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1. At India AI Impact Summit 2026, showcases Jio's AI ecosystem to PM
Make in India / Atmanirbhar
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Investment in Bharat by Bhartiya companies
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Delhi
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The Economic Times
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- At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), showcased the company's growing artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem to Prime Minister during a tour of the Jio Intelligence Pavilion.
- The showcase was part of the Prime Minister's broader engagement at the India AI Impact Expo, a major component of the summit that convened policymakers, technology firms, startups and industry leaders to discuss the trajectory of AI in India.
- The Jio pavilion at the expo featured Jio's AI-driven initiatives spanning digital infrastructure, healthcare, education, cultural preservation and smart living solutions.
- The company also showcased Jio Sanskriti AI, a platform designed to support the preservation and accessibility of India's linguistic and cultural heritage. The initiative focuses on enabling AI-driven tools for translation, digitisation and content discovery across multiple Indian languages.
2. LPU unveiled 15 Breakthrough AI Innovations at India AI Impact Summit 2026
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- Lovely Professional University (LPU) participated in the India–AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, where it presented 15 AI-driven projects developed by its students and research teams, focusing on practical applications across sectors such as education, agriculture, robotics, enterprise technology, accessibility, and health.
- The summit brought together policymakers, industry leaders, researchers, startups, and academic institutions to discuss the role of Artificial Intelligence in economic development, sustainability, and the future of work. LPU’s participation reflected its focus on applied AI research and student-led innovation.
- The university students exhibited projects spanning hardware design, enterprise platforms, digital collaboration, and assistive technologies. These included TheApplicable, a browser-based electronics development platform; Genoma Space, an AI model-building environment supporting no-code and pro-code workflows.
- Several projects addressed accessibility, health, and well-being. MateZ AI is designed as a digital companion for mental-wellbeing support across individual and organisational settings.
3. Indian Potash to revive Badamba Sugar Mill in Odisha with Rs 360 crore investment
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- On March 6, 2026, Indian Potash Limited signed an MoU with the Government of Odisha in Odisha, India, to revive and modernise the long-closed Badamba Cooperative Sugar Mill with an estimated ₹360-crore investment
- Indian Potash Limited, led by Managing Director P. S. Gahlaut, will implement the revival with support from the Odisha government, leasing 112 acres of land and undertaking technical and financial feasibility studies with cooperative and financial agencies.
- The revived mill in Cuttack district’s Badamba block will have 3,500 tonnes-per-day crushing capacity, a 16-MW cogeneration power plant, 10-TPD Bio-CNG plant, and cold storage, expected to benefit about 10,000 farmers and revive sugarcane cultivation.
4. Sarvam Kaze: PM wears Made-in-India AI-powered smart glasses at India AI Impact Summit
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The Economic Times
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- Prime Minister was spotted wearing an AI-powered wearable device, Sarvam Kaze, during his visit to the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam. Developed by homegrown startup Sarvam AI, Sarvam Kaze is designed as a spectacles-like wearable that listens, understands and responds in real-time while capturing what the user sees.
- Unlike conventional AI tools that operate through screens, the device aims to bring voice and visual intelligence directly into the user’s physical environment.
- Sarvam AI is one of 12 companies selected to build indigenous AI models under the government-backed IndiaAI Mission. The startup focuses on large language and speech models tailored to Indian languages and real-world use cases.
- The development comes as India accelerates its AI ecosystem under the IndiaAI Mission, launched in March 2024 with an outlay of ₹10,372 crore. The mission has onboarded more than 38,000 GPUs to support startups and researchers.
5. Indian Startup Uses AI To Track Food Quality And Combat Malnutrition
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- UdyogYantra.AI, an Indian startup, claimed to have developed a unique artificial intelligence (AI) system that monitors food quality, nutrition and the entire food processing chain.
- Showcased at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, the technology aims to improve food processing, enhance nutrition, and increase farmers' incomes, Ankur Jain, the startup founder.
- The technology developed by his startup tracks every step from the arrival of raw ingredients to the completion of a meal. “Using AI cameras and sensors, the quality of the raw materials is evaluated, following which the food is processed. The system monitors whether the recipe is being followed properly.
