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"Sitharaman Says AI, Semiconductors and Quantum Tech Are India's Next Big Investment Frontier"
India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for a major push into artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum technology, arguing that the country must invest more aggressively in hardware, skills and institutions to stay competitive. Speaking in Bengaluru, she also pushed back against foreign perceptions that India has "missed the AI bus," saying much of the country's innovation remains underrepresented in public markets despite a growing startup base.
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Silence Laboratories Bets on Cryptography to Secure Data for the Quantum Era
Palo Alto-based Silence Laboratories is building privacy-first infrastructure that lets organisations compute on sensitive data without exposing the raw information, using Multi-Party Computation and Zero-Knowledge Proofs. The startup says its technology is already serving clients across banking, fintech and digital assets, while it prepares for the next wave of quantum-era security threats.
Sunday Quiz Spotlights Nature's Quiet Power, With a Madurai Scientist at the Helm
RDU Global's latest culture quiz, "Easy like Sunday morning — Agents of nature," turns the spotlight on the natural world while revealing a distinctly personal voice behind the questions. The quizmaster, a molecular biologist from Madurai, blends science, trivia and music, even while working on a rock ballad titled "Coffee is a Drink, Kaapi is an Emotion."