TCS and ServiceNow Sign Multi-Year Pact to Accelerate Enterprise AI and Autonomous Workflows

BasisPoint Insight

March 9, 2026 at 10:50 AM IST

India’s AI Strategy Is Quietly Shifting From Ambition to Use

AI threatens India’s IT services model yet the same technology could become its next growth engine as companies deploy AI across industries worldwide.

Reform Compass

March 9, 2026 at 5:52 AM IST

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Trump, Anthropic and the Lesson for India: Build an AI PSU

Anthropic’s clash with Washington shows that AI firms ultimately serve national interests. For India, relying on foreign AI for strategic uses may be a costly mistake.

TK Arun

March 6, 2026 at 12:07 PM IST

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The Case For a Robot Tax

As AI and robotics threaten labour-intensive growth in developing economies, policymakers may need to reconsider a controversial idea: a tax on excessive automation.

Abheek Barua

March 5, 2026 at 8:35 AM IST

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Briefing

Beyond the Hype: Why AI May Not Deliver as Advertised

AI is being priced as destiny. History suggests technological revolutions travel a slower, more uneven path than markets assume.

V Thiagarajan

March 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM IST

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Bharti Airtel and Zscaler Launch AI and Cyber Threat Research Centre in India

BasisPoint Insight

February 27, 2026 at 11:54 AM IST

Who Owns an Invention When a Machine Builds It?

As machines begin to generate ideas at scale, patent systems are scrambling to decide who owns them, and how much human input still matters.

Amit Singh

February 27, 2026 at 5:06 AM IST

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How AI and Real-Time Banking Are Turning Operational Risk Systemic Today

In a real-time, AI-driven financial system, operational risk is no longer peripheral. It is fast becoming a co-pillar of systemic stability.

Anupam Sonal

February 24, 2026 at 9:06 AM IST

Banking on Perfection in an Imperfect World

Indian bank stocks trade at premium multiples, but slowing incomes, retail credit risks and margin normalisation may test that confidence soon.

R. Gurumurthy

February 24, 2026 at 6:15 AM IST

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Opinion

India’s Global AI Vision Needs Reform at Home

Calls for democratised AI ring hollow unless India fixes data access rules, procurement bias, and compute policy to empower start-ups and domestic innovation

Meghna Bal

February 23, 2026 at 3:12 AM IST

PIB

Artificial Intelligence: Why the Biggest Revolution May Be Surprisingly Ordinary

Amid monumental hype, new research suggests AI is evolving like earlier technologies, making governance, not panic, the real priority.

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal*

February 20, 2026 at 5:52 AM IST

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Basis Life

Why We Lie: The Psychology Behind Reputational Inflation in India's Innovation Push

A mature culture for innovation is not built on apology, gloss, denial or blame game. It’s built by asking why fakery seems more alluring than honesty.

Kirti Tarang Pande

February 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM IST

Artificial Intelligence, Human Error, and Why Accountability Still Matters

AI dazzles, markets swing and elites stumble, yet accountability still anchors civilisation in an age of noise and overreach.

R. Gurumurthy

February 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM IST

PIB

AI Will Transform Business, Not Just Jobs

Debates about the impact of AI have centered on potential job losses, with far less attention paid to its implications for the business landscape. But corporate leaders should be thinking about how the technology can enhance their organisational capabilities and, in turn, increase economy-wide productivity.

Diane Coyle

February 19, 2026 at 4:44 AM IST

Reskilling Alone Won’t Save Us From the AI Shock

Reskilling helps, but the real test lies in building sovereign compute, research depth, and new institutional responses to AI-led change.

Srinath Sridharan

Anand Venkatanarayanan

February 18, 2026 at 6:09 AM IST

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Beyond the Summit: Why the Government Must Put Money Where Its Mouth Is

AI sovereignty is not about apps or agents. It rests on GPUs, high-bandwidth memory, chip fabrication, political will, and the capital to fund long-term risk.

TK Arun

February 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM IST

PIB

Beyond the Hype: What AI Means for Your Career

As AI tools grow more powerful, fears are mounting that they could disrupt India’s IT-led growth and threaten white-collar jobs. The real question is whether humans and AI will compete or collaborate, and whether India can turn disruption into opportunity.

Nilanjan Banik

February 17, 2026 at 7:07 AM IST

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Why India’s AI Challenge Is About Power, Not Just Productivity

India’s unique opportunity to transition from back-office IT servicing to AI-building offers a promising pathway to global trade leadership in a services-driven economy.

Ninupta Srinath

February 17, 2026 at 6:55 AM IST

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Those Who Most Need to Understand AI Don't Get It

While anyone familiar with past technological hype cycles can see that today's predominantly young technologists are overly optimistic about AI's potential benefits, mainstream economists seem to suffer from tunnel vision of a different sort. If recent history is any guide, that should worry us all.

Charles Ferguson

February 17, 2026 at 3:13 AM IST

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AI and the Global South's Next Leap Forward

The next phase of the clean-energy revolution will be led not by those who build more solar panels, but by those who modernize their grids, markets, and institutions accordingly. In fact, AI-ready grids will be as crucial to the Global South’s development as traditional infrastructure like roads and ports.

Nandan Nilekani and Ashish Khanna

February 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM IST

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The Morning Edge

Asian markets steady as softer US inflation tempers volatility

Here’s your quick read to start the day: a chatty, no-fuss look at overnight moves, the big story, what’s on the docket, and the tickers you need to watch.

Richard Fargose

February 16, 2026 at 1:36 AM IST

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SaaSocalypse Fears Put Indian IT into an AI Reckoning

IT stocks clawed back from steep morning losses, yet the selloff says investors are repricing the model as AI turns from tailwind to threat.

Krishnadevan V

February 14, 2026 at 5:27 AM IST

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