Is India ready for the AI revolution? The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, from generative AI tools to sophisticated machine learning algorithms, are transforming industries across the nation. From fintech's burgeoning use of AI-powered fraud detection to the agricultural sector's embrace of precision farming technologies, the impact is undeniable. This week saw a major breakthrough in indigenous 5G technology development, signaling India's growing prowess in the global tech landscape. But alongside this progress comes the crucial discussion surrounding data privacy, cybersecurity, and the ethical implications of AI deployment. How will India navigate these challenges and harness the transformative power of technology for inclusive growth? Explore the latest developments in Indian tech, from the rise of digital payments to the burgeoning startup ecosystem, and discover how innovation is shaping the nation's future. Stay informed with Abtak.com – your gateway to understanding the tech revolution reshaping India.
Delhi/Hyderabad, Oct 19 (Maxim News): The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the dates for the JEE Main 2026 exams. The exams will be conducted in two sessions in January and April. The first session will be held between January 21 and 30, while the registration process will begin in October. Candidates should register at jeemain.nta.nic.in. The second session will be held between April 1 and 10. However, the exact dates for the exams will be announced soon. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp The National Testing Agency has taken several steps to provide opportunities to more candidates next year. In view of the large number of candidates appearing for the exam, it has focused on increasing the number of exam cities. It is going to increase the number of centers so that candidates do not have to travel long distances. Arrangements are being made to meet the needs of disabled candidates to write the exam comfortably. Meanwhile, As part of the smooth conduct of the JEE exam, the NTA has advised all eligible candidates to update all the necessary documents before applying for this exam. This will eliminate the difficulties faced in the application process and subsequent stages.. It said that many problems along with rejection of applications will not arise. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp The candidate's name, date of birth, gender, photo, and address should be verified in Aadhaar. If there are any changes in Aadhaar, the Udai guidelines should be followed. The name and date of birth (10th class certificate) should be updated correctly in Aadhaar. Also, all the details like latest photo, address, father's name should be updated in your card. If you are disabled, the UDID card is valid. However, it is necessary to renew and update it. It has been asked to ensure that the category certificate is valid. Candidates should check the official websites www.nta.ac.in, jeemain.nta.nic.in from time to time. Only then can you know all the details related to the exams, the NTA director said. (Maxim News)
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft -- the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace -- successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 4.01pm while orbiting above the North Atlantic Ocean."At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4," the National Aeronautics ...Read More >
Police said a probe is underway. Mumbai: A 25-year-old woman in Mumbai was allegedly harassed by a loan app firm and her morphed nude photographs were shared with her relatives and friends, even as she handed over an amount of money that was more than what she borrowed. According to the police, the victim from Kranti Nagar area in Jogeshwari West said she was in need of money when she came across an advertisement of a mobile app called "Cash Loan" on Instagram. On July 20, she downloaded the a ...Read More >
PATNA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is all set to embark on 'Vote Adhikar Yatra' from Bihar's Rohtas district on August 17 to register a protest against how the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls was being conducted in the state. This comes at a time when the Opposition is ratcheting up its protest against the SIR and casting aspersions on the integrity of elections. AICC general secretary (organisation) and MP KC Venugopal held a meeting with the INDIA bloc leaders at Sasaram in Rohtas district on Wednesday and reviewed preparations for Rahul Gandhi's visit to Bi ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Dec 16 (PTI) A 57-year-old woman fell prey to an alleged "digital arrest" scam and lost over Rs 2.05 crore to cybercriminals, who posed as law enforcement officials, police said on Tuesday. 'Digital arrest' is a form of cyber fraud where fraudsters pose as law enforcement officers and threaten people through audio or video calls, forcing them to transfer money online. The woman was also coerced into selling multiple properties and taking bank loans to meet the fraudsters' demands, they said. The offence is said to have occurred between June 19 and November 27, police said. Accor ...Read More >
Assam HSLC Result 2026: Students who appeared for the Class 10 Board examinations under the Assam Board this year are eagerly awaiting their results. This wait for the students is set to end very soon. In fact, the state's Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, has announced that the results for the Assam High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) Examination 2026 will be released on April 10. Once the results are published, students will be able to check their scores via the official website, sebaonline.org. This year, the Assam High School Leaving Certificate Examination 2026 commenced on Februar ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 8 (Maxim News): BRS Working President K. Taraka Rama Rao stated that the people of Telangana have once again come to realize that Revanth Reddy can only make a fuss but cannot engage in meaningful discussions. He criticized that 70 lakh farmers in Telangana have been facing serious problems for the past 18 months due to Revanth Reddy's incompetent rule, which has no basic knowledge about farmers except for gossip. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp KTR invited the Chief Minister to discuss what BRS and Congress have done for farmers and the unemployed at the Somajiguda Press Club an ...Read More >
