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  "id": 11130409,
  "title": "MeitY IndiaAI Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence to be launched on Wednesday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/meity-indiaai-centre-of-excellence-in-artificial-intelligence-to-be",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-01T01:48:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/meity-indiaai-centre-of-excellence-in-artificial-intelligence-to-be-launched-on-wednesday/article71524860.ece"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) announced plans to launch the IndiaAI Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (CAIK) on September 30th in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Minister for Industries, IT and AI P.K. Kunhalikutty will preside over the official launch event. Established under the IndiaAI Mission and Department of Electronics and Information Technology, CAIK will be implemented by Digital University Kerala with the support of industry partner Innovation Incubator Advisory Pvt. Ltd. Twenty-five hundred start-ups will be invited to participate in the center's inaugural cohort.",
  "summary": "A major milestone accompanying the launch is the announcement of CAIK’s first cohort of 15 start-ups.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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