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Friday, August 14, 2026
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AI Mission misses fellowship targets by miles, spends just 32% of funds, Parliament panel report reveals

The IndiaAI Mission selected just 150 of 5,000 targeted UG fellows in 2024 and spent 32% of its 2025-26 funds, while its 2026-27 allocation was halved, a parliamentary panel report shows.

Govt now examining review of ‘safe harbour’ shield that lets social media giants off the hook

Safe harbour is legal principle under which an intermediary— platform that hosts, transmits content created by its users—is not held liable for that third-party content.

Apology not enough, House panel tells Meta on Modi video removal; discusses foreign links, content control

Committee met reps of Meta, Google, YouTube, X and Snapchat. Deliberate attempt to tarnish PM's image can't be dismissed as a technical error, said chair & BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.

Meta apologises for brief removal of Modi video, MeitY summons global head of public policy

House Panel will meet on 3 August to discuss regulation of digital platforms with representatives from MeitY, home ministry, Google, Meta, X & Snapchat.

Govt-backed report raises alarm—frontier AI models can now attack banks with minimal human help

For India, report points out that BSFI cyberattacks are running at 1.6 times the global average, incidents have more than doubled between 2021 and 2025.

Exclusive: MeitY body tells ministries to hold off on deploying OpenAI, Anthropic cybersecurity models

The two companies met with several ministries with their proposals on deploying their models for cybersecurity and other related functions.

Centre issues notice to Meta over child abuse material in Instagram ads, seeks detailed reply in a week

Notice was issued Saturday evening, it is learnt. Action follows BBC Eye report, which said that Instagram displayed paid ads promoting child sexual abuse material to users in India.

India hedges against US curbs on frontier AI, parses Washington’s access assurance carefully

India will rely on open-source, homegrown AI models to cut dependence on US frontier systems after 'arbitrary restrictions' on access to Anthropic models, senior MeITY official says.

India raises issue of suspended Anthropic models at Pax Silica Summit. US assures trusted partners access

Two weeks after suspension of two Anthropic models because of an export control directive from US Department of Commerce, India seeks clarity from US on abrupt cutoffs.

E-sports registration form available, but no portal to file it. MeitY says it is loading

Over a month after new gaming laws came into effect, govt has published registration forms, but the portal they must be filed through yet to go live, leaving the industry in regulatory limbo.

On Camera

Putin’s Kuril island visit shows why Russia’s Pacific strategy matters to India

This remote frontier is not remote for India. The cold waters between Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kurils connect the unfinished business of World War II to the wars of the present.

Andhra’s Rs 150 cr exploration MoU for lithium, gallium as Centre pushes critical mineral self-reliance

Andhra Pradesh has signed an MoU for a Rs 150 crore exploration project to study lithium and gallium deposits in Kadapa Basin, part of the Centre’s drive to reduce critical mineral imports.

India seeks 60 new transport aircraft for IAF, invites bids for a $10 billion deal

It is reliably learnt that Airbus, which had initially offered its A400M, is likely to sit it out since its aircraft outweighs requirements with payload capacity of 37 tonnes.

Guru RSS is cautioning shishya Modi govt. Bhagwat’s endorsement of Gen Z has an Indira lesson

It’s evident Bhagwat was watching from a distance and was worried about youth’s anger towards Modi govt. The first thing he did was to demolish any criticism of Gen Z protesters as anti-national.