The Singapore Business Federation has inaugurated its fourth Singapore Enterprises Centre in the city. The inauguration event was attended by Singapore’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade & Industry, Gan Siow Huang, Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje, and Minister for Biotechnology and Rural Development, Priyank M. Kharge.

In a week when global tech giants unveil smarter Al, policymakers push new visions, and investors double down on India’s entrepreneurial energy, the country’s startup ecosystem continues to move at a dazzling pace-quietly, steadily shaping the economic narrative of modern India.

To spread the tech success beyond Bengaluru, the state govt Thursday approved a new IT-BT policy 2025-2030 which seeks to strengthen Karnataka’s position as India’s technology hub while fostering growth in tier-2 and tier-3 cities.

Karnataka will be spending ₹967 crore towards varied incentives under the Karnataka Information Technology Policy 2025-2030 that seeks to bring significant investments with special focus on AI and other emerging technologies in cities beyond Bengaluru, and elevate Karnataka’s brand globally as ‘AI-native destination.

The Siddaramaiah-led Cabinet Thursday cleared the Karnataka Information Technology Policy 2025-2030, which aims at almost tripling the software exports of the state in the next five years. The financial outlay to implement fiscal incentives, concessions for IT companies, and other initiatives under the Policy is Rs 967.12 crore.

The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved the Karnataka Space Technology Policy, Information Technology Policy and Local Economic Accelerator Programme (LEAP).

Karnataka will launch a programme for Indian tech expats returning home, which is among several initiatives under the new Information Technology (IT) Policy that aims to increase the state’s software exports to Rs 11.5 lakh crore by 2030.