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Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, Google CEO Sundar Pichai at AI Summit in New Delhi India’s AI ambitions took centre stage at the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, where national and global leaders, policymakers, and top technology executives discussed how artificial intelligence is reshaping economies, governance, and society.From Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s emphasis…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed India’s growth in the field of artificial intelligence as he joined world leaders, heads of state, and global tech leaders at the AI Impact Summit.While giving his keynote address, PM Modi said that AI needs to be democratised to ensure hat humans don’t become a data…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled what he called India’s “MANAV Vision for AI”, setting out a human-centric framework for the development and governance of artificial intelligence at the India AI Impact Summit 2026.“Today at the New Delhi AI Impact Summit, I present the MANAV Vision for AI. MANAV means human,” he…

NEW DELHI: Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday pulled out of delivering his keynote address at the AI Impact Summit to ensure that the focus remains on the event.In a post on X, the Gates Foundation said the organisation will be represented by Ankur Vora, who is president of the Africa and India offices.“After careful…

AI image of French president Macron with PM Modi (Image shared by Macron on X) French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday shared an AI image with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as he’s on three-day tour to India. He’s also set to attend the AI impact summit in New Delhi. The image shows the two nations’…

New Delhi: Given the proliferation of financial scams through ponzi schemes, Supreme Court has ruled that conning people of their hard-earned money falls in the category of heinous crimes and that the accused in such offences cannot claim benefit of the liberty-leaning principle of ‘bail is the rule and jail the exception’. A bench of…

New Delhi: Supreme Court has put an interim stay on the exhumation of bodies of tribal Christians in certain Chhattisgarh villages for their relocation to the religious community’s designated graveyards, as an NGO said this act violates the fundamental rights of local Christians to be buried in their villages. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath…

Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis Mumbai: Eleven years after the BJP-Sena govt led by Devendra Fadnavis scrapped the 5% Muslim quota in govt jobs and education, the Mahayuti govt has cancelled a circular outlining the process of issuing caste validity certificates for the quota. Officials said the long-delayed process was completed after a query…

Asks AG To Take Up Issue With Centre New Delhi: On a petition highlighting a racially motivated attack last December that led to the death of Anjel Chakma in Uttarakhand, Supreme Court Wednesday said those who attack people for their appearance, language, race, region or origin must be dealt with an iron hand.A bench of…

Swiss President Guy Parmelin Swiss President Guy Parmelin backs a governance framework for AI that does not rely on a single instrument and calls for societal norms that guide users. Excerpts from an interview with TOI’s Sidhartha:How should countries deal with AI regulation? Is there a need to have a new agency? Will a regulatory…