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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
TopicData centre

Topic: data centre

‘India to attract investments worth $200 billion in data centres’ — Vaishnaw at AI Summit

India’s ambitions to be known as a prominent data partner also became clear after the Union Budget, which introduced tax incentives for data centre development.

India’s data-centre capacity set to see 12x increase by 2030, will benefit power companies too

Report by research firm Jefferies says the power sector would be key for the future growth of the data centre industry, not just in India, but globally as well.

Another ‘MCU’ to help crack crime — efforts to build database for face recognition, DNA in full swing

Preliminary work to set up Measurement Collection Units as part of Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022, done. Police officers say it would be a big push to crime-solving.

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How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.