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Standing alongside prominent technology executives, US President Donald Trump announced a voluntary agreement under which major artificial intelligence (AI) companies will use internal controls and monitoring, outside audits and board oversight to manage risks. The White House calls the commitments “morally binding”, but the accord does not create a comparable system of legal enforcement. The administration’s logic is understandable. AI is becoming a source of economic and military power, and...
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says the outcome reflects the importance people attach to development, peace, connectivity, empowerment and better governance
In 2019, President Xi Jinping became the first Chinese leader to publicly call for the exploration of detailed proposals for governing Taiwan after reunification. Seven years later, the first proposals from a handful of the mainland’s leading research institutes have either been finalised or are nearing completion, the South China Morning Post has learned. Rather than setting out a single fixed model, scholars involved in those studies told the SCMP there should be different scenarios based on...
Kakegawa, Shizuoka Pref., Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--Minoru Yasui, new president of Chubu Electric Power Co., pledged Thursday to reform corporate governance following a series of misconduct cases involving its nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. Yasui met with Masaru Shimomura, mayor of Omaezaki, Shizuoka, home to the Hamaoka nuclear plant, to outline the company's approach to re...
Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan inaugurate development works worth ₹11,085 crore under the ‘Palle Panduga-3.0’ programme at Ramapuram in SPSR Nellore district
Former IAS officer Divya Mittal vows an independent, people-driven platform from U.P., highlighting governance gaps, land, water, and infrastructure issues she aims to address
The IT revolution has given way to the age of AI, Chandrababu Naidu says, and unnecessary regulations must go while government employees keep training
Hong Kong can offer trusted solutions in artificial intelligence (AI) governance for major economies by leveraging the city’s unique strengths, including its common law system, internationally connected standards and professional services, the city’s finance chief has said. “As major economies begin discussing AI governance, data, compliance and risk management, Hong Kong can leverage its unique strengths in providing ‘rules’ and ‘trust’,” Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po wrote in his weekly...
Hong Kong’s first five-year plan marks an unprecedented milestone not only for its economic and social development, but also for how it governs itself. The plan, which drew on 16,000 public submissions – roughly 80 per cent from ordinary citizens – is a testament to the government’s commitment to long-term development, which shows an unusual convergence of public consensus and political will. For a city long accustomed to letting the market hold the reins, crafting a road map clear in aims,...
Hong Kong’s first five-year plan gives its universities an opportunity to show what their research can do for the city. Its ambitions for technology, regional development and international cooperation depend on decisions about institutions and people’s lives. Social scientists should help shape those decisions from the outset. The blueprint explicitly addresses public governance, including civil service performance, departmental coordination and digital administration. It also provides for...
European countries need to move away from their reliance on EU governing bodies to make decisions and take matters into their own hands says Cristina Caffarra, Founder and Chair of the Eurostack Initiative. She spoke to Bloomberg's Guy Johnson on 'The Pulse'. (Source: Bloomberg)
The issue is not merely one of administrative convenience but concerns conformity with national prescribed protocol governing national symbol, argued the Governor in his letter to the Chief Minister
Hong Kong will begin recruitment for an artificial intelligence (AI) commissioner in the second quarter of next year to assist in drafting policies for the technology and risk governance, with authorities confident the city does not lack suitable talent. Tech authorities on Friday revealed details of the new post under the Digital Policy Office, which will pay between HK$262,125 and HK$278,200 (US$33,414 to US$35,436) a month. Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin...
China’s top intelligence official has warned of rising national security risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), calling for robust risk prevention frameworks and stronger global governance of the emerging technology. The call from Chen Yixin, China’s state security minister, comes as Beijing seeks to play a leading role in global AI governance while criticising US restrictions. At the Brics summit in India over the weekend, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed an AI-powered initiative to...
The number of sugarcane farmers associated with the sector has also shown a steady increase over the years, reaching 48,03,084 bonded farmers in 2024-25
The Telangana Municipalities Act was amended. It would ensure meaningful representation and enable informed, empathetic and equitable decision making at the urban local governance level
Telangana government says several State enactments contained criminal provisions prescribing imprisonment for procedural, technical and regulatory defaults