Aashish Aryan

The government has ordered app stores to remove BAT-BMS, Lossigy and Epoch-i-ion after videos showed they could be used to remotely disable electric vehicles, citing cybersecurity concerns

The government will soon begin stakeholder consultations on a dedicated legal framework for artificial intelligence as evolving AI capabilities require a separate regulatory regime, IT Secretary

Meta executives meet IT ministry officials over WhatsApp username issue

Exports surge over 40-fold to $1.5 billion in FY26

The ministry is examining WhatsApp's new usernames feature over concerns related to impersonation, fraud and online scams, while Meta says it has built multiple safeguards against abuse

Speaking on the development, a company spokesperson said India is one of Uber's most important markets globally and an important driver of innovation and long-term growth

New command centre would be tasked with ensuring timely implementation of the latest cybersecurity measures

The proposed framework is expected to set guardrails for AI tools, create a regulatory sandbox and define accountability norms for companies operating in India

Centre has restricted Telegram access till June 22 and disabled message editing till June 30 after NTA flagged concerns over examination-related fraud ahead of the Neet-UG re-examination

The US move to restrict access to Anthropic's latest AI models has intensified concerns over AI sovereignty and technology dependence in India

Central agencies like I4C and Cert-In, as well as some IT firms, to get limited access for AI model testing and deployment

Snap has turned to using attention as a measure of advertisement performance rather than the length or the number of impressions generated and consumed

Anthropic expanded Project Glasswing to 150 organisations across 15 countries, including India, amid growing concerns over AI-driven cyber threats

Tessolve CEO Srini Chinamilli says investor confidence in India's semiconductor ecosystem is improving, with venture capital, acquisitions and strategic funding beginning to support chip startups

The proposed facility in Odisha will manufacture advanced packaging glass-core substrates and is expected to generate 1,800 high-skill jobs over the next five to six years

India ranked as the world's fifth most digitalised economy in 2026, driven by rapid AI adoption and expanding digital infrastructure

US Ambassador Sergio Gor says India-US trade deal is likely to be finalised in the coming months, with USTR officials set to visit New Delhi next week

Google Cloud India MD Sashikumar Sreedharan says sectors such as financial services are likely to be among the early adopters of agentic AI-powered cloud services

The Karnataka government is considering incentives for firms developing sustainable data centre technologies, including low-water cooling systems and renewable energy integration

India's data-protection framework offers some guardrails but leaves wide room for interpretation in how those rules apply to AI training