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travel and tourism sector has seen a robust demand in 2023, and the future looks even brighter. India's travel sector is revving up, projected to be the fifth largest outbound travel market by 2027. The national transporter aims to ferry seven billion passengers annually, projecting an increase to 10 billion by 2030.

Rashmika Mandanna 'Deep Fake' video: What are deep fakes and how to spot them? Experts share tips Earlier on November 24, the case hit a dead end as social media platforms said they were unable to give information about the individual(s) who allegedly made the deepfake profiles. Sources told ANI the accused either removed or deleted their account from social media platforms. Officials said the account could have been created with a fake identity and using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to upload the deepfake videos.

Winter Session to 141, both Houses will reconvene for business on Wednesday. As the session resumes at Lok Sabha, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is to move a bill to amend and consolidate the law relating to the development, expansion and operation of telecommunication services and telecommunication networks; assignment of spectrum in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. While Mos Law, Arjun Ram Meghwal will be moving the bill to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, the procedure for transaction of business by the Election Commission and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Rajya Sabha, be taken into consideration. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Singh Thakur to move that the Bill to provide for press, registration of periodicals and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Rajya Sabha, be taken into consideration. Apart from that bill to consolidate and amend the provisions relating to offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto and the Bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure moved by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on December 19 will also be taken into consideration. Meanwhile, Mos Jitendra Singh will make statement regarding the status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 376th Report of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Demands for Grants (2023-2024) (Demand No. 89) pertaining to the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology.

NEW DELHI : Meta, the parent firm of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is piloting new generative artificial intelligence (AI) products, including a creator suite that was announced globally on 4 October. Sandhya Devanathan, vice-president and country head of Meta India, said in an interview that the pilot is also active in India now, albeit as a “large pilot" made available to select creators right now.

jobs in the Indian Railways, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Vaishnaw said that this scheme was launched in September 2021, adding 26,791 candidates have completed their training till November 2023. Responding to a question by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Narayana Koragappa “whether any preference of above trained youth is given for employment in the railways, he said, “No, Sir. This programme is intended to enhance the skill of a person so that he / she can get a job or can start his / her own start-up / entrepreneurship.” Vaishnaw said that the Indian Railways launched the “Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana” to empower candidates in the age group of 18 to 35 years by providing them entry level skill training in various industry relevant technical trades at various training locations. “Successful candidates are awarded certificates for undergoing skill development training in the allotted trade.

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told ET. The objective is to replace aging rolling stock, necessitating 7,000-8,000 new train sets. Tenders for this procurement, amounting to around ₹1 lakh crore, will be issued over the next 4-5 years and fulfilled over 15 years, the minister said. The Railways Minister also said that 70% of the Rs 2.4 lakh crore capital budget for FY24 has already been utilized, with track laying progressing according to the plan. The minister also said that significant progress has been made in the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors, which will free up tracks for increased passenger and freight movement. Almost 80% of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor has completed while the completion of the entire 1337 kilometre (km) Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor is catalysing the development of new industrial hubs and Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals, the minister said. During the current fiscal, Railways expects to add 5500 to 6000 kms of new tracks, which is 16 kilometres (km) per day. In 2022-23, it had added 5243 kilometres of tracks to it network. He also said that the national transporter needs to invest of close to Rs 12 lakh crore to cater to the current level of economic growth by 2030.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has informed Rajya Sabha. The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor connecting Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal to Dadri passes through Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banas Kantha, Anand, Kheda, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Valsad and Navsari districts in Gujarat, he said last Friday.

NEW DELHI : India is negotiating an end-of-summit declaration with both member and guest nations for the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit on 12 December, said union information technology minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Monday. At a pre-summit press briefing, Vaishnaw said the declaration aims to advance talks on global AI regulatory frameworks, besides pitching for a digital public infrastructure (DPI)-like model that could be adopted by participating nations. “There will be regulatory aspects that are in line with past agreements and declarations.

Also Read: We continuously maintained momentum of being fastest growing major economy: FM Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha In the last financial year, a total of 762 billion dollars of exports was recorded. Out of this, 453 billion dollars was merchandise exports, services exports were 309 billion dollars. The picture was not the same 10-15 years ago when the export was led by services export mostly, Union Minister told ANI on Thursday.

NEW DELHI : Two crucial Bills were passed in Parliament on Monday—the Post Office Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha, and the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the lower house. The Post Office Bill will repeal the 125-year-old The Indian Post Office Act, 1898, and is meant to revive post offices and postal institutions. Significantly, the new legislation will allow the government to empower officers with powers to intercept, open or detain any item and deliver them to customs authorities.