- UdyogYantra.AI founder further disclosed that the initiative has also been praised by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.
6. Mastercard Executes India’s First AI-Driven Agentic Commerce Transaction at AI Summit 2026
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- Mastercard successfully demonstrated India’s first ‘fully authenticated agentic commerce transaction’. In plain English: an AI agent is given the power to shop and pay on behalf of a human, using a secure and regulated framework.
- For the average consumer, digital shopping usually involves a lot of manual work: opening an app, searching for a product, and eventually being redirected to a payment screen. Agentic Commerce automates this whole process.
- Mastercard is is involved with a massive network of Indian banks and payment providers. Mastercard cards issued by Axis Bank and RBL Bank were used using the demo.
- Payment aggregators like Razorpay, Cashfree, Juspay, and PayU provided the plumbing and the AI successfully interacted with merchants including Swiggy, Zepto, Vi (Vodafone Idea), and Tira.
7. Smart Meter Analytics Innovation Announced at AI Summit 2026
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- Bidgely also introduced its AI tool at the summit. It can also give information about electricity theft and health of home appliances. The company is currently working closely with power companies.
- Based on the power readings of 10 to 12 month smart meters the company's system can tell which device is spending more power and where there is potential for bill savings, at what time and how use can benefit, which device should be replaced.
- Even if electricity is being stolen in any area, information can be given accurately on the basis of data and till now the electricity department has got benefits worth crores.
- The company is currently working with power companies in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, Bhagalpur in Bihar and some areas of Gujarat.
8. Chandigarh achieves 99.93% literacy rate, becomes fully literate Union Territory
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- On March 10, 2026, Chandigarh achieved a 99.93% literacy rate, officially becoming a fully literate Union Territory, surpassing the 95% benchmark under the National Education Policy 2020, according to an official statement by the administration.
- The Chandigarh Administration achieved the milestone through the ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram, where educators, volunteers, and NGOs trained adult learners and organised literacy assessments to help thousands gain basic reading and writing skills.
- Literacy in Chandigarh increased from 93.7% to 99.93%, with 15,556 people enrolling and 14,711 passing assessments; women’s literacy rose from 90.7% to 99.89%, making it the sixth state/UT and second Union Territory in India to achieve full literacy.
9. EV registrations in India jump 91% in five years, hit 19.68 lakh in FY25
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- On March 11, 2026, government data showed that electric vehicle registrations in India rose 91% over five years, reaching 19.68 lakh in FY25 from 1.74 lakh in FY20, according to data presented in Parliament based on the Vahan portal.
- The Central Government of India boosted EV adoption through multiple schemes such as the PLI scheme for automobiles and batteries, PM E-DRIVE incentives, and electric bus deployment, supporting domestic manufacturing, charging infrastructure expansion, and localisation of EV supply chains.
- EV registrations rose steadily from 1.43 lakh in FY21 to 4.59 lakh in FY22, 11.83 lakh in FY23, and 16.81 lakh in FY24, while policies like the ₹18,100-crore ACC battery PLI and rare-earth magnet manufacturing scheme aim to strengthen EV manufacturing capacity.
10. India sends humanitarian aid to Madagascar after cyclone devastation
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- On March 11, 2026, India dispatched 30 tonnes of humanitarian assistance—including 12 tonnes of medical aid and 18 tonnes of relief supplies—to Madagascar, where Tropical Cyclones Fytia and Gezani caused widespread destruction earlier in 2026.
- India’s Ministry of External Affairs, with support from the Indian Air Force, delivered the aid via a C-17 aircraft to Antananarivo, while also launching humanitarian assistance for Mozambique through food supplies, medicines, and relief materials.
- The Madagascar consignment included medicines, surgical supplies, tents, water tanks, dignity kits and ready-to-eat meals. For Mozambique, India sent 500 tonnes of rice, 10 tonnes of relief materials, 3 tonnes of medicines, and 86 tonnes of additional medical supplies via sea.