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16 Sep

Govt. Announces Artificial Intelligence Challenge To Boost Indian Startups Amid COVID-19

The Union Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MeitY) announced a series of artificial intelligence challenges to boost Indian startups and tech entrepreneurs as a part of Aatmanibhar Bharat initiative amid COVID pandemic. It said that the importance of digital transformation has accelerated in the last few months due to COVID, and has brought the…

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23 Oct

Will Another Committee Bring Clarity To India’s AI Strategy?

India is travelling toward a path where both the private and open divisions are unified in their duty to advance and upscale artificial intelligence. In the past, we have seen that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and the NITI Aayog have separately framed national strategy reports on AI. Different calls taken by…

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23 Oct

How MeitY Startup Summit Sparked New Energy For India Innovators

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, initiated the MeitY Startup India Summit this week. The event brought together many industry leaders, government officials, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists under one roof to discuss how regulators can boost the startup ecosystem in the country.  During the inauguration, Prasad said that the Digital India…

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09 Oct

Government To Fund 100 Startups To Use Its Natural Languages Translation Platform

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In a welcome move, which is both technologically-forward and in keeping with the heterogeneous heritage of the country, the Central Government is reportedly set to fund 100 startups to use its artificial intelligence-powered language platform. This platform, which will be used for translation services in numerous languages, will be opened for private use to allow…

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22 Jul

TikTok Parent Company ByteDance To Set Up New Data Centre In India

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ByteDance, the parent company of popular video app TikTok has announced the setting up of a new data centre in India. The Chinese company will be one of the first social media companies to localise their data for India. According to a statement shared by ByteDance, the company has taken this step to abide by…

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16 May

MeitY’s CSC To Use Artificial Intelligence For Improvement Of Services In Rural Areas

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The CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd (CSC SPV) is now on its way to use artificial intelligence and data analytics to improve services across sectors such as finance, education, healthcare, and others. This special purpose vehicle has announced a strategic alliance with NEC Technologies to develop and deliver new digital services to around 900 million…

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