VMPL Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 17: Among the established CBSE schools in Dharmapuri, Senthil Public School located at Adhiyamankottai, Dharmapuri, continues to demonstrate consistent academic performance and competitive examination success across multiple years. The school's results place it firmly among the best schools in Dharmapuri, reflecting a disciplined academic framework supported by long-term planning and student-focused preparation. Consistent Performance in CBSE Board Examinations Senthil Public School's academic record began strongly with its first batch of Class ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: A 36-year-old resident of Chanakyapuri registered a complaint of cheating, forgery, and forging documents against two visa consultants who allegedly duped the complainant and his wife out of Rs 37.50 lakh after promising to arrange a UK work permit visa. Based on the complaint by a senior executive at a firm in Sanand, Sola High Court police registered a case on Friday under BNS sections 318(4) (cheating, dishonestly inducing the person deceived to deliver any property to any person), 336(3) (forgery, intending that the document or electronic record forged shall be used for the purp ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 15 (PTI) The ManipalCigna Health Insurance Company Ltd has planned to expand its footprint in Tamil Nadu with 10 more branches and add over 10,000 advisors across South India. ManipalCigna Health Insurance Company Ltd is a joint venture between Manipal Group, an eminent player in healthcare delivery and higher education and global health services company Cigna Healthcare. Also Read | Aadhaar Free Update: Government Requests Parents to Update Children's Aadhaar Biometrics Between Age 5-7, Free of Cost. Citing a data from the General Insurance Council (GIC), ManipalCigna said it ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (UNI) India has secured crude oil supplies for the next 60 days and maintains adequate inventory levels, with refineries operating at maximum capacity, the government said on Thursday, underlining that there is no shortage of key inputs and no increase in domestic fuel prices despite global volatility. Addressing a media briefing, Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, said crude availability remains stable and sulphur supplies are sufficient. Retail fuel outlets across the country are functioning normally, she added. Sharma said the gov ...Read More >
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Golden Temple in Punjab's Amritsar received another bomb threat on Tuesday. The dog squad has been deployed at the Golden Temple premises as part of a security check. The holy site for Sikhs received a bomb threat via e-mail for the second consecutive day. Also Read | India Raises Pahalgam Terror Attack at SCO Meeting: EAM S Jaishankar Calls for 'Uncompromising Position' on Combatting Terrorism. Pratap Singh, Secretary of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), demanded strict action against the miscreants. Pratap Singh told reporte ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jul 15 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Assam on Wednesday during which they will interact with party functionaries of the state. State Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi said the district, block and mandal presidents of the party will be able to present their views before its top leadership during Kharge and Gandhi's visit. Also Read | Did Lucknow Court Judge Take Selfie With Rahul Gandhi During Hearing of Indian Army 'Defamation' Case? BJP's Amit Malviya Found Fake in Fact Check. "I look forward to welcoming Shri ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan Anand, his wife and their armed guards breached hospital security, physically assaulted staff, and thr ...Read More >
The High Court of Manipur has affirmed the right of transgender individuals to update their name and gender in educational certificates and other official documents. The ruling was delivered by Justice A. Guneshwar Sharma in the case of 'Dr. Beoncy Laishram versus The State of Manipur & Others'. Dr. Beoncy Laishram, a 32-year-old transgender woman and MBBS degree holder, approached the court seeking to update her name from 'Boboi Laishram' to 'Beoncy Laishram' and her gender from 'male' to 'fem ...Read More >
Police traced the money and technical trails, deploying teams across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan and Odisha Delhi Police busted an interstate cyber fraud syndicate by arresting 10 people from across 7 states, for allegedly defrauding people by impersonating law enforcement officers and threatening victims with "digital arrest", officers aware of the matter said on Tuesday. Deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Hemant Tiwari said that the network is linked t ...Read More >
Kota: The Session 2 of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026 commenced on Thursday. JEE Main is held for Paper 1 and 2 and are conducted in two shifts - first shift from 9 am to 12 pm and second shift from 3 to 6 pm. The JEE Main Paper 1 (BE/BTech) will be held on April 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 while Paper 2A (BArch) and Paper 2B (BPlanning) are scheduled for April 7. The exams are conducted at 566 centres across 304 cities in India and 14 cities outside the country. In Rajasthan's Kota, known as the country's major coaching hub for competitive exams, there are four centres, with around 1 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday announced the provisional attachment of assets worth approximately ₹131.45 crore in Spain, including a luxury yacht and immovable properties, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). These assets belong to Pavel Prozorov, a Spanish national and the alleged mastermind behind the unauthorised forex trading platform OctaFX. The attached assets comprise a commercial Italian-model luxury yacht cruising in the Western Mediterranean, a minijet boat, a luxury car, and two residential properties in Spain. The ED's probe was launched ...Read More >
Imphal, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a landmark judgment, the Manipur High Court on Tuesday has directed the state's education boards and institutions to issue fresh certificates to Beoncy Laishram, the state's first transgender doctor, reflecting her updated name and gender. The 32-year-old doctor Laishram, earlier known as Boboi Laishram, underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2019 and was officially recognised as female by the District Magistrate, Imphal West district, under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. Despite updates in her Aadhaar, PAN, and voter identity c ...Read More >
