India’s Deep Ocean Mission paving way for big leap in Blue Economy

IANS | August 21, 2025 1:27 PM

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) India’s Deep Ocean Mission, which has been launched with an investment of Rs 4,077 crore spread over five years, represents a strategic effort to develop advanced technologies for deep-sea exploration and sustainable utilisation of marine resources.

37 supercomputers with 40 Petaflops computing power installed under NSM: Minister

IANS | August 21, 2025 9:39 AM

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) At least 37 supercomputers with a total computing power of 40 Petaflops have been installed (till August 12) under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), as the government aims to achieve self-reliance and global leadership in supercomputing by giving access of state-of-the-art supercomputing facilities to researchers, addressing grand challenges, optimising investments, and enhancing global competitiveness in key areas of supercomputing technologies.

India’s workforce goes AI-first as frontier firms lead transformation: Report

IANS | August 20, 2025 6:15 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India’s most forward-looking organisations (called frontier firms) are leading the charge in reimagining work as these companies are not only adopting AI but also redesigning operations around human-agent collaboration -- with 59 per cent of leaders already using AI agents to automate workstreams or business processes across entire teams, a report said on Wednesday.