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Researchers developed a lightweight deep learning framework that grades early sugarcane pokkah boeng disease severity on a smartphone with 96.53 percent accuracy. The model shrinks to 2.57 MB after INT8 quantization.
Read the original →The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), Department of Telecommunications, hosted the second meeting of the UN Global Initiative on AI for Agri-Food Systems alongside India Mobile Congress 2026. It was jointly hosted with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
Read the original →The 10th edition of India Mobile Congress 2026 concluded after four days of discourse, multilateral collaboration and technological exchange.
Read the original →India is preparing to take a significant step towards regulating artificial intelligence. The government is planning to release a framework.
Read the original →The India-UAE AI Corridor proposes combining India's AI talent with UAE capital and computing infrastructure. The aim is to strengthen digital sovereignty.
Read the original →The US International Trade Commission formally decided on 9 October 2026 to open a Section 337 investigation into certain vertical power delivery systems and their components, case number 337-TA-1526.
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