centric Governance To Safeguard India’s AI Driven Future

The session titled Safeguarding Children In India’s AI Future: Towards Child Centric AI Policy And Governance convened policy leaders, technology experts, educators, and child safety advocates to examine how India’s evolving AI ecosystem can embed child protection at the core of governan...

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...

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...

IIMA Announces Krishnamurthy Tandon School of Artificial Intelligence

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon and Ranjan Tandon for the establishment of the Krishnamurthy Tandon School of Artificial Intelligence at IIMA. The MoU was exchanged in the presence of Dharmendra Pra...

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...

Lucknow Hosts Uttar Pradesh Regional AI Impact Conference 2026

Lucknow emerged as a key national and global convening point for discussions on responsible and inclusive artificial intelligence on Monday, as policymakers, international organisations, industry leaders, and researchers gathered for the Uttar Pradesh Regional AI Impact Conference 2026 alongside the...

IndiaAI and UPDESCO Sign MoU to Strengthen AI Ecosystem in Uttar Pradesh

Under the Independent Business Division – IndiaAI Mission of the Digital India Corporation, functioning under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, a significant step has been taken towards strengthening the Artificial Intell...

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