Farm-tech at scale: Maharashtra’s Agri-AI shows India the wayIf the Union government combines IndiaAI’s computing power and funding with Maharashtra’s execution abilities, India could shift from pilot...
03 Nov, 2025, 12.43 PM IST
India's AI strategy aims to democratise technology and boost jobs: Ashwini VaishnawIndia’s AI strategy aims to democratise technology access and boost jobs, said IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Backed by initiatives like Ind...
09 Aug, 2025, 11.13 AM IST
Inclusion in technology access must be prioritised: MeitY secy S KrishnanS Krishnan, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), speaking on the occasion of Universal Acceptance D...
28 Mar, 2025, 02.02 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: Meet AI ‘Saba’ trained on Arabic, Tamil, MalayalamIndian startups developing Indic AI models face competition from global players like Mistral AI, which launched a multilingual model traine...
19 Feb, 2025, 06.01 AM IST
Now government departments open artificial intelligence planCentral and state government departments have floated as many as 13 projects and are seeking tech partners to implement AI in areas such as...
29 Jan, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Govt achieved several firsts in 2024 including approval of four semicon projects: MeityThe chip fabrication unit, being set up at Dholera in Gujarat, is a joint venture project of India’s Tata Electronics and Taiwan’s Powerchi...
27 Dec, 2024, 03.01 PM IST
ET WLF 2024: India has brAIght future, can power global innovations, says Microsoft Asia president Ahmed MazhariThe Microsoft top executive said India is not only about New Delhi or Bengaluru but about the citizens in every village and corner of the c...
02 Sep, 2024, 04.29 PM IST
P2P lenders adapt to regulatory pressures; GenAI deals in ITHappy Thursday! Peer-to-peer lending firms are scrambling to comply with the central bank’s rules by tweaking their products. This and more...
11 Jul, 2024, 05.27 PM IST
Under Bhashini, IISc to open source 16,000 hours of speech dataBhashini’s Vaani project, led by IISc-ARTPARK and Google, is open-sourcing 16,000 hours of speech from 80 districts and 150,000 hours from ...
11 Jul, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
In depth: AI builds a bridge to the last mileKishan Pal, a 43-year-old farmer from Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh, uses AI-based voice payments to instantly send money to his mother,...
25 Jun, 2024, 09.00 AM IST
Govt saying aye to laying strong AI foundationThe government may rope in higher education institutes, key researchers for the model that can be customised for wide range of applications...
22 May, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
2024 polls stand out for use of AI to bridge language barriersAI plays a pivotal role in Indian election campaigns by leveraging technology to overcome language barriers, marking a shift towards progre...
24 Mar, 2024, 10.10 AM IST
India turns to AI to capture its 121 languagesThe government, which aims to deliver more services digitally, is also building language datasets through Bhashini, an AI-led language tran...
04 Dec, 2023, 08.01 AM IST
Talk to ‘Bhashini’ for UPI-based services in local languagesIn a bid to advance linguistic inclusion in the payments ecosystem, Bhashini – the government’s artificial intelligence-powered multi langu...
13 Oct, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Digital India: Aadhaar, e-Sanjeevani, Bhashini showcased at G20 summit venueDelegates and other guests visiting the Digital India Experience Zone, set up at the Bharat Mandapam, will also be able to experience the j...
08 Sep, 2023, 03.29 PM IST
AI4Bharat: Putting India on the global map of cutting-edge AI innovationLaunched a year ago, the Nilekani Center at AI4Bhārat has set up a team of close to 200 translators across the country covering 22 Indian l...
01 Jun, 2023, 09.18 PM IST
ETtech in-depth: Government chatbot powered by Bhashini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT is at your serviceSoon, you will be able to ask questions and get details about more than 170 government schemes in your own language, thanks to a chatbot po...
20 Feb, 2023, 06.08 PM IST