AI & Public Innovation

How artificial intelligence and digital technology are reshaping public life, governance, and everyday experiences across India and Asia.

AI  ·  Geoscience  ·  Disaster Monitoring

AI, supercomputing to boost mineral exploration, disaster monitoring in India

C-DAC and the Geological Survey of India are combining AI and high-performance computing to map subsurface minerals, build a domain-specific geoscience LLM, and strengthen landslide and glacier hazard monitoring nationwide.

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5 August 2026
Digital Payments  ·  AI  ·  India

India’s NPCI partners NVIDIA on sovereign payments AI

India’s National Payments Corporation of India has partnered with NVIDIA to build sovereign AI systems for its payments ecosystem, using NVIDIA’s Nemotron models to strengthen the UPI network that processed 240 billion transactions last year.

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29 June 2026
India  ·  Canada  ·  Diplomacy

Carney’s message to Modi signals new chapter in India-Canada relations

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney used Modi’s historic 12-year milestone to signal a fresh chapter in bilateral ties, as both countries advance a $50 billion trade target, aligned AI strategies, and a clean energy partnership.

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11 June 2026