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International developments in artificial intelligence, software, semiconductors, cybersecurity, telecommunications, robotics, digital technology, space technology and technological innovation.

October 12, 2026

Amandeep Singh Gill: India’s Voice in Global AI Governance

Amandeep Singh Gill: The Indian Diplomat Helping Shape the World’s AI Governance As artificial intelligence moves from a technology-sector debate into a question of international policy, an Indian diplomat is helping build the institutions through which governments, scientists, businesses and civil society will debate its risks, opportunities and global rules. Artificial intelligence is developing faster […]

October 9, 2026

India’s Technology Sovereignty: Space, Chips and Earth Observation

India’s Technology Sovereignty Push: From Space Docking to Homegrown Chips and Earth Observation India’s technology-sovereignty strategy is increasingly moving beyond individual breakthroughs. SpaDeX has demonstrated autonomous orbital docking, ISRO and SCL have developed indigenous space-grade processors, DHRUV64 has expanded the domestic RISC-V processor pipeline, and EOS-05 is adding a new geosynchronous Earth-observation capability. Together, they […]

October 9, 2026

Suresh Venkatasubramanian: The Indian-American Shaping Responsible AI

Suresh Venkatasubramanian: The Indian-American Computer Scientist Asking Who AI Really Works For From IIT Kanpur and Stanford to the White House and Brown University, Suresh Venkatasubramanian has spent his career examining what happens when algorithms make decisions about real people. His work on algorithmic fairness is becoming increasingly relevant to Indians and diaspora communities living […]

October 7, 2026

GenomeIndia and BIRSA 101: India’s Precision-Medicine Push

GenomeIndia and BIRSA 101: How India Is Building a Homegrown Precision-Medicine Pipeline India’s genomic ambitions are moving from mapping genetic diversity to developing therapies. With more than 10,000 whole genomes now assembled under GenomeIndia and BIRSA 101 advancing an indigenous CRISPR-based treatment for sickle-cell disease, the country is building capabilities that could eventually matter to […]

October 5, 2026

Ashwini Asokan: The Indian AI Entrepreneur Taking Technology Global

Ashwini Asokan: The Indian AI Entrepreneur Taking Enterprise Artificial Intelligence to the World From Silicon Valley and Chennai to global enterprises, Ashwini Asokan has spent more than a decade trying to solve a problem that is becoming increasingly important in the AI era: how businesses can make artificial intelligence actually work at scale. Ashwini Asokan’s […]

September 30, 2026

AI and Indian Tech Talent Abroad: The GCC Career Shift

AI Is Reshaping Indian Tech Careers Abroad—and the Global Talent Map Artificial intelligence is changing what global employers expect from Indian technology professionals. As companies move from routine software delivery towards AI engineering, product ownership and enterprise transformation, India’s Global Capability Centres are gaining strategic importance. For Indians already overseas, the shift brings new opportunities—but […]

September 23, 2026

India-Built AI Goes Global: Tech Mahindra & CoRover Partnership

India’s artificial-intelligence story is entering a more consequential phase. The question is no longer simply whether Indian companies can build AI products for the Indian market. The bigger question is whether those products can travel—across languages, industries, regulatory environments and national borders. A new partnership between CoRover.ai and Tech Mahindra is attempting to answer that […]

September 20, 2026

China’s Memory-Chip Breakthrough: What It Means for India

China’s Memory-Chip Breakthrough: Why India’s Semiconductor Ambition Is Watching Closely As China pushes deeper into advanced memory manufacturing, India is trying to build something larger than a chip factory — an entire semiconductor ecosystem. The semiconductor race is entering a more complicated phase. It is no longer simply a contest over who can manufacture the […]

September 18, 2026

India Semiconductor Industry: How India Is Becoming a Global Chip Hub

India’s Semiconductor Moment: From Chip Design Powerhouse to Global Manufacturing Hub For decades, India was exceptionally good at designing technology — but much of the physical hardware powering that technology was manufactured somewhere else. That equation is beginning to change. India’s semiconductor strategy is moving from design and engineering capability toward fabrication, assembly, testing, packaging […]

September 17, 2026

From Chennai to America’s Science Leadership

Sethuraman Panchanathan Makes History With NAE’s Bueche Award A child standing in a queue outside the American Center in Chennai in 1969 could hardly have known that the small grey rocks behind a glass display would eventually influence the direction of his life. Those were pieces of the Moon brought back by the Apollo 11 […]

September 15, 2026

AI Agents in India: Can AI Shop, Book and Pay for You?

