For years, the AI race has been dominated by American and Chinese companies. India, despite its tech talent, lacked a homegrown foundational AI model.

Day 3 of the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 focused on large-scale compute expansion, global AI investment commitments, defence deployment and domestic model launches.

A new San Francisco Federal Reserve study suggests the recent slowdown in unauthorised immigration to the United States is coinciding with weaker job growth

The Leaders’ Plenary brings together world leaders for strategic discussions on the future of artificial intelligence

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said AI has the potential to lift millions out of poverty and significantly expand India’s economic growth.

Sensex crashes 791 pts and Nifty falls below 25,600 as Brent crude tops $70, India VIX jumps 7 per cent, and bank stocks drag markets. Here's why the stock market is falling today

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Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates, Thursday: The GIFT Nifty indicated slight gains for the Nifty 50 index at open. Asia-Pacific shares rose in holiday-thin trade

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The Centre plans to raise about ₹80,000 crore by diluting stakes in seven listed railway PSUs over FY27-FY30 as part of Railways' asset monetisation drive

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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

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Plans soft-brand rollout alongside Athiva expansion, with ₹2,500 crore capex to add over 1,000 keys and scale big-box hotels in metros and leisure destinations through debt and internal accruals

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For the first time in India, an at-scale, OTP-less authentication framework will allow users to complete credit and debit card transactions

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

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Experts at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 said the biggest hurdle in using AI for development is not technology but adoption, weak capacity and lack of investment in digital public infrastructure

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Day 2 of the India AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam will see key talks on AI in healthcare, rural livelihoods, defence and economic growth, along with the launch of major AI casebooks

India AI Impact Summit 2026, Bharat Mandapam

Moderating valuations, US funding strength and lingering tax uncertainty are prompting SaaS and late-stage startups to delay plans to relocate headquarters back to India

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The Election Commission on Thursday asked 22 states and Union Territories to complete preparatory work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) at the earliest as the exercise is "expected to start from April".
Once the exercise is completed, all states and UTs will be covered.
In a letter to the chief electoral officers of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Ladakh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Telangana and Uttarakhand, the poll authority said pan-India SIR of voters' list was ordered in June last year.
In Bihar, the SIR exercise was completed and is ongoing in nine states and three UTs.
In Assam, a 'special revision', instead of SIR, was completed on February 10.

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Severe traffic congestion and repeated route diversions during the ongoing AI Impact Summit turned the daily commute into a harrowing experience for thousands of Delhiites on Thursday, with vehicles crawling across several key stretches.
Heavy traffic snarls were reported from Sunehri Bagh, Sansad Marg, Prithviraj Road, Indraprastha Park flyover and routes leading to the airport, with several commuters claiming they remained stuck for hours due to movement restrictions linked to VIP security arrangements.
Visuals from central Delhi showed long queues of vehicles moving at a snail's pace, while some stretches witnessed near-complete standstill traffic during peak evening hours.
Several commuters took to social media to vent their frustration. One commuter claimed he had been stuck in traffic for nearly four hours and feared he would not be able to reach home on time. Another noted that even the widest roads in the national capital were "choked" due to diversions and security ...

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