India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met President of Sri Lanka H.E. Anura Kumara Disanayaka, who is visiting India to participate in the India-AI Impact Summit in New Delhi today. This is President Disanayaka's second visit to India after his State Visit in December 2024 soon after assuming Presidency. The two leaders reviewed progress in the bilateral initiatives flowing from recent high-level visits, including the State Visit of P...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In order to curb dust pollution from construction and demolition (C&D) activities in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) today issued Statutory Direction No. 97 for strengthening dust mitigation measures and streamlining the management of demolition waste in the region. The Commission observed that dust generated from C&D activities continues to be a consis...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: H.E. Mr.António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nationscalled on President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (February 20, 2026). The President welcomed theinitiative of Secretary GeneralGuterresto create a global scientific panel on AI to serve all of humanity. Secretary GeneralGuterresappreciated India's leadership role in convening the successful AI Impact Summit, and its longstanding c...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As generative AI moves from experimentation to production-scale deployment, the session "Building AI Readiness: From Compute to Capability" at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 focused on a less visible but decisive question: how to convert access to GPUs into real innovation capacity. The discussion reflected a clear shift in the ecosystem, from chasing peak compute performance to designing infrastructure, software environments, and...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The 9th Conclave of Chiefs of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) convened at Visakhapatnam on 20 Feb 2026, bringing together Chiefs of Navies and Heads of Maritime Security Agencies from 33 countries, representing IONS Members, Observers, and other Indian Ocean littoral nations. Participation spanning from the Atlantic to the Pacific reflected the growing alignment of like-minded navies committed to strengthening maritime coop...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah today addressed the Joint Regional Official Language Conference of the Eastern, North-Eastern, and Northern Regions in Agartala, Tripura. On this occasion, Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Lok Sabha MP Shri Biplab Kumar Deb, and Secretary, Department of Official Language, Smt. Anshuli Arya, along wi...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, held a bilateral meeting with H.E. Mr. Carlos Favaro, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil, and H.E. Mr. Luiz Paulo Teixeira Ferreira, Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture of Brazil, at Krishi Bhawan on 20th February, 2026, where both sides discussed the status of ongoing cooperation and also outlined the future areas of col...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today condoled the passing of Shri Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay Ji. PM hailed him as a towering figure in Bengali literature whose words portrayed the lives of people with sensitivity and insight. In a post on X, Shri Modi said: "Deeply saddened by the passing of Shri Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay Ji, fondly known as Shankar. He was a towering figure in Bengali literature whose words portrayed the liv...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As part of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, the session "AI Meets Agriculture: Building Food Security and Climate Resilience" convened policymakers, development institutions, researchers and digital innovators to explore how Artificial Intelligence can transform agricultural systems, strengthen food security, and enhance climate resilience at scale. The session featured a keynote address by Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fa...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Lok Sabha Speaker today drew attention to the growing challenges posed by deepfakes and misinformation. Describing them as serious threats to democracy, he emphasized that Artificial Intelligence (AI) must be used to strengthen truth and credibility, not to distort or suppress facts. He stressed the need for developing robust safeguards alongside technological advancements to protect democratic discourse from manipulation and confu...