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September 29, 2026 10:46 AM

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei avoids comment as AI tech czars reach DC for key meeting with Trump

US President Donald Trump is expected to hold a key meeting with executives of several AI frontier labs on Tuesday even as some of the biggest voices in Tech have publicly called for a slowdown in AI development. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet with the executives of AI companies at the White House on Tuesday (local time). Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai , Palantir CEO Alex Karp, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen H...

August 31, 2026 4:27 PM

Cyber-Physical Systems: How India is building the technology foundation for a smarter, self-reliant future

India is building a nationwide ecosystem around Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), technologies that connect the digital and physical worlds and enable machines and systems to sense, analyse and respond to their surroundings in real time. From healthcare and agriculture to mining, communications, cybersecurity and autonomous mobility, CPS is increasingly becoming an important part of the emerging technology landscape. The Government is developing indigenous capabilities in the field through the Nati...

August 27, 2026 3:35 PM

Piyush Goyal concludes Japan visit, pushes for greater Japanese investment in India’s semiconductor, technology sectors

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has concluded his official visit to Japan, during which he held a series of high-level meetings with Japanese government leaders, financial institutions and business executives to accelerate investment, strengthen industrial partnerships and deepen economic cooperation between the two countries. The visit covered Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka and included interactions with the leadership of more than 30 major Japanese companies and financial institutions wi...

August 25, 2026 5:03 PM

Traditional knowledge must integrate with modern science, medicine and emerging technologies: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences and MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, on Tuesday called for deeper integration of India's traditional knowledge with modern science, medicine and emerging technologies to expand its societal impact. Speaking during his visit to the CSIR-Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (CSIR-TKDL) in New Delhi, Singh said traditional knowledge should move be...

August 24, 2026 1:15 PM

GENESIS EIR 3.0 launched to support early-stage tech innovators with funding of up to Rs 10 lakh

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), through MeitY Startup Hub (MSH), has launched the third cohort of its GENESIS Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) programme to support aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, students and early-stage startup founders in turning technology-driven ideas into viable ventures. GENESIS EIR 3.0 was launched at the GENESIS NextGen Startup Summit - Coimbatore Edition, held on August 4 at Rathinam Global University in Coimbatore. The c...

July 9, 2026 12:17 PM

India, Australia launch new cyber and critical technologies partnership to boost supply chain resilience

India and Australia on Thursday launched the Australia-India Partnership on Cyber, Critical Technologies and Supply Chains (PACTS), unveiling a new framework aimed at strengthening cooperation in cyber security, critical technologies, resilient supply chains and defence research. The new partnership, announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Australia, replaces the 2020 Framework Arrangement on Cyber and Cyber Enabled Critical Technology Cooperation and seeks to deepen collaborat...

July 6, 2026 2:53 PM

UN’s Guterres warns AI outpacing oversight, urges global rules to protect children

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that artificial intelligence is developing faster than anyone can keep up, calling for globally harmonised rules to reduce potential risks - especially to children. "A technology that can reshape economies, transform the world of work, sway elections and tilt the balance of security is being deployed faster than anyone, including the people building it, can keep up," Guterres told delegates at the first-ever government-level global dialog...

June 29, 2026 4:39 PM

Digital India at 11: How a decade of technology is transforming governance, economy and everyday life

Eleven years after its launch, the Digital India Programme has evolved from an ambitious vision of expanding internet connectivity into one of the world's largest Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) ecosystems, fundamentally reshaping the way Indians access public services, conduct financial transactions, receive healthcare, pursue education and interact with the government. As the flagship programme completes eleven years on July 1, 2026, India has emerged as a global leader in digital governa...

June 26, 2026 3:43 PM

AI, Quantum, Space and Nuclear technologies will shape India’s future growth: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh, on Friday said that Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantum technology, space and nuclear energy will define the next phase of India's economic growth, technological leadership and global competitiveness, asserting that the country is rapidly emerging as a major force in frontier technologies. Speaking during a fireside conversation at a media conclave in New Delhi, the Minister said India is progressing ...

March 9, 2026 4:52 PM

Amid wave of kids’ online safety laws, age-checking tech comes of age

For years, tech companies successfully resisted pressure from child safety advocates to do more to keep kids off their services, claiming technical limitations would make any attempt to restrict access for teens impractical, overly broad or a security risk. Now, a growing list of governments is concluding those hurdles are not insurmountable, and pushing ahead with aggressive new age-checking requirements for social networks, AI chatbots and porn purveyors alike. Three months after Australi...