♦ India and France inaugurated the Indo-French Centre for AI in Health (IF-CAIH) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi on 18 February 2026.

♦ Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare J P Nadda and French President Emmanuel Macron jointly inaugurated the centre during the high-level Rencontres Universitaires Et Scientifiques De Haut Niveau (RUSH) meetings held on February 18-19, 2026, at AIIMS.

♦ The IF-CAIH stems from a Joint Memorandum of Understanding between AIIMS New Delhi, Sorbonne University and Paris Brain Institute, with academic collaboration from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and leading French institutions.

♦ The centre promotes interdisciplinary research in artificial intelligence, brain health and global healthcare systems.