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Economic Times reports OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is expected to visit India around the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, where several global AI leaders are scheduled to participate.
A KPMG India note from WEF 2026 highlighted India’s semiconductor and AI push, stating that six fabrication plants have been approved and pointing to higher deep-tech R&D outlays and ecosystem building. The message: policy is shifting toward execution, partnerships and talent pipelines.
DRDO has unveiled a model of a high-power microwave directed-energy system under development to defeat swarms of drones, according to defence publication Janes. The system, developed by DRDO’s MTRDC in Bengaluru, is reported to be in trials and has demonstrated the ability to disable small quadcopter-class UAVs at up to around a kilometre.
Hyderabad-based Eon Space Labs planned to fly its indigenous multispectral Earth-imaging payload MIRA on ISRO’s PSLV-C62 mission to demonstrate on-board AI processing. The system is designed to analyse images in orbit and transmit insights instead of raw imagery, aiming to reduce bandwidth requirements for Earth observation workflows.
ISRO Chairman Dr V Narayanan said the Gaganyaan mission remains unaffected despite a major deviation during the third stage of the recent PSLV-C62 mission. Speaking in Coimbatore, he also reiterated India’s long-term plans for a national space station, with work expected to begin in 2028 and the target for completion set at 2035.
A new 3D stereo full-dome planetarium show titled “The Moon Mission – India’s Journey to the Moon” will begin screening from Republic Day, offering an immersive look at ISRO’s Chandrayaan programme.
DRDO has unveiled a model of a high-power microwave directed-energy weapon system designed to defeat swarming drones. The system, under development at DRDO’s MTRDC in Bengaluru, was showcased at an electronic warfare conference and is undergoing trials.
At Davos-linked discussions, India’s semiconductor roadmap and AI infrastructure ambitions were highlighted, including plans for commercial production at semiconductor plants in 2026 and efforts to strengthen the end-to-end chip ecosystem.
ISRO Chairman Dr V. Narayanan said the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission remains unaffected despite a significant deviation during PSLV-C62’s third stage. He added that multiple projects are in progress and said work on an Indian space station is planned to begin in 2028 with a target of completion by 2035.
TRAI has initiated a review of tariff ceilings for domestic leased circuits (DLCs) after more than a decade, releasing a consultation paper to seek stakeholder comments. DLCs are dedicated private data lines used by enterprises, banks, hospitals, government bodies, data centres and cloud providers, and the review could influence how secure, high-capacity connectivity is priced in India’s evolving digital infrastructure market.
India’s IT ministry is working toward requirements for watermarking and labelling AI-generated content, citing misuse ranging from cybercrime to deepfakes and abusive imagery. The move would place a compliance burden on platforms and aims to make synthetic media easier to identify in everyday online sharing.
Elon Musk has said Grok should have a ‘moral constitution’ after global backlash over the misuse of AI tools to generate obscene or non-consensual images. The controversy has intensified debate on AI safety, guardrails and regulation—especially for image manipulation systems that can be used for harassment, deepfakes and sexualised content. The episode is also drawing attention in India and elsewhere to how quickly platforms must respond when abuse scales.