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NavIC, the minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday. The devices can either provide support for NavIC-powered chips or use NavIC chipsets, he added. While 5G phones will need to provide mandatory support for NavIC by January 1, 2025, all other phones operating in the L1 band that currently use the Global Positioning System (GPS) will need to provide mandatory NavIC support by December 2025, he said.

New Delhi: All smartphones will have to support NavIC by the end of 2025, minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said after Apple successfully supported the indigenous navigation system in some of the new iPhone 15 models. 5G smartphones would have to support NavIC, short for Navigation with Indian Constellation, by 1 January 2025, and other phones by December 2025, the minister said.

NEW DELHI : India will introduce an import management system to permit the import of laptops, servers and other IT hardware products from trusted jurisdictions, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of electronics and IT, said. Imports from non-trusted jurisdictions—read China—will be limited to a certain number of units. The framework, expected to be put in place this month, aims to exit the ‘non-sustainable’ model of relying on imports, the minister said in an interview.

G20 Summit in India. Trudeau needs to stay back in India till the engineering team on the ground rectifies the issue, the officials from the airport earlier told news agency ANI. A backup plane and spare parts are en route to India for the Canadian Prime Minister.

G20 Summit: The plane of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suffered from some technical snag and the delegation of Canada which was scheduled to return on Sunday will stay back in India till the engineering team on the ground rectifies the issue, the officials from the airport told news agency ANI. Justin Trudeau landed in New Delhi on Friday for the G20 Summit and he was received Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The G20 Summit under India's presidency concluded successfully on Sunday.

G20 Declaration has welcomed the 'G20 Framework for Systems of Digital Public Infrastructure', recognising the role of DPI in the delivery of services at a societal scale, and underlined the commitment to work together to promote cooperation on international governance for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar described the Declaration as a «tremendous achievement». «India's #G20 Presidency is going to leave an indelible impression on the world order as we move forward,» Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for IT and Electronics, said in a post on X (earlier Twitter).

Narendra Modi government is considering changing India's sanctioned name to' Bharat' during a special session of Parliament latterly this month.Congress politician Jairam Ramesh stated that the Rashtrapati Bhawan had transferred out invites for the G20 regale this weekend in the name of the' President of Bharat' rather of the regular' President of India'. Meanwhile, other BJP politicians, including Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, have expressed support for renaming the country' Bharat'. This decision comes amid ongoing contestation following the conformation of an alliance nominated' INDIA' by further than two dozen opposition parties, which drew commination from the ruling BJP. The debate over calling India' Bharat' begs a closer examination of countries that have lately altered their sanctioned names. Here are 9 other nations that altered or changed their names and the reasoning behind it.Turkey to Turkiye: Turkey informed the United Nations in June 2022 of its want to be appertained to as" Turkiye" in all languages.

NEW DELHI : India has volunteered to man and manage the global repository of all digital public infrastructure (DPI) through an open-source platform, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, adding that there was interest from multilateral institutions, government and non-government organizations to finance the expansion and adoption of DPIs. “The global DPI repository, which would be essentially the platform where all of these DPIs, will be open in open-source manner, shared technology and innovation and be available to the whole world, will be manned by and managed by us.

digital economy ministers of the G20 nations have reached a consensus on the definition, framework and working principles for digital public infrastructure (DPI), minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. «India is now a case study, as a nation that employed and deployed technological tools for progress and growth. Countries that have lagged behind increasingly see this as a way to follow India's lead in DPIs, an open-source digital infrastructure, and use it to create the same impact that India has,» he said. Chandrasekhar was briefing the media on the outcome of a meeting of the digital economy ministers of G20, which had happened in August.

digital public infrastructure (DPI), the minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Tuesday. “India is now a case study — as a nation that employed and deployed technological tools for progress and growth. Countries that have lagged increasingly see this as a way to follow India’s lead in DPIs, an open-source digital infrastructure, and using it to create the same impact that India has,” he said.

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday said that «our country's name is Bharat and there should be no doubt about it». The minister's comments come against the backdrop of Opposition parties alleging that the government was trying to change the name of the country from India to Bharat.

Self-regulation in online gaming remains stalled more than four months after the plan was floated as the industry continues to be a divided house, three industry officials said, even as the government worries whether some entities may exert undue influence over the regulating entities. On 6 April, the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) moved to create a framework of self-regulatory organizations (SROs), which will act against gambling apps and betting apps offering real-money games. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union minister of state for electronics and IT, said it will start off with three such bodies, with scope for more to follow.

Meta on Monday said it has entered into a three-year partnership with the education ministry as well as the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship to empower students, educators and entrepreneurs across the country. Meta signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) for free digital marketing courses to promote entrepreneurship and skill development in India. The American technology company also signed two other LoIs with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) under the Department of Higher Education, and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, said India's democracy, demography and diversity are to be connected with technology conversion so that technology becomes the equaliser for the entire society. «Guided by the tenets of NEP, Meta's partnerships with NIESBUD, CBSE and AICTE will catalyse infinite possibilities for equipping our population with critical digital skills and empowering micro entrepreneurs and small businesses,» he added.

