Tag: India
Sarvam AI Startup Programme Fuels Indic AI Builders
Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...
Oracle Layoffs Fund AI Data Centre Push Amid Cash Squeeze
Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...
Budget 2026 Doubles ECMS Outlay to ₹40,000 Crore, Signals Component Manufacturing Boom
The Union Budget 2026 has increased the allocation for the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) to ₹40,000 crore, up from ₹22,919 crore, marking a...
Budget 2026 Launches India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 with ₹1,000 Crore Allocation
The Union Budget 2026 has announced India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0 with an allocation of ₹1,000 crore for FY27. The new phase builds on...
Budget 2026: National Quantum Mission Gets 50% Funding Boost to ₹900 Crore
The Union Budget 2026 has increased the allocation for India’s National Quantum Mission to ₹900 crore, up from ₹600 crore in Budget 2025, marking...
IndiaAI Mission Allocated ₹1,000 Crore in Budget 2026
The Union Budget 2026 has allocated ₹1,000 crore to the IndiaAI Mission, lower than the ₹2,000 crore provided in the previous year. Actual expenditure...
India Logs 22.68 Lakh Cybercrime Cases; Losses Hit ₹22,846 Crore
India witnessed another record-breaking surge in cybercrime in 2024, with digital offences escalating at a pace that outstripped every previous year. Data presented in...
90% of APAC Firms to Prioritize Quantum Security by 2026: Forrester
According to Forrester’s 2026 Asia Pacific Predictions Report, quantum security is poised to become one of the region’s most critical enterprise priorities. The research...
AI Use by Indian Clinicians Triples
AI adoption in India’s healthcare sector is surging. According to the newly released Clinician of the Future 2025 report by Elsevier, the number of...
WEF Report Showcases India’s C4IR Tech Leadership
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a new report, "Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) India – An Impact Journey," showcasing India's...
