Nitin Sisupalan

1 week ago | theweek.in | Nitin Sisupalan

The Ministry of Communications this week announced the release of a comprehensive policy document titled DHRUVA, or the Digital Hub for Reference and Unique Virtual Address. While this policy lays out the framework for advancing Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), the highlight is the launch of the Digital Postal Index Number or DIGIPIN by the Department of Posts. Simply put, DIGIPIN is a new addressing system based on your geographic location.

1 week ago | theweek.in | Nitin Sisupalan

As the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment gears up for the the ‘AI for Empowering PwDs’ summit in Bengaluru on May 30, India will see the launch of a new National Disability Support AI Chatbot for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) or Divyangjan. This is in line with the Centre looking to bring better accessibility with its Mission AI, especially through the implementation of AI in assistive technology and tools for empowering Divyangjan.

2 weeks ago | theweek.in | Nitin Sisupalan

With the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal in Washington, D.C., looking to iron out any wrinkles in the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA) being negotiated between India and the United States, the country looks at a full exemption from the 26 per cent reciprocal tariff on Indian goods. On Friday, Goyal met the US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to discuss the BTA.

3 weeks ago | theweek.in | Nitin Sisupalan

Late on May 16 (May 17 morning in India), Moody's Ratings announced it downgraded the Government of United States of America’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Aa1 from Aaa and changed the outlook to stable from negative. The recent move by the rating giant has overreaching significance across the world. For one, this means that even ratings agencies are looking at the mounting US debt. Debt ratios and interest payments ratios do not align with sovereigns at the same level.

3 weeks ago | theweek.in | Nitin Sisupalan

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang ahead of next week’s COMPUTEX, Taipei’s headliner IT summit, told Taiwanese media that he was meeting TSMC CEO C.C. Wei for dinner late on Friday, it sent a new set of shockwaves across the sector. This ‘dinner date’ of industry titans holds a much bigger significance for the future of the semiconductor industry in the world, especially as the United States and China are locked in a trade-tariff battle.