Aashish Aryan

Delhi, Noida

Senior Assistant Editor at Business Standard

Journalist @EconomicTimes. Write mostly on information technology and related policy developments. Views mine.

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Articles

Did A Bird Strike Cause The Crash?

2 weeks ago | rediff.com | Aashish Aryan |Deepak Patel

Air India pilots said that Ahmedabad airport has long been known for bird activity near the runway, which could have contributed to the incident. IMAGE: Wreckage of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Shortly after the Air India Ahmedabad-London flight crashed, reports of an accident near the city's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport started trickling in on a WhatsApp group of the airline's pilots.
AI will bring in 'humongous changes': IT Minister Vaishnaw

4 weeks ago | rediff.com | Dhruvaksh Saha |Aashish Aryan

'I think that kind of change is coming. We should stay prepared for that change, whichever industry or sector we are in, we must be prepared.'IMAGE: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, during the inauguration of the VVDN Technologies' state-of-the-art Mechanical Innovation Park, at Manesar in Gurugram.
Himanta Biswa Sarma

1 month ago | business-standard.com | Aashish Aryan

The announcement of the setting up of an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) unit at Jagiroad near Guwahati in Assam has piqued the interest of several domestic and international investors, especially in the electronics manufacturing sector, Assam Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The Assam CM was in Delhi to talk to investors and companies about the state's Rs 25,000 crore electronics component manufacturing scheme (ECMS).
Ceasefire, But Pakistan's Cyber War Continues

1 month ago | rediff.com | Aashish Aryan

More than one million cybersecurity incidents were flagged within 10 days. The government is on high alert amid the threat of a cyberwarfare against Indian digital establishments and resources. Even as the India-Pakistan tension has de-escalated, the government is watching out for international ransomware groups and state-backed threat actors, who could step up their attempts to attack in the coming days and weeks, sources told Business Standard.
Bikram Singh Bedi

1 month ago | business-standard.com | Aashish Aryan

India continues to be one of the fastest-growing markets in the world for Google Cloud, said Bikram Singh Bedi, the company's vice-president (VP) and country manager. India has a large population and its innovation "stays significantly ahead of the curve", he told Aashish Aryan in an interview in New Delhi. Bedi spoke about Cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies.
Amid global layoff, Google may rejig roles in Bengaluru, Hyderabad offices

2 months ago | rediff.com | Aashish Aryan |Shivani Shinde

Google is likely to rejig the roles of some of the engineering talent from its Hyderabad and Bengaluru offices and move some of its employees to more revenue-generating projects instead of letting them go for now, sources told Business Standard. This comes amid reports of search giant Google laying off employees from its Platforms and Devices division, including teams working on Android software and Pixel smartphones.
India To Train AI Models Using Religious Texts

2 months ago | rediff.com | Aashish Aryan

Inputs from religious texts, scriptures of local dialects and inspirational word-of-mouth stories will also be included. The government is planning to use text, images, and other content from religious books and scriptures -- cutting across languages like Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu, and some others -- as inputs for the AIKosh database, according to sources aware of the development.
Rs 23K crore electronics PLI scheme set to be rolled out in 3 weeks

2 months ago | rediff.com | Aashish Aryan

The government on Tuesday notified the Rs 22,919 crore scheme to promote domestic manufacturing of electronics components, display and camera modules, non-surface mount devices, multi-layer printed circuit boards and lithium-ion cells for digital applications, among others. The scheme is likely to be operationalised in the next 2-3 weeks.
No DPDP Rule Change Likely

2 months ago | rediff.com | Aashish Aryan |Nivedita Mookerji

The "construct of the DPDP Act" cannot be changed at this stage, though there may be some minor tweaks in the language of the Rules and formats in certain legitimate cases. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. The government is unlikely to make any changes to the data storage and cross-border data transfer norms mentioned in the draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP) Rules, sources told Business Standard.
Blocking free flow of data a burden on growth, innovation: Meta's Kaplan

Mar 18, 2025 | business-standard.com | Aashish Aryan

Kaplan talks about free flow of data to age-appropriate content and moreAashish Aryan New Delhi Mandating data localisation does not make sense for countries which want their companies to compete at an international level, the chief global affairs officer at Meta Joel Kaplan told Aashish Aryan in New Delhi. Edited excerpts from a conversation that ranged from free flow of data to age-appropriate content and more:What do you think of the draft rules of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act?