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Quote of the day: 'India can be full-stack player in AI,' Sundar Pichai says at AI Impact Summit

India, Feb. 18 -- India can be a "full-stack player" when it comes to artificial intelligence, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Tuesday. Pichai, a graduate from IIT Kharagpur, is in New Delhi for the... Read More


Netherlands PM Schoof arrives in India for Global AI Impact Summit

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Prime Minister of Netherlands Dick Schoof arrived in India on Wednesday as the country hosts the seminal summit on artificial intelligence, bringing together leaders from across ... Read More


SC seeks Mohammed Shami's reply on wife's plea to shift cases to Delhi

India, Feb. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to cricketer Mohammed Shami on a plea by his estranged wife seeking transfer of maintenance and related proceedings pending against him f... Read More


Losar, the Tibetan New Year celebration begins with traditional prayers in Dharamshala

Dharamshala, Feb. 18 -- Tibetans in exile are celebrating Losar, also known as the Tibetan New Year. They are welcoming the Fire Horse Year 2153 and bidding farewell to the Wood Snake Year 2152. The ... Read More


Malaysia seeks to adjust import prices amid strong ringgit appreciation

Hanoi, Feb. 18 -- The Ministry of Finance of Malaysia has said that it is currently working with the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living and observing how they would be able to readjust the ... Read More


India to add 20,000 GPUs beyond existing 38,000 to strengthen national AI infrastructure; announces IT minister

Mumbai, Feb. 18 -- At the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Union Minister for Electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that India will expand its AI compute capacity by adding 20,000 GPUs ... Read More


Watch: Emmanuel Macron gets a grand Indian welcome in Mumbai, PM Modi by his side

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- A video of Emmanuel Macron being accorded a ceremonial welcome at a Mumbai hotel has gone viral, highlighting the role of cultural symbolism in his ongoing visit to India. The f... Read More


BJP is against democracy, secularism and socialism: Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow, Feb. 18 -- In a scathing criticism of the policies and ideologies of the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav said that the BJP wanted to abol... Read More


AI Summit 2026: Democratization of technology is a big focus, says India's UN envoy | HT Interview

India, Feb. 18 -- India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador P Harish, has argued that the United Nations must anchor efforts to ensure technology transfer and sector specific safeguards s... Read More


GIFT City, Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management join hands to build FinTech, international finance talent for IFSC

Gandhinagar, Feb. 18 -- In a move aimed at strengthening India's financial sector talent pipeline, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) wit... Read More