 "Aashish Aryan")
Aashish Aryan
Aashish Aryan
Aashish Aryan is a senior assistant editor who covers stories on technology policy, big tech companies and their developments. His stories also reflect how policy influences innovation, regulation, and competition in India. A computer science engineer by training, he also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. With over a decade of experience across various Indian newsrooms, he has covered a diverse range of topics, including politics, economics, business, agriculture, and other beats, for various publications and platforms. He also oversees the legal bureau coverage at the newspaper.
Aashish Aryan is a senior assistant editor who covers stories on technology policy, big tech companies and their developments. His stories also reflect how policy influences innovation, regulation, and competition in India. A computer science engineer by training, he also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. With over a decade of experience across various Indian newsrooms, he has covered a diverse range of topics, including politics, economics, business, agriculture, and other beats, for various publications and platforms. He also oversees the legal bureau coverage at the newspaper.
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Industry confident of finding rare-earth supply alternatives: Vaishnaw
The restrictions on these metals were placed by China as part of its response to the reciprocal tariffs that were imposed on it by the United States
 "Industry confident of finding rare-earth supply alternatives: Vaishnaw")
Suchi Semicon looks to churn out 3-4 million chips per day: MD Ashok Mehta
Mehta is confident that Suchi Semicon will receive the requisite approvals and incentives from the central government
 "Suchi Semicon looks to churn out 3-4 million chips per day: MD Ashok Mehta")
Need central-level uniform regulation for gaming sector: Winzo Cofounder
Currently, several states have their own sets of norms for the industry
 "Need central-level uniform regulation for gaming sector: Winzo Cofounder")
Amid global layoff, Google may rejig roles in Bengaluru, Hyderabad offices
May also shift some employees to more revenue-generating projects
 "Amid global layoff, Google may rejig roles in Bengaluru, Hyderabad offices")
Scriptures and dialects to empower AIKosh's multilingual database
"Inputs from religious texts, scriptures of local dialects and inspirational word-of-mouth stories will also be included"
 "Scriptures and dialects to empower AIKosh's multilingual database")
Don't lose sleep over DeepSeek, says Infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani
Speaking at the Carnegie Global Technology Summit 2025, Nilekani said that owing to the quick mass adoption of AI in India, developments in the technology will also be much faster
 "Don't lose sleep over DeepSeek, says Infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani")
Cargo rush as full US President Trump tariffs take effect on Wednesday
According to the US executive order, the tariffs will take effect at 12.01 am Eastern Daylight Time, or around 9.30 am Indian Standard Time
 "Cargo rush as full US President Trump tariffs take effect on Wednesday")
Rs 23K crore electronics PLI scheme set to be rolled out in 3 weeks
The scheme is likely to be operationalised in the next 2-3 weeks
 "Rs 23K crore electronics PLI scheme set to be rolled out in 3 weeks")
Govt will evaluate response if China, Vietnam resort to dumping: S Krishnan
As of now, electronics goods manufacturers in India are not "overly" concerned about the recent tariff hikes
 "Govt will evaluate response if China, Vietnam resort to dumping: S Krishnan")
India's rising content, account takedown requests politically driven: USTR
Content and user account takedown requests, as well as the debate around the motivation for such government actions, have been an issue for the Centre
 "India's rising content, account takedown requests politically driven: USTR")
India likely to dial down plans to curb personal computer imports
Import licensing requirements were to be implemented in 2023. The govt has so far deferred the timeline on four occasions and has now set Dec 2025 as deadline
 "India likely to dial down plans to curb personal computer imports")
No change likely in DPDP rules on data storage, cross-border data transfers
A team of US officials was in India till Saturday to hold trade agreement talks with the commerce department ahead of the proposed reciprocal tax announcement by the Trump administration
 "No change likely in DPDP rules on data storage, cross-border data transfers")
When AI chatbots talk up a storm in India, controversy over content follows
Grok is the latest to stir up a controversy with its abusive responses. Such tools need training that is sensitive to cultural nuances
 "When AI chatbots talk up a storm in India, controversy over content follows")
Cabinet okays Rs 23K cr PLI scheme for electronics component manufacturing
A total of 91,600 direct jobs are likely to be generated under the scheme, Union electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said
 "Cabinet okays Rs 23K cr PLI scheme for electronics component manufacturing")
Cadence looks to continue adding employees for India unit at 8-10% CAGR
India head Jaswinder Ahuja says engineers feel their prospects in India are as good as elsewhere in the world
 "Cadence looks to continue adding employees for India unit at 8-10% CAGR")
Tata group seeks 80 acres more to expand Dholera semiconductor chip plant
Gujarat govt had earlier allocated 20-acre land parcel to conglomerate
 "Tata group seeks 80 acres more to expand Dholera semiconductor chip plant")
Govt to check Grok's responses for possible violations of India laws
The ministry of electronics and information technology has, in the meanwhile, reached out to X's (formerly Twitter) representatives in India and sought their response on replies generated by Grok
 "Govt to check Grok's responses for possible violations of India laws")
Gaming SRBs must block harmful, addictive content: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Although betting and gambling fall under the purview of state governments, the central government will work to ensure that users are protected from the ills of online gaming, Vaishnaw said
Received 67 proposals to build AI models trained on Indian datasets: MoS IT
"Of the 67 proposals, 22 are focused on large language models and large multimodal models, while the other 45 are proposals to develop domain-specific small language models"
 "Received 67 proposals to build AI models trained on Indian datasets: MoS IT")
Blocking free flow of data a burden on growth, innovation: Meta's Kaplan
Kaplan talks about free flow of data to age-appropriate content and more
 "Blocking free flow of data a burden on growth, innovation: Meta's Kaplan")