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Bihar Introduces AI-Driven Remote Voting System at India AI Summit 2026

February 19, 2026

Bihar’s Mobile AI Voting Platform Marks Digital Election Innovation

Artificial intelligence has made a notable entry into India’s electoral processes, with Bihar showcasing a mobile-based AI-enabled remote voting system at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. Presented by the Bihar State Election Commission, the initiative represents a digital governance innovation designed to enhance voter accessibility. The platform was first utilised during the 2025 urban local body elections and is being considered for broader deployment in future Assembly polls.

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MeitY Launches AI Impact Startup Book at India AI Summit 2026

February 19, 2026

AI Impact Startup Book Maps India’s Expanding Deep-Tech Ecosystem

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has introduced the AI Impact Startup Book at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, offering a structured overview of India’s rapidly evolving artificial intelligence and deep-tech startup landscape. The publication serves as a national compendium documenting the scale, sectoral diversity and international expansion of Indian AI ventures. It reflects India’s transition from early experimentation to solution-driven, globally competitive innovation.

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MeitY Launches VoicERA to Advance Multilingual Voice AI

February 19, 2026

VoicERA Strengthens India’s Digital Public Infrastructure for Voice Technologies

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has introduced VoicERA, an open-source, end-to-end Voice AI stack, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. Developed by the Digital India BHASHINI Division under the Digital India Corporation, the initiative represents a major expansion of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure for language and voice technologies. The platform is designed to enable population-scale deployment of secure, multilingual speech systems across sectors.

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Assam Launches PMS Portal to Streamline Teacher Provincialisation

February 19, 2026

Provincialisation Management System Introduced for Venture Institutions

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has inaugurated the Provincialisation Management System (PMS) portal to address the complex and long-pending issue of provincialisation of venture educational institutions and their employees. The portal was launched at Lok Sewa Bhawan in the presence of Education Minister Ranoj Pegu and senior administrative officials. The digital platform is intended to enhance transparency, procedural clarity and efficiency under the Assam Education (Provincialisation of Services of Teachers and Re-Organisation of Educational Institutions) Act, 2017, recently amended in 2025.

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New Pistol Shrimp Species Discovered in Kochi Backwaters

February 19, 2026

Cusat Scientists Identify Alpheus madhusoodanai in Kerala Estuary

Researchers from the School of Industrial Fisheries at Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) have documented a previously unknown species of pistol shrimp in the Kochi backwaters. The species, designated Alpheus madhusoodanai, belongs to the snapping shrimp family Alpheidae and represents the first confirmed alpheid shrimp recorded from an estuarine system in this region. The findings have been published in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, highlighting the taxonomic significance of the discovery.

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