Sanatana Dharma is against equality and social justice, DMK youth wing secretary and Tamil Nadu's youth welfare minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has said it should be eradicated. Likening Sanatana Dharma to coronavirus, malaria, and fever caused by dengue virus and mosquitoes, he said such things should not be opposed but destroyed. In his address at a meet of Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association here on Saturday, Udhayanidhi said Sanatan is against equality and social justice. Udhayanidhi, son of chief minister MK Stalin, said the very name Sanatan is from Sanskrit. «What is the meaning of Sanatan? It is eternal, that is, it cannot be changed; no one could pose any question and that is the meaning.» Sanatan divided people on the basis of caste, he alleged.Congress MP Karti Chidambaram's endorsement of the statement fuelled demands for Karnataka's ruling party to clarify its stand on the matter. Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, in a post on social media platform X, urged Congress to clarify whether it supported Udhayanidhi's stand and if it too pursued a plan to eradicate the Hindu religion.

BJP and the opposition traded barbs on Sunday over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks in an interview to PTI ahead of the G20 summit, with the ruling party leaders hailing his vision for the country and INDIA bloc parties raising questions on «rising» prices and unemployment. In the interview, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' model can be the guiding principle for the welfare of a world shifting from a GDP-centric approach to a human-centric one. Irrespective of the size of the GDP, every voice matters, Modi told PTI in an exclusive interview conducted late last week at his Lok Kalyan Marg residence. Prime Minister Modi said that India's economic growth is a natural by-product of his nine-year-old government's political stability, as he expressed optimism that it will be a developed nation by 2047 with «corruption, casteism and communalism» having no place in our national life. His remarks evoked contrasting reactions from the ruling party and opposition leaders. «There is no doubt in anyone's mind that India under PM Modi over the last nine years and India's G20 presidency are big milestones in the country's rise on the global stage,» Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Prime Minister Modi's 'India soon to be in top three world economies' remark.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology said that the in last 9 years, the narrative of the Northeast has tremendously transformed. Chandrasekhar and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for Education and External Affairs on Friday inaugurated the North-Eastern Skill & Entrepreneurship Conclave being held from 1st September to 3rd September 2023, «Manthan 2023» at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati, Assam embodying a dynamic bidirectional platform, aimed at convergence and collaboration. The Conclave is a confluence designed to channelize the energies of stakeholders to bring together ministries, state governments, academia, industry associations, institutions, policymakers, corporations, and most crucially, beneficiaries to deliberate on Skill and Entrepreneurship in North-East India. Over the next few days, the event will embody the spirit of collaboration, sharing best practices, and aligning efforts in the domains of skilling and entrepreneurship. The event will reiterate MSDE's vision of augmenting skill development and entrepreneurship with a special focus on building capacity of youth of the region through comprehensive package.

Global IndiaAI 2023 in October this year which will see participation from leading AI players, researchers, startups and investors from India and across the world. The conference will cover topics including next-generation learning and foundational AI models, AI's applications in healthcare, governance, next-gen electric vehicles, future AI research trends, AI computing systems, investment opportunities, and nurturing AI talent, MeitY said in a statement on Wednesday.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state for electronics and information technology, will chair the conference's steering committee which will shape the contours of the Global IndiaAI 2023. It draws members from MeitY’s Digital Economy Advisory group and other prominent leaders in the field. Chandrasekhar emphasised that the government's vision is to gather the world's best and brightest minds under one roof to deliberate the future of AI and its impact in several sectors. «The Global IndiaAI 2023 conference is tentatively planned for October 14/15.

India and worldwide, the statement said. «The Global IndiaAI 2023 conference is tentatively planned for October 14 and 15 and it will bring together the best and brightest in AI from India and around the world,» Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. He said that the summit is expected to evolve and become a must-attend event on the annual calendar of the Global AI industry, startups, practitioners, researchers and students. «What makes India so attractive for AI is the diversity of it. Our diversity will be an addition to the quality of data sets for any large language model or any AI learning model.

India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI), minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in the national capital on Thursday. “Effectively, almost all of the government, and the G2C — government to citizen — interface will be digital over the next two years,” Chandrasekhar said. There has never been a more exciting time for India’s place in tech, the minister said, citing the success of the Chandrayaan-3 moon landing on August 23, which made India the first country to land near the south pole of the moon. It showed India’s capability in executing complex, deep-tech missions with global-standard aptitude and skill, Chandrasekhar said, and this indicates India’s “techade” and the digital economy forming 20-25% of the GDP is a realisable goal. India has an opportunity to become a trusted long-term partner in supply chains, IP and talent, he added.

Trinidad and Tobago has signed an agreement with the Indian government for sharing the India Stack, which is a collection of open application programming interfaces and digital public goods for identity, data and payment services. The agreement was signed in the presence of officials from the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), National E-Governance Division, and the Ministry of External Affairs, according to an official release.

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday forecast that the digital economy will contribute more than 20 per cent of the country’s GDP in 2026.