India takes baby steps to Sarkar(AI)
New Delhi is using AI for an array of services but a consolidated approach is needed for deeper adoption, write Twesh Mishra and Subhayan Chakraborty.
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Data centre certification push to be tailored to make it AI ready
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is working on establishing national standards for operations and maintenance of AI data centres, which have vastly different requirements than traditional data centres. These facilities require five times higher power and 10…
Tata Electronics will test, assemble chips with Japan’s ROHM
As an initial focus, ROHM and Tata Electronics will establish a manufacturing framework for power semiconductors. Tata Electronics will begin by assembling and testing ROHM’s India-designed automotive-grade Nch 100V, 300A Si MOSFET in a TOLL package, targeting mass production shipments…
MIT in the media: 2025 in review
“At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-Earth creativity,” noted Chronicle, during a campus visit this year for an episode of the program. In 2025, MIT researchers made headlines across print publications, podcasts, and video platforms for key scientific advances,…
MIT in the media: 2025 in review
“At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-Earth creativity,” noted Chronicle, during a campus visit this year for an episode of the program. In 2025, MIT researchers made headlines across print publications, podcasts, and video platforms for key scientific advances,…
Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change
The earth around Lake Naivasha, a shallow freshwater basin in south-central Kenya, does not seem to want to lie still. Ash from nearby Mount Longonot, which erupted as recently as the 1860s, remains in the ground. Obsidian caves and jagged…
This company is developing gene therapies for muscle growth, erectile dysfunction, and “radical longevity”
At some point next month, a handful of volunteers will be injected with two experimental gene therapies as part of an unusual clinical trial. The drugs are potential longevity therapies, says Ivan Morgunov, the CEO of Unlimited Bio, the company…
Karnataka all set to corner data centre projects worth Rs 1,350 crore
The company will set up a 35-40 MW artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data centre in Mangaluru and smaller 5 MW edge centres in Mysuru and Hubballi-Dharwad, sources said. Similarly, Bengaluru-based power electronics firm Elmeasure plans to invest Rs 800-850 crore to…
UPI surge stalls NPCI’s other retail payment modes
Regulatory data reveals that Immediate Payment System (IMPS), an inter-bank fund transfer mechanism, recorded 368 million transactions in November, compared to 407 million a year ago and 472 million in November 2023. It has seen a decline to 400-450 million…
Deeptech funding ticks up as startups move beyond labs in 2025
Venture capitalists say deeptech funding in India will remain in the $1-1.5 billion range over the next two years, before picking up in 2027-28, driven by policy support, the launch of the Research Development Incentive fund and a stronger pipeline…