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Topic: Digital India

EXCLUSIVE: Govt reopens tender for AI tools to summarise Cabinet notes, run facial attendance

While requiring govt data to stay within India, the document lists foreign commercial AI services including OpenAI, Anthropic & Google among the models they may connect to.

What are Indians watching? More screens, less equality, says study

Indians are watching more frequently but in shorter, more distracted bursts.

Digital wallets are making sure that Indian students get their scholarship on time

Scholarship disbursement was once a long, drawn-out process involving paperwork and months of back and forth has been drastically cut down using Digital Public Infrastructure.

UPI, unicorns, AI will power India’s digital economy. Focus on them for Viksit Bharat

Estimated at around $175 billion in 2023, India’s digital economy could grow to $1 trillion in three years, projections suggest.

MeitY, UP govt organise Digital India consultation workshop

The event in Lucknow focused on raising awareness about key initiatives under the Digital India Programme, including DigiLocker, Entity Locker, API Setu, OpenForge, myScheme, UMANG, and UX4G.

Rajasthan’s elderly are victims of ‘digital murder’. eKYC gaps leave lakhs without pension

Digital verification issues are excluding Rajasthan’s elderly and disabled from pensions, with lakhs incorrectly declared ‘dead’ or missing. There’s an embarrassing KYC-shaped hole in Digital India.

SubscriberWrites: Safeguarding personal liberty in digital India in the shadow of ADM Jabalpur

The 1976 ADM Jabalpur case, a dark moment in India’s judicial history, reminds us of the enduring need to balance state power and personal freedom as digital surveillance challenges grow.

3 years on, 30% of rural land parcels have Bhu-Aadhaar. Centre pushes for completion by 2026

Bhu-Aadhaar or ULPIN was launched in 2021 as part of land records modernisation programme. Among 28.72 crore listed land parcels, ULPINs have been generated for over 8.4 crore, data shows.

Our take on BJP’s Haryana win, J&K elections, & Ratan Tata’s death

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

On Camera

India cannot afford an FDI rulebook that scares away foreign capital

The draft rules could replace existing flexibility with stricter pricing and control requirements, potentially affecting foreign investment flows.

Is India becoming too dependent on Russian oil? The answer isn’t straightforward

Russia now accounts for about half of India’s crude imports. Experts say this reflects source diversification, but high concentration carries risks from sanctions, shipping curbs.

Modi govt opens up conventional missile production to private players. Astra & Pralay up for grabs

This opens up a market worth several thousand crores while allowing defence ministry to diversify and speed up production at a time when armed forces are looking to build missile stock.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.