India's middle-income trap has a problem money may fixEconomist Thomas Piketty says India can escape the middle-income trap through massive investment in education, healthcare and infrastructur...
15 Sep, 2026, 12.30 PM IST
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
14 Sep, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Bihar government announces measures to strengthen education system, examination reformsBihar's Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary announced significant education system reforms. A special committee will ensure quality education r...
09 Aug, 2026, 02.33 PM IST
IIM Bangalore to open campus in Indonesia, announces PM Modi; hails bilateral pacts "driven by technology" in AI, spaceIndia and Indonesia signed major agreements to boost cooperation in artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, startups, and space re...
07 Jul, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
The US decision to leave UNESCO again puts a spotlight on what the agency doesUNESCO, supported by international partners, has been instrumental in rebuilding Mosul and preserving global cultural heritage. Despite the...
23 Jul, 2025, 10.27 PM IST
AI needs to be smaller, reduce energy footprint: StudyThe potential of artificial intelligence is immense -- but its equally vast energy consumption needs curbing, with asking shorter questions...
08 Jul, 2025, 07.35 PM IST
UNESCO working with India on impact of AI in addressing social economic issues: OfficialUNESCO, which has 193 countries as members, held the first summit in 2023 in the UK and the second in 2024 in South Korea on AI "Safety". T...
27 Jun, 2025, 09.39 AM IST
Unesco, MeitY partner to assess gaps in ethical AI use in IndiaAbhishek Singh, an additional secretary at MeitY, said the IndiaAI Mission will focus on catalysing the safe and trusted development, deplo...
14 Nov, 2024, 06.31 PM IST
AI holds potential to transform lives but poses threat if mishandled: UNESCO Education ADGAccording to UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Report, technology is never ideologically neutral and new AI models and applications are ...
29 Sep, 2024, 02.17 PM IST
AI holds potential to transform lives but poses threat if mishandled: UNESCO Education ADGUNESCO's Stefania Giannini highlights the transformative potential and risks of AI, comparing it to the discovery of fire. She emphasizes t...
29 Sep, 2024, 02.09 PM IST
AI could help spread false and misleading information on Holocaust, UNESCO report warnsA UNESCO report state, artificial intelligence could potentially propagate false and misleading information about the Holocaust online. Thi...
18 Jun, 2024, 01.40 PM IST
UNESCO, Dutch government launch project to prepare for AI supervisionThe project, undertaken with support of the European Commission, comes ahead of the passage of the AI Act, the broad legislation that is ex...
05 Oct, 2023, 10.17 PM IST
Oui, oui: Jill Biden heads to Paris to help mark US return to UN educational and scientific agencyJill Biden, the first lady of the United States, will attend the ceremony at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, celebrating the US’s return ...
24 Jul, 2023, 10.09 AM IST
France's Emmanuel Macron wants to boost AI, calls for rules that don't impede tech growthFrench President Macron's comments came as lawmakers in Europe signed off on Wednesday on the world's first set of comprehensive rules for ...
15 Jun, 2023, 12.27 AM IST
US decides to rejoin UNESCO and pay back dues, to counter Chinese influenceUnited States is planning to join UN cultural and scientific agency, UNESCO and pay more than $600 million in back dues to counter the grow...
12 Jun, 2023, 04.05 PM IST
Senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill appointed by UN chief Guterres as his Envoy on TechnologyGill, who was India's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva from 2016-to 2018, is the Chief Ex...
11 Jun, 2022, 01.17 PM IST
Why it's time to address the ethical dilemmas of artificial intelligenceAI's perceived risk isn't only from autonomous weapon systems that countries like the US, China, Israel and Turkey produce that can track a...
02 Apr, 2022, 12.24 AM IST