India's digital health mission likely to face privacy issues

The initiative has the potential to, as PM Modi put it, ‘bring revolutionary changes in India’s health facilities’, but there are several challenges in its implementation, report......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

All 4 PSLV-C7 satellites launched into orbit

India on Wednesday addedyet another feather to its cap in space techonology when its 10th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle put four satellites into orbit. The PSLV-C7 blasted off majestically into......

How start-ups are helping flood-hit Kerala's rescue and rebuilding

As the Kerala government looks for the best technologies to rebuild infrastructure, start-ups see a bigger role for themselves. Photograph: Sivaram V/Reuters Start-ups in Kerala, which have come......

Govt gets serious about rural development; readies roadmap

A fresh scheme is likely to be released in the upcoming Budget What do Khagaria in Bihar, Paschimi Singhbhum in Jharkhand, Mewat in Haryana, and Shrawasti in Uttar Pradesh have in common? They are......

E-governance: Kerala to emerge pioneer

After its pioneering record in achieving cent per cent literacy, Kerala is set to emerge as a role model for the country in computer literacy and e-governance with a host of state-sponsored......

Highlights of the Credit Policy

The following are the highlights of the mid-term review of Monetary and Credit Policy for the year 2003-04.MeasuresBank Rate kept unchanged at 6 per cent.Cash reserve ratio kept unchanged at 4.5......