 "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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Google's India AI plans: Of classrooms and Cloud with training push
Sundar Pichai announced the India America Connect Initiative, bringing new sub-sea cable routes and AI-focused investments to deepen India-US digital and scientific cooperation
 "Google's India AI plans: Of classrooms and Cloud with training push")
Data centres to subsea cables: India draws mega AI infra bets on Day 3
Day three of the AI Impact Summit underscored India's central role in global AI expansion, with new investments, cross-border partnerships and large-scale infrastructure commitments
 "Data centres to subsea cables: India draws mega AI infra bets on Day 3")
AI Impact Summit: Age-based social media curbs on table, says Vaishnaw
AI investments in India expected to exceed $200 bn in two years
 "AI Impact Summit: Age-based social media curbs on table, says Vaishnaw")
India doesn't need hand-down versions of AI products: Intel's Viswanathan
India requires AI products that adapt to societal needs and adopt a frugal approach to using high-end, high-cost technologies, including frontier models, he said
 "India doesn't need hand-down versions of AI products: Intel's Viswanathan")
Looking to build CMF as independent brand: Nothing co-founder Evangelidis
Company is also looking to hire more employees in India, where it currently has 150-odd employees, will onboard talent based on the needs and growth of its brands, Nothing and CMF, Evangelidis said
 "Looking to build CMF as independent brand: Nothing co-founder Evangelidis")
India may be first to see wider scale of voice AI: Mati Staniszewski
ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski says India will be perhaps the first country in the region where we see the wider scale of voice AI, making voice default for all the digital experiences
 "India may be first to see wider scale of voice AI: Mati Staniszewski")
India's AI moment gets real as celebrities and robots share space
PM inaugurates 5-day summit; Vaishnaw says India in talks with over 30 countries for a pact to curb AI misuse
 "India's AI moment gets real as celebrities and robots share space")
Safety to equity: India AI summit set to put Global South at forefront
5-day event begins today amid push for democratising AI resources
 "Safety to equity: India AI summit set to put Global South at forefront")
AI Impact Summit: Indigenous SLM, LLMs to take AI summit centre stage
Government to showcase homegrown large and small language models at five-day summit; Sarvam's LLM and funding for AI data centres may be announced
 "AI Impact Summit: Indigenous SLM, LLMs to take AI summit centre stage")
MeitY's amendments on fake content to up risks for social media platforms
Experts say MeitY's amendment to the IT Rules for AI-generated content, which cuts takedown timelines to three hours, will increase compliance costs and risks for platforms
 "MeitY's amendments on fake content to up risks for social media platforms")
Govt toughens rules on AI content, mandates 3-hour takedown timeline
From February 20, social media and internet intermediaries must remove unlawful content within three hours and non-consensual intimate imagery within two hours under amended IT rules
 "Govt toughens rules on AI content, mandates 3-hour takedown timeline")
India AI Mission warns no fees needed for AI Impact Summit registration
The India AI Mission has issued an alert warning participants that no fee is charged for registration, participation or speaking at the AI Impact Summit starting February 16 in New Delhi
 "India AI Mission warns no fees needed for AI Impact Summit registration")
India, US to ramp up trade in GPUs and data centre infrastructure
Interim trade framework to ease import norms for ICT goods, support India's push to become a major AI data centre hub
 "India, US to ramp up trade in GPUs and data centre infrastructure")
GenAI making tech exploitation easier, cheaper: HPE's Aman Raheja
Cybersecurity incidents have surged sharply over the past year and could rise manyfold further as generative AI enables more sophisticated, scalable and low-cost cyberattacks, says HPE's CISO
 "GenAI making tech exploitation easier, cheaper: HPE's Aman Raheja")
Govt likely to clear seven proposals worth ₹11,000 crore under ECMS
The Centre is likely to approve five to seven more applications under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme, with cumulative investment of nearly ₹11,150 crore
 "Govt likely to clear seven proposals worth ₹11,000 crore under ECMS")
Budget: Higher ECMS outlay, ISM 2.0 send strong signal to chip industry
Industry executives say Budget's higher allocation for ECMS and announcement of ISM 2.0 underline a renewed policy push to strengthen India's electronics manufacturing base and semicon supply chains
 "Budget: Higher ECMS outlay, ISM 2.0 send strong signal to chip industry")
Budget 2026: Tax holiday for foreign Cloud cos using data centres in India
Budget 2026 proposes tax holiday till 2047 for foreign cloud firms using Indian data centres, aiming to position India as a global AI and hyperscale data hub
Union Budget 2026-27: ECMS outlay nearly doubled to ₹40,000 crore
Phase-II of semicon mission announced
 "Union Budget 2026-27: ECMS outlay nearly doubled to ₹40,000 crore")
Govt to provide AI tools, GPUs to universities, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
Government to equip 500 universities with GPUs, datasets and AI tools under the IndiaAI Mission as it prepares for the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi next month
 "Govt to provide AI tools, GPUs to universities, says Ashwini Vaishnaw")
Govt to provide AI infrastructure, GPUs to universities for skilling
AI tools, GPUs and indigenous datasets will be provided to 500 universities as the Centre steps up efforts to boost AI skills, research and innovation
 "Govt to provide AI infrastructure, GPUs to universities for skilling")