Science & Technology
International Relations
5 min
Delhi Declaration: 86 nations back India's 'AI for All' push; Pakistan, chip giant Taiwan not in list of signatories
The India AI Impact Summit 2026, held in New Delhi from February 16-20, concluded with the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact, backed by 86 c...
Science & Technology
International Relations
6 min
India AI Impact Summit | Delhi declaration: Focus on democratising AI, US & China among 88 signatories
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 was held in New Delhi on February 18–19, concluding with the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact, endorsed by ...
Polity & Governance
Science & Technology
5 min
AI-generated voter IDs to dead man ‘appearing’ for hearings: Super checking puts scanner on 30 lakh more names in Bengal SIR
During West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, Election Commission officials discovered that ...
Science & Technology
International Relations
5 min
Nearly 85 countries sign New Delhi Declaration at AI Impact Summit
The India AI Impact Summit 2026, held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi from February 16-21, 2026, concluded with 88 countries and international organisations ad...
International Relations
Science & Technology
5 min
If AI can replace people en masse, then we have reached a very dangerous tipping point: Bhutan PM Tobgay
Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi (February 16–20, 2026), warned that if AI reaches the point w...
Science & Technology
Internal Security
5 min
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI considered alerting Canadian police about school shooting suspect months ago
Reports revealed that OpenAI internally debated alerting Canadian police about a user whose ChatGPT conversations raised serious red flags about planned mass...
Science & Technology
International Relations
6 min
India AI Impact Summit still without final statement
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from February 16-21, 2026, organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information T...
Economics
Science & Technology
5 min
Near-term economic outlook remains favourable: RBI Bulletin
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) February 2026 Bulletin assessed India's near-term economic outlook as favourable, with high growth momentum expected to be ...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
Nadda launches indigenous tetanus and adult diphtheria (Td) vaccine at CRI, Kasauli
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda formally launched the indigenously manufactured Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine at the Central Research Institute ...
Science & Technology
Polity & Governance
5 min
US judge upholds $243 million verdict against Tesla over fatal Autopilot crash
U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom in Miami upheld a $243 million jury verdict against Tesla in a case arising from a fatal crash involving its Autopilot driver-...
Science & Technology
International Relations
4 min
AI summit statement delayed to ‘maximise’ signatories, says India
The final statement of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 was issued a day later than scheduled, as India worked to maximise the number of signatory nations. Th...
International Relations
Science & Technology
5 min
Donald Trump to remove Vietnam from restricted technology list: Hanoi
US President Donald Trump, during a White House meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam on February 20, 2026, committed to removing V...
Science & Technology
International Relations
6 min
Anthropic | Security dilemma
Anthropic, the developer of Claude AI, is in a serious dispute with the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) over the permissible use cases for its AI models ...
Science & Technology
Economics
5 min
This decade is India’s tech-ade: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated (via video conferencing) in the groundbreaking ceremony of the HCL-Foxconn joint venture semiconductor unit — "Indi...
Science & Technology
4 min
NASA chief rules out March launch of Moon mission over technical issues
NASA's chief ruled out a March 2026 launch for the Artemis II crewed lunar mission, citing unresolved technical issues discovered during launch preparations....
Science & Technology
Economics
4 min
OpenAI expects compute spend of around $600 billion through 2030, source says
OpenAI has revised its compute infrastructure spending target downward to approximately $600 billion through 2030, significantly below the $1.4 trillion in i...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
'Alpha male' AI world shuts out women, says computing professor Wendy Hall
Dame Wendy Hall, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton and a pioneering figure in internet science, stated in February 2026 that the...
Science & Technology
4 min
OpenAI developing AI devices including smart speaker: Report
OpenAI has assembled a team of over 200 people working on a family of AI-powered consumer hardware devices, led by legendary Apple designer Jony Ive, whose h...
Science & Technology
4 min
NASA report recalls dysfunction, heated emotions during Boeing’s botched Starliner flight
NASA released an independent investigation report classifying Boeing's Crewed Flight Test (CFT) of the Starliner spacecraft as a "Type A Mishap" — the highes...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
How devices and social media are shaping new OCD impacts on young people in India
Researchers have documented new manifestations of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in young people driven by smartphone and social media use, with compuls...