Author: Sharad Natani
India is all set to take a giant leap in artificial intelligence with its very own homegrown model — Sarvam AI, a revolutionary platform capable of conversing fluently in multiple Indian languages. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw confirmed that the indigenously developed AI system will be ready by December 2025 or January 2026, adding that he plans to personally use the platform once it goes live. This marks a defining moment in India’s tech independence journey, aligning with the government’s “Make AI in India” vision — a move that places India among global AI innovators like the U.S. and China. What…
The quiet hum of keyboards inside a Bengaluru startup might just be the sound of India’s next major economic transformation. Here, a young team at LimeChat is training artificial intelligence models to talk, type, and think like humans—machines built to do what millions of Indian workers have done for decades: customer service. Their mission? To replace them. “Once you hire a LimeChat agent, you never have to hire again,” says Nikhil Gupta, the 28-year-old co-founder, smiling confidently. LimeChat’s AI can now handle up to 80% of customer queries that once required human staff. The company claims a single AI bot…
In a heart-stopping moment aboard the New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express, an Indian Army sepoy turned into a guardian angel for an eight-month-old baby who had suddenly stopped breathing mid-journey. Sepoy Sunil, an ambulance assistant posted at a field hospital in India’s North-East, was returning from leave when destiny called him to duty once again — this time, not on the battlefield, but in a crowded train coach. According to a Defence official, the infant had developed severe respiratory distress and became unresponsive, leaving passengers in panic. The child’s distraught mother fainted, believing her baby had died. In that moment of…
In the wake of the shocking insider trading scandal involving officials from the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is rolling out a nationwide sensitisation campaign to prevent similar incidents across India’s regulatory ecosystem. The move marks a strategic shift from enforcement to prevention — focusing on awareness, accountability, and secure handling of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information (UPSI). SEBI’s New Preventive Strategy According to senior officials, SEBI will soon begin outreach programmes with key regulatory institutions — including the RBI, TRAI, IRDAI, PFRDA, and CERC — to educate them about the risks of…
In the dusty lanes of Dulera village in Haryana, where girls were once expected to stay behind closed doors, one woman dared to rewrite her destiny. Anju Yadav, a widow and mother, defied crippling social barriers and personal tragedy to rise to one of the most respected positions in the police force — Deputy Superintendent of Police (DYSP) in the Rajasthan Police Service (RPS). Her story isn’t just about success. It’s about courage — the kind that begins in silence and ends in history. A Life That Tested Her Spirit Born in 1988 in a modest farming family, Anju grew…
In a scathing observation on the country’s handling of drug trafficking cases, the Supreme Court of India on Friday expressed serious concern over the failure of investigative agencies to arrest the real masterminds behind the illicit narcotics trade. The court remarked that in most NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) cases, only small-time peddlers or couriers are arrested, while the main suppliers and financiers continue to operate behind the scenes. “The masterminds are never arrested” — Supreme Court expresses concern A Bench comprising Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi made the remarks during a hearing, observing: “In NDPS…