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24 stories for “National” · February 2026
Clear filtersOVERVIEW As part of IndiaAI Mission 2.0 in February 2026, the scientific community marked a major breakthrough with the launch of the ‘Kaveri’ 64-qubit quantum processor by Bengaluru-based startup QpiAI. This follows the...
OVERVIEWNational Science Day 2026 was celebrated across India on February 28, marking the discovery of the Raman Effect by C. V. Raman. The theme for this year, “Indigenous Technologies for Viksit Bharat,” emphasized Ind...
Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh will be home to India's first Quantum Valley under the National Quantum Mission. The hub is intended to bring together research, start-ups and industry for quantum computing, communication and...
The Union Health Minister launched the Secure AI for Health Initiative (SAHI) and the Benchmarking Open Data Platform for Health AI (BODH) at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. SAHI is a national governance framework for r...
Researchers at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, with IIT Hyderabad under the Department of Science and Technology, built an eco-friendly lead-free phot...
Eighty-eight countries and international bodies endorsed the New Delhi Declaration at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. The voluntary, non-binding declaration backs democratic diffusion of AI and proposes a Global AI Impa...
The 23rd edition of BioAsia, an international life sciences summit, opened in Hyderabad. Themed 'TechBio Unleashed - Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, and Revolutionary Changes in Life Sciences', it focuses on AI...
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) launched the Global AI-for-Energy Mission at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. Developed with India's Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, th...
Delegates at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi formally adopted the Delhi Declaration. The document sets out seven principles for governing AI, addressing accountability, trust, fairness, transparency, safety,...
The Union Agriculture Ministry launched Phase 1 of Bharat VISTAAR in Jaipur, Rajasthan, during the AI Summit 2026. It is a multilingual, AI-driven conversational advisory service that farmers can reach on helpline 155261...
Several home-grown AI models were presented at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. Bengaluru start-up Sarvam AI released two language models for multilingual and voice use across 22 Indian languages, one demonstrated as 'Vi...
Google launched the America-India Connect project to strengthen digital and AI infrastructure links between the US and India, backed by its five-year US$15 billion AI infrastructure investment in India. It includes a new...
