Rishika Agarwal

Rishika Agarwal

Rishika Agarwal is a Senior Sub-Editor at Business Standard, covering everything from global developments and the economy to startups, technology, and human-interest stories. She loves untangling complex ideas and turning them into stories anyone can enjoy. When not in the newsroom, she’s often found lost in a book, pausing to admire art, or letting herself get carried away by music.

Rishika Agarwal

India AI Impact Summit 2026: The university also claimed that it is the first private institution to invest over ₹350 crore in artificial intelligence

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 8:04 PM IST

In a fireside chat with Meta's Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, Rishi Sunak described India as 'a country with huge digital ambitions and capacity'

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 5:02 PM IST

At the India AI Impact Summit, Microsoft's Brad Smith said there is an urgent need to close the AI divide between the global north and south, calling for infrastructure, skills and investment

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 3:58 PM IST

Speaking on the second day of the summit, Vaishnaw extended an apology for the inconvenience that the stakeholders had to face on the opening day

Updated On: 17 Feb 2026 | 2:36 PM IST

The planned data centres will include dedicated computing capacity for Indian large language models (LLMs) and other national data projects

Updated On: 17 Feb 2026 | 1:27 PM IST

Vembu stressed that stronger and earlier partnerships from the educational institutions industry would help India build practical and scalable AI solutions

Updated On: 17 Feb 2026 | 12:05 PM IST

During the visit, Macron is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is set to travel to Mumbai on Tuesday for the meeting

Updated On: 17 Feb 2026 | 11:00 AM IST

Day 1 of the summit saw long queues, overcrowding, technological failures, including Wi-Fi disruptions and UPI connectivity issues, organisational lapses, and even allegations of theft

Updated On: 17 Feb 2026 | 10:33 AM IST

The oath-taking ceremony for the newly elected MPs will be held at 10:00 am today at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in Dhaka

Updated On: 17 Feb 2026 | 9:14 AM IST

DIDB CEO Amitabh Nag said that building strong communities around AI development can help create a self-sustaining marketplace over time

Updated On: 16 Feb 2026 | 5:55 PM IST

January 2026 WPI-based inflation: Positive rate of inflation in January 2026 was due to an increase in prices of the manufacture of basic metals, other manufacturing, and non-food articles

Updated On: 16 Feb 2026 | 12:08 PM IST

Nageswaran warned that without careful and calibrated action, rapid technological change could create social and economic instability

Updated On: 16 Feb 2026 | 11:39 AM IST

Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw earlier said that India's home-grown AI models are ready for public release and will be presented at the summit

Updated On: 16 Feb 2026 | 10:20 AM IST

Under the plan, the Railway board is expected to offer partial funding, technical help, and access to testing centres

Updated On: 16 Feb 2026 | 9:14 AM IST

The latest message comes after Goyal earlier invited former Zomato employees to write to him if they wanted to return to the company

Updated On: 12 Feb 2026 | 4:48 PM IST

January 2026 CPI-based inflation: The inflation remained close to the Reserve Bank of India's lower tolerance threshold

Updated On: 12 Feb 2026 | 4:05 PM IST

Matt Shumer said that AI is likely to take on roles across law, finance, medicine, accounting, consulting, writing, design, analysis, and customer service

Updated On: 12 Feb 2026 | 1:41 PM IST

In a Truth Social post, Trump said tariffs have strengthened US economic and national security and warned Republicans against opposing them

Updated On: 12 Feb 2026 | 11:08 AM IST

Initially, authorities slowed down the app, but the latest move is more serious and wide-ranging

Updated On: 12 Feb 2026 | 9:20 AM IST

In the Union Budget 2022-23, the government clearly defined VDAs such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs under the Income Tax Act for the first time

Updated On: 11 Feb 2026 | 4:25 PM IST