India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of Communications, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, chaired a high-level interactive session today with Junior Telecom Officers (JTOs) and Sub-Divisional Engineers (SDEs) representing Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) circles from across the country. The meeting was held at Sanchar Bhawan, Department of Telecommunications. The interaction focused on strengthening BSNL's service delivery mechanisms, addressing operati...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: At its 27th Full Commission meeting held on 20.02.2026, the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) considered a report prepared by a panel of 33 domain experts pursuant to directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in W.P. (C) No. 1135/2020. The meta-analysis of source apportionment studies (2015-2025) identifies PM2.5 as the dominant pollutant impacting AQI in Delhi and highlights the influence of bot...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The session "AI for Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural Food Systems" at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 focused on how artificial intelligence can address one of the most persistent global challenges which is the gap between food production, distribution and access. Deliberations examined the role of data, digital infrastructure and cross-border cooperation in enabling climate-resilient agriculture, strengthening supply chains an...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A fresh set of keynote addresses at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 turned attention to the foundations, governance, and global diffusion of artificial intelligence, underscoring that AI's promise depends as much on infrastructure and cooperation as on algorithms. Setting the context for AI's physical backbone, Giordano Albertazzi, Chief Executive Officer of Vertiv, emphasized that conversations about AI must extend beyond softwar...
India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Moving artificial intelligence from isolated pilots to systems that serve entire populations requires far more than better models, it demands institutional reform, trusted digital infrastructure, interoperable standards and the deliberate spread of know-how across governments and sectors. This was the central message of the session "From Pilots to Population: Scaling AI for Inclusive Impact" at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. The...
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...