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Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday outlined the government’s plans for the next phase of India’s semiconductor programme as notifications for all six pillars of the Semicon 2.0 scheme were issued. The scheme will provide fiscal and infrastructure support across the semiconductor
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India’s artificial intelligence narrative is currently dominated by massive numbers. The IndiaAI Mission has successfully onboarded over 38,000 GPUs to democratize compute access, driving down costs to as low as INR65 an hour, while global hyperscalers have poured a staggering $80 billion into local data centers. But according
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The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), under the Digital India Corporation (DIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), organised a BHASHINI शिल्पी developer session at the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, bringing together developers, technology practitioners and innovators from Nepal to discuss applications of language AI. The
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PhonePe has announced the launch of PhonePe UPI 123Pay, enabling feature phone users to make UPI payments without an internet connection. The company said the service will be available on Nokia, HMD, Lava International and Itel Mobile – Transsion Holdings devices, with additional handset manufacturers expected to be added in the
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PaySprint Private Limited has announced the launch of SprintPGx, a multi-payment-gateway platform designed to allow Indian enterprises to connect with multiple payment gateways through a single integration. According to the company, SprintPGx can connect businesses to more than 10 payment gateways and use AI-based routing to direct transactions between providers.
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Deep-tech startup TRUSTNOW has unveiled TRUSTNOW.EKAM, a sovereign AI governance platform designed to provide enterprises with visibility and control over autonomous AI agents operating within enterprise environments. According to the company, the platform is built on its patent-backed ONE TRUST FABRIC architecture and is designed to work with existing
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Blue Machines AI has announced Project Icebreaker, a sovereign AI co-innovation programme aimed at helping financial institutions in India move AI initiatives from proofs of concept into production. Under the programme, the company will work with five financial institutions, including banks, NBFCs, insurers and fintechs, on selected customer-experience AI initiatives.
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Identity-based attack techniques were involved in 85% of ransomware attacks against education institutions, according to Sophos’ State of Ransomware in Education 2026 report. The figure was higher than the 79% cross-sector average. The techniques covered in the report include malicious email, phishing, compromised credentials and brute-force attacks. Malicious email emerged
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Tiger Analytics has been named an OpenAI Select Partner under the OpenAI Partner Network, a global programme through which partners work with OpenAI to build, sell and deliver AI solutions. The partnership will see Tiger Analytics work with OpenAI to support organisations in building and deploying AI applications, with a
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Salesforce has announced an expansion of its Headless 360 platform, adding capabilities intended to allow authorised AI agents to discover and use Salesforce business functions across enterprise applications. The expansion includes new Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, Data 360 capabilities, Slack integrations, reusable Skills and developer tools. The company said
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Coforge has announced an AI adoption framework aimed at helping enterprises address organisational and operational challenges associated with scaling agentic software development. The company said the framework is intended to help organisations assess workforce readiness, redesign development operating models and expand the use of AI-powered coding assistants and autonomous development
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Equinix has committed an additional $50 million to the Equinix Foundation, doubling the company’s total investment in the foundation since it was established in 2022. The funding will support programmes focused on expanding internet access, digital literacy and workforce development through grants, partnerships and community initiatives. Since its launch,
