The 114th International Labour Conference focuses on regulating the platform economy, advancing gender equality, and managing AI disruptions. India showcased its Four Labour Codes, highlighting a massive expansion in social security, reduced unemployment, and surging female workforce participation.
Click to View MoreThe ₹10,372 crore IndiaAI Mission aims to democratize AI compute infrastructure and foster indigenous innovation. Concurrently, rising deepfake threats necessitate robust AI governance and media literacy, aligning India’s “Enable, then regulate” approach with global frameworks like the EU AI Act.
Click to View MoreIndia's critical national infrastructure, encompassing power grids, nuclear facilities, and financial systems, faces severe cyber threats from state-sponsored actors and AI-driven malware. Strengthening resilience requires strict NCIIPC guidelines, Zero-Trust Architecture, and comprehensive threat reporting frameworks.
Click to View MorePope Leo XIV’s upcoming encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," addresses the profound ethical challenges of artificial intelligence. It emphasizes protecting human dignity, regulating military AI, addressing cognitive job displacement, and rejecting "technological absolutism" to ensure AI serves the global common good.
Click to View MoreAccording to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), cyber frauds may cause losses exceeding ₹1.2 lakh crore in 2025. India is actively adopting AI-driven tools like MuleHunter.AI and the Pratibimb app to detect illicit mule accounts.
Click to View MoreIndia is revolutionizing its national security by integrating Artificial Intelligence across its armed forces. Through initiatives like the ADITI scheme, ETAI framework, and M.A.N.A.V. vision, India aims to build indigenous, trustworthy, and human-centric military AI capabilities for strategic sovereignty.
Click to View MoreThe Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026. This amendment introduces a rigorous regulatory framework specifically targeting the rise of deepfakes, synthetic media, and the expanding influence of independent digital creators.
Click to View MoreArtificial Intelligence drives rural transformation under India’s AI for All vision. Initiatives like the IndiaAI Mission and BHASHINI support precision farming and governance tools such as Krishi 24/7 and BhuPRAHARI. Addressing digital gaps, data limits, and ethical risks is essential for inclusive, human-centric development.
Click to View MoreGraphics Processing Units (GPUs) are specialised processors designed for high-speed parallel computing, making them essential for graphics rendering, artificial intelligence, and large-scale data processing. Their architecture, which includes thousands of cores, high-bandwidth memory (VRAM), and programmable shaders, enables faster execution of repetitive numerical tasks compared to CPUs. In India, GPUs are becoming critical digital infrastructure, supporting AI innovation, scientific research under the National Supercomputing Mission, the startup ecosystem, and large-scale digital governance platforms. With rising demand and heavy import dependence, strengthening domestic semiconductor capabilities and expanding energy-efficient data centre infrastructure are key to ensuring technological self-reliance and global competitiveness.
Click to View MoreSarvam AI anchors India’s Sovereign AI push, stressing domestic infrastructure to prevent data colonization and protect cultural identity. Its models, Bulbul and Saaras, support UIDAI and industrial safety use cases. Despite compute gaps and talent drain, the IndiaAI Mission aims to strengthen deep tech capacity and autonomy.
Click to View MoreThe India-AI Impact Summit 2026 reframed global AI governance toward development-focused use. India promoted the MANAV framework and New Delhi commitments, joined the Pax Silica semiconductor coalition, and advanced AI in health, agriculture, and Bhashini. Challenges include data sovereignty, de-skilling, and deepfake risks.
Click to View MoreIndia is advancing the democratisation of Artificial Intelligence by expanding affordable access to compute power, shared datasets, digital infrastructure and AI skills through initiatives like the IndiaAI Mission and AIKosh. With widespread 5G connectivity, growing data centre capacity and strong policy support, the approach aims to enable inclusive innovation, strengthen public service delivery, reduce regional disparities and position India as a global leader in equitable and development-focused AI.
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