Category: India

Lucknow | The valedictory session of the five-days training programme on “Economically Important Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Bihar” was successfully organized today at CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow. The programme was organised during 16–20 February 2026 under the CSIR Aroma Mission. This program was sponsored by Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Saran, Bihar. A total of 27 progressive farmers from Chapra, Saran district, Bihar participated in the training programme aimed at promoting scientific cultivation, processing, and value addition of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs). The…

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched landmark initiatives in India’s digital security framework. It has deployed next-generation AI enabled biometric deduplication and document verification platform. This platform will improve the deduplication accuracy of the Enrolment or Update transaction being undertaken by UIDAI. This “Invisible Shield” marks a new chapter in India’s digital safety mission — a multi-layered AI defence system that performs crores of computations, harnessing accelerated computing to protect citizens’ trust and data integrity. Population-Scale Data Deduplication To uphold the principle of one unique…

New Delhi: The session “AI and Open Networks: Creating Impact at Scale” at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 set out a clear proposition: the future of AI will be determined not only by model breakthroughs, but by the digital public infrastructure and open network architectures that allow innovation to reach millions of people. Drawing on examples from healthcare, agriculture, science, and public service delivery, speakers demonstrated how India’s approach, combining consent-based data systems, interoperable platforms and open participation, has created the foundation for AI deployment at a population scale.  …

A high-level session titled “The Role of Science in International AI Governance’ held during the fifth day of India AI Impact Summit Machines should be created to make people smarter and help humanity, emphasises Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft Sustained Investment in Responsible AI Research Essential for Long-Term Innovation, Says Singapore Minister Josephine Teo From Digital Public Infrastructure to Global South: Experts Chart Path for Inclusive AI Policy New Delhi: The fifth day of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 featured a high-level session titled “The Role…

New Delhi: The roundtable on “Agentic AI” on the fifth day of India AI Impact Summit 2026 brought together global tech industry, policy, and legal leaders to examine a pivotal shift in Artificial Intelligence (AI) from systems that support human decision-making to autonomous agents capable of executing complex tasks across enterprises. Structured across two high-level panels on Business & Industry and Policy Perspectives, the discussion focused on how this transition is redefining safety, accountability, cybersecurity, and public trust, even as it unlocks new productivity and innovation gains.   The first…

“Peace, Power and Perspectives” Session Explores Role of Indigenous Capacity, Secure Compute and Governance Frameworks in Shaping National Resilience Global Leaders Emphasise Transparency, Accountability and Human-Centric Design as Foundations of Operational Trust in High-Stakes AI Systems New Delhi: As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in defence systems, cyber operations, critical infrastructure and public governance, the session “Peace, Power and Perspectives: A Value-Based Approach to Trustworthy AI” at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 examined how countries are linking sovereign capability with democratic legitimacy and operational trust. The discussion moved beyond principles…