India Archives — Carrington Malin

    July 16, 2019
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    Startup developing killer swarm drones for Indian Air Force

    A Bengaluru-based start-up is developing India’s first attack swarm drone prototype in conjunction with state-owned contractors Hindustan Aeronautics

    A report from NDTV last week confirmed that India’s military is developing weaponised autonomous swarm drones. It has been much publicised that these are being developed by China, Russia and the U.S., but not so India — until this year.

    There’s been talk about India’s military need for swarm drones for a couple of years now and the possibility of leveraging home grown UAV startups, but not much buzz about the development of weaponised swarm drones.

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    July 8, 2019
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    Will the first Modi 2.0 budget boost India’s AI readiness?

    The first Modi 2.0 budget has been called cautious, incremental and lacking a blueprint; Will India be able to implement the right programmes at the speed required to remain competitive?

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Modi government’s budget for 2019/2020 to India’s parliament on Friday, in a statement full of vision for the future, drawing heavily on the themes from the national Economic Survey 2018–19 released last week. In a speech that aimed to garner popular appeal, Sitharaman prioritised infrastructure, digital economy and job creation. You can review the government’s online presentation here.

    As expected, the new budget has received both praise and criticism, while inspiring some tough questions, depending on the economic and political leaning of the commentators.

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    July 2, 2019
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    G20: a win, lose or draw?

    The G20 Summit in Osaka ended on a high note for some, with the meeting between the presidents of the two largest economies in the world stealing a lot of the headlines. U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed after the meeting that his government will continue to allow sales of American technology products to Huawei, likely pleasing the likes of Intel and Micron.

    If the biggest success of G20 was a reset for China-US trade negotiations, one of the biggest failures was arguably the Osaka Track digital economy declaration to formulate rules on digital governance under the concept of “Data Free Flow with Trust”, but without the support of India (a country that expects to make $350 billion from IT and BPM by 2025).

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