Union Budget 2026: AI Industry Wants Cheaper Compute, More IndiaAI Funding, and Clearer Incentives

Union Budget 2026: AI Industry Wants Cheaper Compute, More IndiaAI Funding, and Clearer Incentives

Updated 1 February 2026 at 10:46 IST Industry voices have repeatedly flagged high GPU costs and limited domestic compute capacity as constraints on building and deploying large-scale AI in India. Budget 2026 could give the much-needed impetus to the AI industry. | Image: Republic With Union Budget 2026 set to be announced shortly, India’s AI

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‘An Ode To Tamil Nadu’: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Dons Deep Maroon Kanjeevaram Saree To Present Budget 2026

‘An Ode To Tamil Nadu’: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Dons Deep Maroon Kanjeevaram Saree To Present Budget 2026

Updated 1 February 2026 at 12:24 IST Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived at the Kartavya Bhawan on Sunday (February 1) ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget 2026-27 in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Budget session of Parliament in a deep maroon Kanjeevaram saree. Sitharaman is set to present her record 9th

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US Tariffs Have “No Influence” on Customs Duty Overhaul Announced in Budget: Sitharaman | Republic World

US Tariffs Have “No Influence” on Customs Duty Overhaul Announced in Budget: Sitharaman | Republic World

Updated 2 February 2026 at 17:19 IST The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the United States (US) tariffs have “no influence on customs duty overhaul.” The Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman noted that US tariffs had no influence on the custom duty update announced as part of the union budget 2026-27 tabled in the

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Air India grounds Boeing 787 Dreamliner after pilot flags fuel control switch issue

Air India grounds Boeing 787 Dreamliner after pilot flags fuel control switch issue

The airline said the matter is being examined on priority, with Boeing and the aircraft’s original equipment manufacturer involved in the process. Air India on Monday grounded a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating on the London–Bengaluru route after one of its pilots reported a possible defect in the aircraft’s fuel control switch. The airline said the

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Balloonwala goes digital: Street vendor’s QR Code payment stuns onlookers, wins the internet; watch

Balloonwala goes digital: Street vendor’s QR Code payment stuns onlookers, wins the internet; watch

At the dawn of India’s digital payments journey, skepticism was louder than optimism. In 2017, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram took a sharp swipe at the government’s cashless ambitions in Parliament, ridiculing the idea that small-town and rural sellers could ever embrace technology. He famously labelled the push the “biggest lie”, questioning how even a

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