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Union Minister meets start-up leaders over NCR pollution

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Only 3,833 out of 57,566 schools in T.N. have dedicated special educators, shows Rajya Sabha reply

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Saturday interacted with representatives of start-ups and innovation companies working on air pollution mitigation, with a focus on developing practical, scalable and technology-driven solutions to address the air pollution challenge in Delhi-NCR. Innovative approaches for low-cost mechanised road sweeping, monitoring road-dust resuspension, portable pothole…

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India’s IT exports: Deliver the code, chase the cash

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India’s IT exports: Deliver the code, chase the cash

The $672,102 export nightmare of a Bengaluru tech firm (for illustration) | Photo Credit: The Hindu A Bengaluru technology company says it is still waiting for $672,102 from an overseas customer for work completed more than 19 months ago, highlighting the financial risks smaller Indian technology exporters face when international clients fail to pay. Thiyagu…

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IBM India pitches ‘digital swaraj’ with country-specific tools for sovereign AI

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IBM India pitches ‘digital swaraj’ with country-specific tools for sovereign AI

Managing Director of IBM India & South Asia Sandip Patel and IBM Asia Pacific General Manager Hans Dekkers at the IBM Think 2026 summit, in Mumbai | Photo Credit: ANI IBM is developing India-specific tools and application programming interface (API) connectors to integrate its sovereign AI software platform with local systems, as it seeks to…

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MeitY IndiaAI Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence to be launched on Wednesday

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MeitY IndiaAI Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence to be launched on Wednesday

Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images Minister for Industries, IT and AI P.K. Kunhalikutty will formally launch MeitY IndiaAI Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam (CAIK), on Wednesday (September 30). The centre is being established under the IndiaAI Mission of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and the Department of Electronics…

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India hasn’t missed AI bus as some foreign media perceive: FM

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India hasn’t missed AI bus as some foreign media perceive: FM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the 7th edition of the IITMAA Sangam 2026 annual conference in Bengaluru | Photo Credit: PTI India has not missed the artificial intelligence (AI) or quantum computing bus; rather, a perception largely shaped by overseas media suggests otherwise, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. Speaking at an…

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Aiven launches India operations; plans expansion in Bengaluru

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Aiven launches India operations; plans expansion in Bengaluru

Aiven’s India office to be a long-term investment | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Finnish data operations company Aiven has announced the launch of its India operations, aiming to tap the country’s rapidly expanding artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and enterprise technology ecosystem. The company, which provides open-source data infrastructure solutions for AI and cloud environments,…

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BSNL deputy general manager urges engineering students to embrace AI, robotics and quantum technology

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BSNL deputy general manager urges engineering students to embrace AI, robotics and quantum technology

BSNL Deputy General Manager M. Satya Prasad speaking in Freshers Day celebrations held in Avanthis Saint Theressa Engineering College, Garividi of Vizianagaram district on September 19, 2026 | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Deputy General Manager M. Satya Prasad on Saturday (September 19, 2026) asked all students to focus on…

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The price of AI is falling; why are enterprises still spending more? Explained

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The price of AI is falling; why are enterprises still spending more? Explained

Artificial intelligence (AI) is turning sharply cheaper to run on a per-token basis. Yet, the amount companies spend on AI is rising as they move from experiments and chatbots to more complex, multi-step applications. During a recent executive briefing, Coforge management said that over the previous seven months, the unit cost of tokens needed to…

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OpenAI’s Altman won’t do IPO this year, calls AI extinction risk ‘unacceptable’

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OpenAI’s Altman won’t do IPO this year, calls AI extinction risk ‘unacceptable’

Mr. Altman suggested that OpenAI and other leading AI firms may be close to unveiling a pact to ‌slow AI development. File | Photo Credit: Reuters OpenAI will not go public in ​2026, Chief Executive Sam Altman said in remarks published on Saturday (September 12, 2026), citing safety ⁠concerns over artificial intelligence that render “unacceptable”…

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Foundries in Coimbatore register 20% growth amid rising demand

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Foundries in Coimbatore register 20% growth amid rising demand

Investments in automation in foundries is on the rise in Coimbatore district in September 2026. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO PERIASAMY M The foundry industry in Coimbatore saw 20 % growth in the last one year with robust orders, said Jayakumar Ramdass, chairman – Inter Foundry and Inter Diecast event and Managing Director of Mahendra…

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