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VOLUME 6, ISSUE 18 | MARCH 16-31, 2026

EDITOR IN CHIEF
DHIRENDRA OJHA
Principal Director General, INDIA IS BECOMING
Press Information Bureau, A GLOBAL HUB FOR
New Delhi ARTIFICIAL Cover Story
CHIEF CONSULTING EDITOR INTELLIGENCE At the India-AI Impact
SANTOSH KUMAR Summit 2026, India
demonstrated how new
SENIOR ASST. CONSULTING EDITOR technology can be used
PAWAN KUMAR to benefit humanity
ASST. CONSULTING EDITORS through its “MANAV”
AKHILESH KUMAR vision. This global
CHANDAN KUMAR CHOUDHARY summit proved that
India has the potential
LANGUAGE EDITORS to lead the global AI
SUMIT KUMAR (ENGLISH)
RAJNEESH MISHRA (ENGLISH) revolution… |10-27
NADEEM AHMED (URDU)
News Briefs |4-5
SENIOR DESIGNER Semiconductor
PHOOL CHAND TIWARI India will become Personality: Surya Sen
DESIGNERS self-reliant in chip Hero of the Chittagong Uprising |6
ABHAY GUPTA manufacturing Steadfast Effort to Strengthen Capabilities
SATYAM SINGH PM Modi Addresses the News18 Rising Bharat Summit |7
National Vaccination Day: A Strong Foundation for a
Healthy India
FEBRUARY 16-28, 2026
VOLUME 6, ISSUE 16
Nationwide HPV Vaccination Campaign Launched |8-9
FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION
Union Cabinet Decisions: ‘Kerala’ to be renamed ‘Keralam’
Key decisions taken at the first meeting of
the Union Cabinet at Seva Teerth |28-29
UNION
BUDGET
2026-27
A decisive step towards a
Viksit Bharat
India, riding on the reform express, receives
power-packed boost of fresh energy and
PM Modi inaugurated
momentum from the Union Budget 2026-27 Strong infrastructure... Life will be better
For e-copy
CLICK TO READ Micron Technology’s n7,100 crore worth of gift to Tamil Nadu & Puducherry |32-33
NEW INDIA SAMACHAR semiconductor assembly, Budget Webinar... A step towards achieving a bigger goal
AVAILABLE IN 13 LANGUAGES test, and packaging center in PM Modi addressed the Budget Webinar |36-37
https://newindiasamachar. Sanand, Gujarat. | 30-31
India’s Powerful Maritime Revolution
pib.gov.in/news.aspx The Sagarmala Program Strengthens Port
TO READ THE NEW INDIA Expansion of Namo Development and Connectivity |38-39
SAMACHAR ARCHIVE Bharat, Easy and
EDITIONS CLICK Comfortable Travel Rajaji Utsav at Rashtrapati Bhavan
PM Modi launched the
https://newindiasamachar. President unveils statue of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari |40-41
Namo Bharat Rapid Rail
pib.gov.in.archive.aspx
and Metro services to run Rajasthan Embarks on a New Path of Development
from the same platform n17,000 Crore Boost for Rajasthan by PM Modi |42
in Meerut |34-35
Follow @NISPIBIndia The confluence of Capital and Potential
on Twitter for regular Canadian PM Mark Carney’s Four-Day Visit to India |43
updates on 'New India From Strategic Trust to Global Leadership
Samachar'
A New Chapter in India-France Cooperation |44-45
Expanding India-Israel Relations from Strategy to Innovation
PM Narendra Modi’s Two-Day Visit to Israel |46-48

Published: Kanchan Prasad, Director General, on behalf of Central Bureau of Communication
Communication Address : Room No–1077, Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi -110003.
E-Mail : response-nis@pib.gov.in, RNI No. : DELENG/2020/78811