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Ajay Kumar Shukla

Ajay Kumar Shukla is a Consulting Editor at Tech Observer Magazine, specialising in GovTech, policy, technology innovations, and the digital ecosystem. With over 17 years of experience, he has tracked India's economic changes with the Economic Times, Indian Express Group, India Today Group, Deccan Chronicle Group, and Hindustan Times. He writes extensively on e-governance, policy, administration, and emerging economic trends.
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Brics Summit 2024: Modi maps ‘Mutual Trust, Mutual Respect, and Mutual Sensitivity’ to create trust in bilateral ties with China

PM Modi in a first in five years bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of 16th Brics summit in Russia said India-China relations were important for regional and global peace and stability.
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BRICS Summit 2024: PM Modi talks peace with Putin ahead of ‘likely’ meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping

BRICS Summit 2024 - PM Modi maintained that India will continue to try for a peaceful resolution to the Russia-Ukraine war, to support ‘the solution of peace and stability as soon as possible’
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India slaps Canada with diplomacy downgrade; ejects High Commissioner, blames Trudeau of ‘hostility’

The MEA in a strongly worded communique has ordered six Canadian diplomats including Acting High Commissioner, Deputy High Commissioner and four First Secretaries to leave the country by Saturday, October 19.
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India shifts digital payment journey to top gear, UPI launch in Maldives likely soon

Breaking new grounds, UPI transactions in India swelled to an all time high to 15.04 billion valued at Rs 20.64 lakh crore in September 2024, a 0.5% month-on-month and a 42% year-on-year growth.
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Digital India breaches global tech paradox, BigTechs vying to replicate it as ‘technology sandbox of the world’

Backing India’s ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’ vision’, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has announced that key government flagship projects including the National Health Authority (NHA), Government e-Marketplace (GeM), and Public Sector Bank Alliance (PSBA) are adopting AWS technology to build innovative, scalable, and secure solutions to drive India's digital transformation journey.
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‘Digital India’ to drive democratic landscape towards a technology reboot ahead of ‘One Nation, One Election’

The key election reforms are part of the larger government move to bring in transparency and stability by widening the use of new-age technology as it looks to carve out a new structure for the thriving democratic process in the country.
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Healthcare stares at transition as India’s Ayushman Bharat spending balloons to Rs 1 Lakh crore

Widening the social security ambit by bringing all senior citizens aged 70 years and above under the Rs 5 lakh health insurance cover is set to revitalise key healthcare infrastructure in India, as the government’s spending outlay balloons to over Rs 1 lakh crore under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)
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India takes centre stage as BRICS braces for a ‘SWIFT’ alter to check US dollar hegemony

Experts believe that India needs further examination before making any such economic shift vis-a-vis China. The Russian SPFS and Mir systems, China’s CIPS, and India’s UPI may together alter the current dominance of the US’ SWIFT system.
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India pips China to top financial inclusion table, Jan Dhan kitty swells past Rs 2.3 lakh crore

The Jan Dhan account holders in India that have swelled to 531.4 million in the last ten years account for a whopping Rs 2.3 lakh crore deposits, a surge that has led to issuance of over 360 million free-of-cost RuPay cards to the account holders.
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Peace hinges on hope as PM Modi embarks on his maiden visit to Ukraine

The ‘important’ visit comes barely six weeks after PM Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in July. The visit is seen as a key driver to push peace between Russia and Ukraine through dialogue.
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