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Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale’s Toyota Innova Crysta was recently involved in an accident in Maharashtra. According to reports, the minister was traveling from Satara district’s Wai region toward Mumbai. The front of the Toyota Innova Crysta was heavily damaged in the accident, but thankfully, the minister and other occupants, including the driver, escaped without any major injuries. What Happened? According to reports circulating online on various media websites, the…

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal On Tesla Entering Indian Market: 'Won't Tailor Laws'. (Photo: Bleeping Computer)Tesla seeks a tariff waiver, aiming to deduct 70% customs charge on less than $40,000 (Rs 33,07,176) vehicles and 100% on pricier ones.Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India will not modify its policies to accommodate US electric car manufacturer Tesla.Instead, its laws and tariff regulations will be designed to entice global manufacturers of all-electric vehicles to establish a base in the…

Representational image. (File photo)According to a press statement from BEML, these sleeper trains set a new benchmark in passenger comfort and convenience, offering world-class facilities to passengers.Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Saturday unveiled the body structure of Vande Bharat’s sleeper coaches at a Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) facility here. BEML comes under the Ministry of Defence and manufactures products for various sectors such as defence, aerospace, mining, construction, rail and metro among…

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…

India can become a world leader in technology, ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) to semiconductor chips once it reaches the status of third-largest economy in the world, Union minister of electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday."Imagine what India can do when we become the third-largest economy in the world, how much economic muscle we would have to do so many new things," he said. "Our own supercomputing chip, semiconductor fab, AI models, infrastructure - on every point, we can be really good world…

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…

In a significant development for the Indian app ecosystem, Google has agreed to restore delisted Indian apps on its Play Store. This decision comes following meetings between Google representatives and the Union government over the contentious issue of app delisting and payment policies. Here's what you need to know about this latest development:Indian Apps Removed from Play StoreOn March 1, Google took the decision to delist over 100 apps of Indian companies, including prominent names like Bharat Matrimony, Info Edge…

Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong has defended an incentive provided to Taylor Swift by his government, to make the country the only stop in south-east Asia on her world tour, saying it was not a hostile act towards its neighbours.“ agencies negotiated an arrangement with her to come to Singapore and perform and to make Singapore her only stop in south-east Asia,” Lee told a press conference in Melbourne, where he is attending a regional summit.“It has turned out to be a very successful arrangement. I don’t see…

In a recent development, the controversy surrounding Google's Gemini AI platform has escalated, prompting the Union Minister of State for Electronics and…

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…