According to Mumbai police, the actress fell into the trap of the scammers after she attended a series of phone calls, including a video call from "an officer with the Delhi Police" on Monday, who claimed that she had been found linked to multiple bank fraud cases. A 26-year-old television actress, currently residing in Mumbai, allegedly lost Rs 6.5 lakh to cyber fraudsters who placed her under 'digital arrest' for seven hours, the police said on Friday. According to the Mumbai police, the actr ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The government on Tuesday urged parents and guardians to update their children's Aadhaar biometrics who have reached age seven. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) reiterated the importance of completing the Mandatory Biometric Update (MBU) for children who have attained the age of seven but have not yet updated their biometrics in Aadhaar. UIDAI said it has started sending SMS messages to the mobile numbers registered in the Aadhaar of such children for completing the MBU exercise. This is an existing requirement under Aadhaar, and paren ...Read More >
Pune: Aadhaar enrolment for children in the 0-5 age group (Baal Aadhaar) will now be carried out only on the basis of birth certificate, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chief executive officer Bhuvnesh Kumar said on Friday.Kumar, who was in Pune to review an enrolment camp for schoolchildren (above 5 years), said the move aimed to eliminate duplication and streamline the process. "We have seen cases of children being issued two Aadhaar numbers -- one without biometrics and another with -- often due to parental oversight. Linking enrolment directly with birth certificate will p ...Read More >
Three persons have been arrested in connection with the case, and a manhunt has been launched to nab others involved, he said. The action was taken after Radha Govind University , a private institute in the district, lodged an FIR with the Ramgarh police station alleging tampering of its computer sets by some persons ahead of the JEE examination. Ramgarh Deputy Commissioner Faiz Aq Ahmed Mumtaz said that after a complaint was filed by RGU, which is one of the JEE examination centres, police hav ...Read More >
Kalyan, Maharashtra : Harsh Gupta, a 19-year-old student from Kalyan, has secured admission to the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, defying extreme financial hardship, academic setbacks, and a debilitating medical condition. His journey reflects not only his resilience but also the transformative role played by Motion Education, Kota, in nurturing talent from underprivileged backgrounds. Harsh comes from a modest background, his father is a roadside pani puri vendor and the family of six resides in a small two-room chawl in Thane district. With limited resources and l ...Read More >
VMPL New Delhi [India], August 14: Ellenox, India's largest venture studio, is accelerating its global push in enterprise AI development. In the past year, the company has grown its headcount by 50% over the last year, bringing in senior AI talent from Amazon and Google to power its next phase of expansion. Already delivering AI transformation for Fortune 50 leaders in fintech, cloud computing, consumer social, and sports-tech, Ellenox has built systems that replace costly call centers with natural-voice AI agents and deployed end-to-end social media pipelines capable of scaling global brand ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Mar 31 (Maxim News): The country is all set for the census. The first phase of the process will begin from April 1. The first phase will include a household census. The Center said that 33 questions will be asked on this occasion. The second phase will collect the population data. It will begin in February next year. The Center has revealed that citizens do not need to submit any documents for the census. Registrar General of India (RGI) and Census Commissioner Mrityunjaya Kumar Narayan told the media, "This time, for the first time, citizens can register their information themselve ...Read More >
New Delhi: It's the same story every year. A centralised admission test that was meant to reform India's higher education system has instead plunged it into repeated cycles of uncertainty.Since its rollout in 2022, the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) -- now mandatory for undergraduate admissions in central universities -- has consistently failed to release results on time, throwing academic calendars into disarray, overburdening faculty, and leaving lakhs of students in prolonged limbo.The delay is not just administrative -- it's academic, emotional, and financial. For three consecutive ...Read More >
Nellore: As part of the Mobile Hunt Services (MHS) initiative, Nellore police recovered 1,000 stolen or lost mobile phones worth ₹1 crore and handed them over to the rightful owners on Friday. According to official sources, the district police have so far recovered 3,900 mobile phones valued at Rs 4 crore through MHS, and an additional 60 phones worth Rs 6 lakh under the Central government's Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR). Addressing the media at the Umesh Chandra Conference Hall here on Friday, superintendent of police (SP) G Krishna Kanth assured the public that there is no nee ...Read More >
Parents or guardians can update their child's details at any Aadhaar Seva Kendra or designated Aadhaar centre. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday emphasised the importance of updating the Mandatory Biometric Update (MBU) for children who have reached the age of seven, but have not yet updated their biometrics in Aadhaar. As per the release by Ministry of Electronics & IT, this is an existing requirement under Aadhaar, and parents or guardians can update their child' ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has reiterated the importance of completing the Mandatory Biometric Update (MBU) for children who have attained the age of seven but have not yet updated their biometrics in Aadhaar. According to the release, this is an existing requirement under Aadhaar, and parents or guardians can update their child details at any Aadhaar Seva Kendra or designated Aadhaar centre. A child under the age of five enrols for Aadhaar by providing their photograph, name, date of birth, gender, address, and documents as proof. ...Read More >
Abdul Kalam not only lived under fake identity, but travelled using forged Indian passport ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Abdul Kalam, a Bangladeshi national, lived in Bhopal for eight years under a false transgender identity * He obtained key documents like Aadhaar card and passport using forged papers and local help * Kalam travelled abroad using a forged Indian passport and was active in the transgender community Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Bhopal ...Read More >