India’s AI-for-public-good trajectory reveals a pattern of pragmatic, use-case-driven development that is capitalising on the country’s growing innovation ecosystem and tech-adaptive populace.
ISRO’s second PSLV mission failure in a row comes as global launch services become more competitive, with SpaceX’s reusable rocket and China nearing 100 launches a year.
The start-up accelerator’s flagship event saw start-ups from multiple cohorts pitch to a panel of top investors & industry leaders. Four start-ups bagged equity-free grants.
Conquest, a student-run accelerator for start-ups, is back for its 2025 edition. The launch event will bring together top industry leaders & influential figures from Gurugram on 16 April.
While it is unfortunate that a large number of High Net Worth Individuals have left India and taken citizenship elsewhere, the number of HNIs in the country is continuously increasing.
The ‘Global Unicorn Index 2024’ by Hurun noted that Indian entrepreneurs were creating more unicorns outside the country, and also highlighted the slowdown in start-up funding in India.
IAF is looking at acquiring HAPS solution capable of carrying minimum 35 kg payload and sustaining operations at 18,000 m altitude for minimum of 30-45 days.
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.
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.
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.
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