BJP's) thumping victory in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh (MP) will continue into next year according to Railways, Information Technology, and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Speaking to Twesh Mishra over the phone on Sunday, Vaishnaw who was also the party co-incharge for the MP polls, said that the double-engine sarkar (centre and state being governed by the same party) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's style of working have won the support of electorate. How would you sum up the performance of the BJP in the assembly elections of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and MP? Modi ki guarantee par bharat ka bharosa! (The nation trusts the guarantees given by PM Modi!) The BJP has performed better than projections in the three states. To what do you credit this victory? PM Narendra Modi's working style of looking after the poorest of poor on the ground and the transformation of Madhya Pradesh under the double-engine government has reinforced public trust and faith in the party.

Indian Railways will be installing an AI-based surveillance system to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks. These surveillance system will be installed on 700 kilometres of route passing through forest areas. Announcing this, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday said, “We have identified forest areas in Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Kerala, Jharkhand and some parts of Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu which are home to elephants." The Minister also said that the technology, which was created by the railroads in association with a few start-ups, was implemented on a 150-kilometer section of Assam last year and has shown to be quite beneficial.

internet intermediaries, including the likes of Google and Meta, are likely to take more time to develop tools to accurately detect and take down deep fake and synthetic content that is present on their platforms, senior executives at these companies told ET. At present, all content which is either problematic or needs to be taken down in accordance with the laws of the country needs to either be flagged by the user or gain “a certain level of traction or virality” to be recognised by machine parameters or artificial intelligence-driven identifiers, these executives said.

NEW DELHI : India’s production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for mobile phone manufacturing had generated 500,000 jobs, telecom and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Thursday, at the inauguration of the Padget Electronics’ new manufacturing plant which will make 25 million phones a year. “Due to PLI, the incremental job creation in the mobile industry is 5 lakh and I’m confident that the number will increase in the next five years," the minister said. Dixon Technologies’ subsidiary Padget Electronics set up its new manufacturing facility in Noida with an investment of ₹256 crore, and had begun production of Xiaomi devices last quarter.

Dixon Technologies' subsidiary Padget Electronics will manufacture Xiaomi smartphones at its new Noida factory that has been set with Rs 256 crore investment, it said on Thursday. The factory was inaugurated by IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw which is likely to generate around 5,000 new jobs. The manufacturing facility has an annual production capacity of 25 million units.

Padget Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dixon Technologies, on Thursday inaugurated a new smartphone manufacturing facility in Noida in the presence of Union Minister of Electronics and The company has invested Rs 256 crore in the facility that takes up 2.7 lakh square feet and has an annual capacity of 25 million units, the company said in a statement. «It is a momentous step towards our commitment of boosting the local smartphone manufacturing system in India,» Sunil Vachani, executive chairman, Dixon Technologies said in a statement.

how to prevent its misuse. The policy will be regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content on platforms such as YouTube. According to the company, the policy is focusing on creator disclosures when it alters reality, and mandates labelling of electoral advertisements crafted by GenAI, among others, besides enabling creators to watermark their content using Google’s tools.

train passengers and by the end of the current financial year, the Indian Railways will touch the pre-Covid passenger traffic of 650 to 700 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. The minister strongly refuted some reports and comments on social media that the number of train passengers has become half of what it used to be in 2010. «Post-Covid lockdown, the Indian Railways started its train services from December 2021 and by July 2022, operations were normalised.

AMD's largest global design centre in India, that plans to host approximately 3,000 engineers in coming years, is a testament to the confidence global companies have in India, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday. The 500,000-square-foot campus in Bengaluru is focused on the design and development of semiconductor technology including 3D stacking, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and more.

Alia Bhatt is the latest victim of deepfake video where the actress' face was morphed into another model in a obscene video. It has garnered attention of many and raised concern about online safety.

NEW DELHI : In an extensive interview covering railways, information technology, and telecom, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw spelt out the government’s vision on multiple fronts—from making India an export engine of indigenous technologies, to strengthening and expanding the railway network with the right technologies to ensure safe and efficient operations, to ensuring that regulation keeps up with technology and therefore the Digital India Bill, to planning for India to take the lead in 6G where standards are yet to be set. New financial incentives for the components ecosystem may also be considered going forward. Edited excerpts: In every aspect of Railway safety, in the past nine-and-a-half-years, we have invested huge amounts.