When AI Gets a Wallet: Is India Ready to Let Agents Shop, Book and Pay? The next big step in artificial intelligence may not be another chatbot. It may be an AI that actually does things for you—including spending your money. Imagine telling an AI assistant: “Find me the cheapest flight to Dubai next Friday, […]

September 14, 2026

iPhone 17 vs iPhone 18: Which iPhone Should You Buy in India?

iPhone 17 After the iPhone 18 Launch: Is the Older iPhone Now the Smarter Buy in India? The iPhone 18 generation has arrived—but if you are an Indian consumer looking for an iPhone today, the most interesting question may not be “Which new iPhone should I buy?” It may be: “Do I actually need the […]

September 13, 2026

Working for a US Company From India: Pune–New York Time Zone Guide

Working for a New York Boss From Pune: The Real Rules of India, US Remote Work At 8:30 in the morning, Manhattan is waking up. At the same moment, Pune is already well into its evening. For an Indian professional working remotely for a New York-based employer, the international border may be invisible—but the clock […]

September 11, 2026

India has never had a shortage of scientists, engineers or ambitious students.

Bharat Innovates 2026: Can India Turn Deep Research Into Global Technology? The harder problem has often been what happens after the invention. Bharat Innovates 2026 is attempting to tackle precisely that gap—taking research-born technologies out of laboratories and connecting them with investors, industry and international markets. For decades, India’s technology story was often told through […]

September 11, 2026

India’s 3D Concrete Printing Revolution

Can a House Really Be Built in Three Days? Imagine replacing a construction site full of bricks, shuttering, scaffolding and dozens of workers with a giant robotic printer. Instead of ink, it extrudes specially formulated concrete. Instead of paper, it follows a digital CAD design. Layer by layer, a building begins to appear. This is […]

September 9, 2026

India’s Next Rocket Revolution The 200-tonne engine

Reusable Boosters and the NGLV Race For decades, India’s space story was built around one remarkably simple principle: build a reliable rocket, launch the satellite, and move on to the next mission. That formula worked. But the economics of space are changing. Today, the world’s leading space programmes are increasingly interested in three things: more […]

September 8, 2026

India’s EOS-05 Is More Than Another ISRO Launch

From Sriharikota to 36,000 Km Above Earth At 2:55 in the morning on September 4, 2026, while most of India was either asleep or negotiating with the snooze button, a 51.7-metre rocket rose from Sriharikota. The rocket was GSLV-F17, and its passenger was EOS-05, an Earth-observation satellite that represents a significant new capability for India’s […]

September 7, 2026

India’s technology story is entering a different phase

India’s Technology Moment: From Digital Scale to Global Innovation Power For years, the country’s global technology reputation was closely associated with software services, IT professionals and outsourcing. Today, the picture is considerably broader. India has built enormous digital infrastructure, created one of the world’s largest startup ecosystems and is increasingly positioning itself in artificial intelligence, […]

September 7, 2026

India’s global image cannot be managed by propaganda video !

India Online: When AI, Viral Videos and Real Behavior Begin to Shape a Nation’s Image A country can now be judged by a video lasting less than a minute. It may show a street, a tourist, a food vendor, a public celebration—or something that never happened at all. For India, this creates a complicated […]

September 5, 2026

ISRO Puts a New Eye in the Sky for India

EOS-05: ISRO Puts a New Eye in the Sky as India Expands Its Earth-Observation Capability At 2:55 a.m. on September 4, 2026, the night sky over Sriharikota lit up as India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F17, lifted off carrying EOS-05, an advanced Earth-observation spacecraft. The successful mission was more than another rocket launch. It marked […]

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International developments in artificial intelligence, software, semiconductors, cybersecurity, telecommunications, robotics, digital technology, space technology and technological innovation.