New York/Washington: The US will strengthen the United Nations, make it viable and help it “money-wise”, President Donald Trump said Thursday, as he asserted that his Board of Peace will be “looking over” the global organisation, making sure it runs properly. Trump made the remarks in his address to the inaugural meeting of the Board…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the India AI Impact Summit 2026 has positioned the country for leadership in a new era, building upon the milestones achieved under the Narendra Modi government. In a series of posts on X, Shah said by hosting the largest constellations of global leaders and tech giants,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday agreed that the recently concluded India-EU FTA will open new avenues for trade and investment between the two countries. Both leaders had a meeting on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit during which they reviewed the entire gamut of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held insightful discussions with global CEOs on scaling up artificial intelligence in a responsible manner and strengthening global collaboration. The CEO Roundtable at the India AI Impact Summit brought together various stakeholders from the world of AI, technology, and innovation. “The discussions were insightful and forward-looking, focused…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held bilateral meetings with top leaders of Greece, Switzerland and the Netherlands, focusing on boosting ties in areas of trade and investment and critical technologies, including semiconductors. Modi held the meetings on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit. The prime minister also met Crown Prince of…
At a time when artificial intelligence is increasingly defined by geopolitical rivalry, market monopolies and opaque algorithms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unveiling of the MANAV Vision at Bharat Mandapam was not just another summit speech. It was a declaration of intent: India will not be a passive consumer of AI built elsewhere. It will shape…
The 85th meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG), held on October 18, 2024, at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali, has raised more questions than it answered. What should have been a routine administrative exercise now appears symptomatic of a deeper malaise—indifference, reactive governance, procedural ambiguity, and potential conflicts of interest….
When global tech giants place billion-dollar bets, they don’t merely choose geography — they choose governance, vision and velocity. So, when Google Cloud announced its largest AI and data centre hub outside the United States — a multi-gigawatt, $15 billion investment — and chose Visakhapatnam over Hyderabad, the question naturally arose: what went wrong in…
Threat Perspective – String of Pearls The phrase “String of Pearls” was coined by U.S. analysts in 2004 to describe a geopolitical theory of China’s strategy to establish a network of commercial and potential military facilities and ports across the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The primary goal is to secure China’s energy supply routes from…
Academic quality is dying in the race for certification The recent controversy surrounding the display of Robodog at Galgotias University has generated widespread discussion on social media and in the mainstream media. On the surface, this issue appears to be about appropriateness, priorities, or campus culture, but in reality, it is merely a symptom of…
