Andhra inks seven agreements at AI Summit focusing on education, skillingThe Andhra Pradesh government has signed seven agreements at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, with most of them directed towards higher e...
21 Feb, 2026, 03.13 PM IST
India chases 'DeepSeek moment' with homegrown AI modelsFledgling Indian artificial intelligence companies showcased homegrown technologies this week at a major summit in New Delhi, underpinning ...
20 Feb, 2026, 09.00 AM IST
Govt invested in indigenous AI models to tackle bias: MeitY SecyThere was a debate initially whether India should actually invest in creating indigenous or sovereign models or should it use open source m...
17 Feb, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
PM Modi to Indian AI startups: Build LLMs for global goodAt a closed-door meeting with the top leadership of 12 AI startups, Modi also called for harnessing the transformative technology for publi...
10 Jan, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw discusses manufacturing of sovereign, high-end GPUs in India with Nvidia officialsIndia is stepping up plans to build its own graphics processors after talks between minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Nvidia executives. The di...
09 Jan, 2026, 10.04 AM IST
PM meets Indian AI start-ups leaders, stresses on ethical, impartial, transparent modelsPrime Minister Narendra Modi met with 12 Indian AI startups. He stressed that Indian AI models must champion local content and regional lan...
08 Jan, 2026, 10.03 PM IST
PM Modi chairs roundtable with select startups ahead of India AI Impact SummitPrime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a roundtable discussion with 12 shortlisted startups under the foundational model pillar of the India ...
08 Jan, 2026, 08.23 PM IST
Modi courts AI startups, pushes India-first modelsPrime Minister Narendra Modi met with Indian AI start-ups. The government aims to make India a global hub for ethical AI. Start-ups are dev...
08 Jan, 2026, 03.27 PM IST
AI to add $1.7 trillion to India's economy by 2035: GovtThe economic impact will be driven by AI adoption across sectors including healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, financial services, educ...
30 Dec, 2025, 04.32 PM IST
IIT Bombay launches its own AI companyIIT Bombay has taken an unprecedented step by incorporating its own company, BharatGen Technology Foundation, signalling a bold push to sha...
08 Dec, 2025, 04.48 PM IST
BharatGen bets on small models to hit big AI goalsAn academic consortium based out of IIT Bombay, BharatGen last week secured the largest government support under the India AI Mission — Rs ...
24 Sep, 2025, 07.48 PM IST
AI crucial to growing India's overall ecosystem, says BharatGen's Rishi BalArtificial Intelligence (AI) is essential for accelerating India's overall ecosystem, said Rishi Bal, Executive Vice President of BharatGen.
18 Sep, 2025, 04.47 PM IST
Eight local firms may get IndiaAI foundational AI models incentivesThe Indian government is set to announce the next round of beneficiaries under the IndiaAI Mission, with close to homegrown AI firms expect...
18 Sep, 2025, 03.38 PM IST
Government to declare Round 2 beneficiaries of Rs 1,500 crore AI mission next weekAvataar.ai, TechMahindra, Fractal Analytics, Genloop, IntelliHealth, Shodha AI, and Zenteiq Aitech Innovations are likely to be selected. U...
12 Sep, 2025, 06.28 PM IST
Gemini app crosses 450 million monthly active users, says Google executiveThis follows the tech giant giving free access to its premium Google AI Pro plan, which costs Rs 19,500 per year, to college students aged ...
26 Jul, 2025, 04.05 PM IST
Google unveils major AI initiatives for India, localising Gemini and boosting developer ecosystemDuring the event, the key announcement was the localisation of onshore processing for Gemini 2.5 Flash, bringing faster, low-latency AI per...
23 Jul, 2025, 08.15 PM IST
Made in India, Made for India: The new AI model supports 22 regional languages and emphasizes inclusivity, ethics and cultural relevance.Dr. Jitendra Singh launched BharatGen, India's first indigenous, government-funded multimodal LLM, at the BharatGen Summit in New Delhi. De...
12 Jun, 2025, 11.25 AM IST