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Parl panel flags delays and underutilisation of funds in AI, chip schemes

New Delhi, March 17 -- : A parliamentary panel reviewing the ministry of electronics and information technology's (MeitY) budget has flagged persistent underutilisation of funds and implementation del... Read More


Govt orders Telegram to disable over 3,000 piracy channels in 3 hours

New Delhi, March 12 -- The Union ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) has directed messaging platform Telegram to disable access to over 3,000 channels distributing pirated movies, web serie... Read More


IT ministry seeks rRs.r1 lakh crore for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0: Officials

New Delhi, March 12 -- The outlay for the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0 is expected to exceed Rs.1 lakh crore, the amount the IT ministry has sought from the government, officials aware of the... Read More


Online safety for children priority, govt mulls AI, Social Media curbs: Vaishnaw

New Delhi, March 11 -- Minister of Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday told the Lok Sabha that ensuring the safety of children and citizens on digital platforms has become a priority for ... Read More


Shiv Sena MP seeks ban on social media for kids, Centre hints no such plans

New Delhi, March 11 -- Shiv Sena lawmaker Milind Deora on Tuesday urged the Centre in Parliament to consider a ban on social media for children, citing global developments where several countries have... Read More


Centre weighs social media curbs for under-16s

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- The Union government is considering restricting social media access for those below the age of 16, by amending the Information Technology Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Medi... Read More


AI tools will support, not replace, clinical expertise: Roy Jakobs, CEO of Philips

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Artificial intelligence (AI) tools could begin handling parts of routine hospital documentation this year, according to Roy Jakobs, chief executive officer of Philips. In an excl... Read More


AI Summit 2026: 'Training on copyrighted data amounts to stealing', says Pleias founder Stasenko

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Anastasia Stasenko, founder of European AI lab Pleias, has bluntly characterised the way large AI companies train their models on copyrighted data as "stealing". Speaking to HT a... Read More


IndiaAI chief outlines roadmap ahead of Summit

New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- As countries compete to build ever larger AI models, India is choosing a different path. "We are not.into the race for artificial general intelligence (AGI)," said Abhishek Singh,... Read More


Industry groups asks IT ministry to not shorten compliance timeline under DPDP

New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- India's two digital industry groupings - the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which represents big tech companies such as Meta, Bharti Airtel and Amazon; and the ... Read More