India must invest more aggressively in infrastructure: AI executive

IANS | February 15, 2026 10:29 AM

Washington, Feb 15 (IANS) As India prepares to host the AI Impact Summit next week, Jeff Cotten, President and CEO at AI-powered SaaS solutions provider PROS, said India must invest more aggressively in infrastructure to compete with rivals, especially China.

FM Sitharaman discusses India-EU FTA, investments with top leaders in Germany

IANS | February 15, 2026 9:47 AM

New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met top leaders and industrialists during her visit to Germany and discussed bilateral trade relations in the backdrop of the EU-India FTA deal, while scaling up the partnership in several fields, including manufacturing, technology and agriculture, Finance Ministry said on Sunday.

Make financial institutions more agile: DFS Secretary

IANS | February 15, 2026 9:13 AM

New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) M Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), has stressed upon the need to enhance the Credit-GDP ratio — making our financial institutions more agile and exploring new ways of financing at a larger scale in line with the goals of Viksit Bharat.

Innovation now accessible on mobile phone: Dr Jitendra Singh

IANS | February 14, 2026 6:20 PM

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) India’s innovation ecosystem has matured to a stage where opportunity is fully democratised and accessible ‘on a mobile phone,’ Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said on Saturday, urging young people to move beyond the traditional aspiration of government jobs and embrace entrepreneurship.