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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Saturday voted unanimously to adopt India’s proposal for developing digital public infrastructure (DPI) as the right way for deploying digital technology, a senior government official said. “The Digital Ministers of SCO member states met today. This DPI is very important from the perspective of having completion, making sure that technology is democratized and making sure of digitally inclusive growth among member states,” the official said. The SCO is an eight-nation…

Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Monday broadly outlined the IndiaAI programme and how it will help the country build world-class platforms, solutions and tools to not only solve local issues but also help the world.Reiterating that artificial intelligence (AI) is a "kinetic enabler" of the digital economy, Chandrasekhar said that India is building AI in a way that is beyond ChatGPT which has made conversations via AI a fashionable thing for the masses."We aim to build commercially…

As the world goes gaga over AI chatbots, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has a clear vision: To make India a global powerhouse of AI which does not just stop on integrating foreign chatbots but building next-generation of AI-based innovations to empower billions of citizens.Chandrasekhar told IANS that artificial intelligence (AI) is a "kinetic enabler" of the digital economy and the government will infuse more of this disruptive technology into its 'India Stack'."AI will certainly…

Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday met billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and the two discussed India stack and artificial intelligence. Gates who is the co-chair in Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Foundation, is on his first tour of India since the Covid pandemic. The minister tweeted about the meeting, saying "Had an interesting conversation about the @India_Stack & Artificial Intelligence. He also handed me a signed copy of his book". Meanwhile,…

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023-24 today, laying out various proposals to give a boost to the Indian economy in the face of a massive slowdown that has hit the global economy. Underlying all the announcements were the digital initiatives which are expected to boost virtually all the proposals announced today in the Lok Sabha. “The Union Budget 2023 listed multiple initiatives, such as the development of handicrafts, agriculture accelerator funds, push for public-private…