India’s restaurant and bar industry is at an inflection point. What was once a metro-driven, occasion-led business is now expanding into a far more dynamic, experience-oriented and geographically diverse ecosystem. From the rapid rise of Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets to the growing importance of brand storytelling, sustainability and...
Insights from a recent ET Snapchat Gen Z report point to a significant shift in technology usage, with AI and AR becoming integral to everyday life rather than remaining emerging innovations. AI is being widely used for studying, workplace tasks, and decision-making, underscoring its role as a key productivity tool....
The India–AI Impact Summit 2026, held in New Delhi from 16–21 February, marked a watershed moment in India’s emergence as a global artificial intelligence powerhouse. Convening heads of government, technology CEOs, policymakers, and AI researchers from over 100 countries, the summit reflected both the scale of global interest in India’s...
India has strengthened its IT Rules to regulate AI-generated and deepfake content, introducing tighter compliance requirements for social media platforms such as X, Facebook, Instagram and Telegram. The new rules define “synthetically generated information” and mandate prominent labelling along with permanent metadata to ensure traceability. Platforms must seek user declarations...
India’s digital payments landscape has witnessed an extraordinary surge, led by the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which now accounts for over 85% of all digital transactions. Backed by the Aadhaar stack, Jan Dhan accounts and widespread smartphone access, UPI has reshaped both person-to-person and merchant payments, penetrating rural markets and...
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu recently announced that Google will invest ₹88,000 crore (US$ 10 billion) over three years in data centre and AI projects in Visakhapatnam through its subsidiary Raiden Infotech. The initiative will create around 1,88,000 jobs and add ₹10,518 crore annually to the state’s GSDP...
Google plans a US$ 10 billion hyperscale data centre cluster in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, spread across three campuses and targeted to be operational by 2028. The project will support AI workloads, cloud services, and enterprise computing while emphasizing renewable energy and sustainable operations. With advanced infrastructure like submarine cables, microgrids,...
The government will soon roll out e-NAM 2.0 to strengthen digital agricultural trade by enabling automated bidding, demand-supply data, QR-based tracking, and private services like assaying and logistics. Designed to handle higher transaction volumes, it aims to reduce wastage, minimize intermediaries, and improve farmer incomes. Since its 2016 launch, e-NAM...
Artificial Intelligence is emerging as one of the most powerful drivers of economic transformation worldwide, and India is no exception. A new report by NITI Aayog suggests that with the right adoption, AI could significantly accelerate India’s growth trajectory and help realise the Viksit Bharat vision over the next decade....
Unveiling the next chapter of India’s semiconductor journey, PM Narendra Modi pledged to overhaul the design-linked incentive scheme to strengthen chip design and IP capabilities. With projects worth $18 billion already in motion, India is gearing up to capture a significant slice of the trillion-dollar global chip market. Prime Minister...
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