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September 28, 2026 7:37 PM

Govt launches ‘Shram Samvad’ campaign to create awareness on Labour Codes across 316 districts

The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Monday launched ‘Shram Samvad’, a 90-day mega awareness campaign on the Labour Codes that will cover industrial clusters across 316 districts in all 36 States and Union Territories. Union Minister for Labour and Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya announced the campaign while addressing the National Conference on Industrial Relations and Labour & Awards 2026, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Employ...

September 25, 2026 5:26 PM

Pope Leo warns in France that AI is creating ‘paradise of machines’

Pope Leo urged the world to reconsider the development of artificial intelligence, opening his four-day visit to France on Friday with a fervent warning that AI could create a future where "a paradise of machines" takes control of the Earth. The first US pope, who has made sounding the alarm about the risks of AI a central part of his 16-month papacy, put the issue at the heart of his visit to France, the first by a pope in nearly 20 years. "If we are to avoid losing our humanity amid a 'par...

September 25, 2026 4:08 PM

Tata Sons Crisis Deepens, US Locks In Greenland Security Pact, and India’s AI Wealth Boom

Inside This Week's Economic Brief This week's Economic Brief covers the escalating Tata Sons boardroom crisis, the new US-Denmark-Greenland security pact, US sanctions targeting Iranian aviation, and India's 19 new AI billionaires on the Hurun list. This week's edition of The Economic Brief on DD India examined four major stories: an escalating governance crisis at Tata Sons, a new US-Denmark-Greenland security pact, expanding US sanctions on Iran's aviation sector, and record AI-drive...

September 25, 2026 2:59 PM

Australia steps up response to AI after OpenAI bot breaches health system database

Even before a rogue OpenAI bot breached the database of Australia's health system, the government was escalating its rhetoric about the need to tighten regulation. The incursion on one of the country's most used government agencies may prompt a tougher stance as Australia readies AI-specific laws starting in 2027, adding pressure to Australia-US relations already tested by Canberra's teen social media ban, tech policy experts said. Australia has already frustrated the ChatGPT maker and rival A...

September 25, 2026 11:47 AM

“Compute in space will round up to 100%”: Elon Musk backs future of AI compute as Google announces Project Suncatcher test launch

Space X and Tesla boss Elon Musk has made a futuristic prediction about compute claiming that most of it will move into outer space. The prediction came as Google announced Project Suncatcher its ‘moonshot’ to put AI in space. Sharing a video featuring Google’s Senior Director, Paradigms of Intelligence Travis Beals, Musk said, “The amount of compute in space will obviously round up to 100% of all compute.” Earlier in a post on X dated September 13, Musk said, “I am highly confiden...

September 25, 2026 11:20 AM

“One small step for TPUs”: Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces Project Suncatcher to test AI compute in Space

Google on Thursday announced that its Project Suncatcher is scheduled to embark on its first test in orbit, launching a prototype satellite to evaluate how Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) perform in space. Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) is a custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designed by Google Cloud to accelerate artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads. Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a post on X said, “Can our TPUs survive and operate in space? Well, we’...

September 24, 2026 4:48 PM

Understanding why AI Bots are going rogue: It Isn’t Malice, It’s Math

Recently, an AI researcher, Jacob Coxon, made headlines with his posts on X claiming that AI was developing at a pace that could kill us all. This concern is part of a chain of events back at the center of public debate after an OpenAI agent "infiltrated" part of Australia's healthcare scheme, Medicare, in June. The Prime Minister of Australia stated that the agent accessed a government statistics portal. OpenAI, the company that built the model, discovered the incident in August and alerted the...

September 24, 2026 9:41 AM

AI leaders warn UN of security risks as systems grow more powerful

The world's leading artificial intelligence companies warned the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday of the risks posed by AI to humanity, appealing for governments to work together to manage the increasingly powerful technology. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told the 15-member council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security, that if managed poorly, he believed "AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole." The meeting — convened by France during the annual UN...

September 24, 2026 9:06 AM

Odisha govt approves 27 industrial projects worth over Rs 2.45 lakh crore

The Odisha government has approved 27 industrial projects worth over Rs 2.45 lakh crore, which have the potential to generate employment for more than 50,000 people, officials said. The project proposals were approved at a High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA) meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday. “The geographical spread, together with the diversity of sectors, reflects the state government’s focus on expanding investment opportunities beyond conventional indu...

September 14, 2026 10:32 PM

India’s Data Centre Capacity Surges to 1.57 GW, Set to Reach 8 GW by 2030

India’s rapidly expanding digital economy is driving a sharp rise in demand for data centres, with the country’s installed data-centre power capacity increasing from around 375 MW in 2020 to 1.57 GW as of August 2026. The capacity is projected to rise further to nearly 8 GW by 2030, reflecting the growing need for computing power, data storage and high-speed connectivity as digital services, cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence expand across sectors. The government has been strength...