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A design centre of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was also to be set up in India. "A few months back, I inaugurated the design centre of AMD in Bengaluru," Vaishnaw said.India will soon start making equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, Union telecom and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday."The entire semiconductor ecosystem of fabs, ATMP units, chemicals, gases, substrate, consumables and equipment for semiconductor manufacturing will be made in India," he…

India will soon start making equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday.“The entire semiconductor ecosystem of fabs, ATMP units, chemicals, gases, substrate, consumables and equipment for semiconductor manufacturing will be made in India,” he said. He was speaking at the inauguration of American chip equipment supplier Applied Materials’ India Validation Centre in Bengaluru which was set up at a cost of $20 million. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…

Talking about Google removing Apps from Play Store, Electronics & IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on March 05 said that the Google and start-up company have met with the Centre. He also informed that Google has agreed to list all the Apps as on the status which was there on March 01, that status will be restored. Ashwini Vaishnaw, said, “Google and start-up company, both have met with us. We have had very constructive discussions and finally, Google has agreed to list all the Apps as on the status which was there on…

Amidst the controversies surrounding the Google Gemini AI platform, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that simply saying "sorry" does not fall with the country's expectations of complying with the law. This statement comes at a time when the government of India has issued an advisory to tech companies, asking them to seek explicit permission before launching AI models that are under testing.IT Minister on Google GeminiThe issue arose in February when a verified user shared a…

At the DNPA Conclave & Awards 2024 held in New Delhi on Tuesday, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar talked about India's digital transformation in the last 10 years, as well as the country being the pioneer in addressing deepfakes and fake news, issues which later attained global attention. Chandrasekhar also highlighted the need for governance in this era of artificial intelligence (AI).Rajeev Chandrasekhar at DNPA Concalve 2024Deepfakes have increasingly become a major…

The ministry has requested all companies to submit a comprehensive "action-taken-cum-status" report within seven days.In a decisive move against the rising tide of misinformation and the misuse of deepfake technology, the government issued a stern advisory on Tuesday to all major social media and internet intermediaries, including giants like WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Google. The advisory demands strict adherence to the existing IT rules, particularly those concerning the propagation of prohibited content under…

The Government of India has launched a crackdown on an increasingly popular artificial intelligence (AI) technology known as deepfake videos, according to Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar. This development comes a day after Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw held a meeting with top social media companies and announced that the government will soon come up with new regulations to tackle the issues surrounding deepfake videos. Govt crackdown on deepfake…

The government will invest a total of $13 billion (roughly Rs 1.5 lakh crore) in BharatNet over the years to expand the footprint of the rural internet connectivity scheme to every village, union minister for electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said."Today close to 850 million people have access to internet. But that is not enough. We will augment it with investment of $13 billion to make sure high quality broadband internet reaches each and every corner of this country," he said, speaking at the…

BGMI unban: IT Minister clarifies on Krafton video game’s India return | File PhotoWith massive buzz among mobile video games over the return of BGMI to India, a clarification was provided by Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The Union Minister stated that the final decision will only be taken after a strict trial rerun of the popular game by South Korean developer Krafton. The Indian gaming community rejoiced as Krafton announced that Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) operations…

After Europe and the US, India is considering a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (AI) technology and tools like ChatGPT. IT Minister Ashwini…