'The 24x7 power for all vision is inspiring, because as we've so often seen, where India leads, the world follows,' says Rajiv J Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation.
The development comes on the same day that Home Minister Rajnath Singh held a second meeting to review security in the area.
Scientist are flabbergasted by the video showing an alleged human sacrifice near a Chola period statue gifted to CERN by India.
Columnist Rajni Bakshi asks if the louder responses to the climate crisis will be those arguing that innovations are viable only when they give handsome and rapid monetary returns?
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Bengaluru-based NorthStar uses Internet of Things platform to monitor school buses, facilitate disaster prevention & better emergency management.
We present our alphabet of 2020, pulling in everything you'll remember about this year we'd rather forget.
On International Tiger Day, India is still a long way from making sure that the future of our national animal is safe.
Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani has moved 2 ranks ahead this year on the most powerful list.
'He had a carry bag made of plastic. One pistol came out of it. There was also a magazine which had three rounds. And a mobile and a Rs 100 currency note.' No prizes for guessing who that was...
If you are mulling the idea of buying a smartphone with great specs in the sub-50K range, then these five launched in 2014 are worth a look.
'Let me talk about young Indian startups with their hearts in the right place and how they are proving that innovations that represent 'affordable excellence' -- breaking the myth that 'affordability' and 'excellence' cannot go together -- is indeed possible!' says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, in this fascinating feature.
Modi government has pledged to lay 700,000 kms of broadband cable.
'India is the number one IT destination in the world as we have the largest number of IT professionals in the world.'
With a new $100-billion technology fund, SoftBank is likely to go after market leaders.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 32 points at 28,851 and the 50-share Nifty closed 12 points lower at 8,712.
From linking innovation with supply of inputs to providing contract farming, the private sector can help agriculture move to the next stage of development.
'50% of students lose out because of lack of English language skills.' 'Only 15% to 20% have the functional skills companies are looking for.'
While hybrids, CNG and biofuels found favour in 2018 among many carmakers including Maruti Suzuki, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Honda, others such as M&M and Tata Motors have shown full faith in electric vehicles.
The blockchain, the public ledger that tracks every bitcoin transaction, is changing commerce as we know it, says Devangshu Datta.
Over lunch with Jyoti Mukul, Banmali Agrawala, president and CEO, GE South Asia, discusses how GE is transforming itself into a digital industrial company.
After a 25-year stint at ICICI Bank, Mor suddenly quit as he wanted to add more value in the bigger areas of health care and financial inclusion.
At a time of massive job losses that is what the much-vaunted Indian IT sector needs. Ritwik Sharma reports.
'We have to accept that the infection is now in the community and we can't isolate everyone who gets it.' 'Instead, what we need to do is to find out those who are most at risk of death, isolate them and save them from the rest.'
Nasscom is sending team there to check out ways of accessing markets, funding and the technology landscape.
'Speaking this year from the ramparts of the Red Fort, he excelled himself in content, diction and delivery -- all extemporaneously flowing, replete with felicitous expressions and captivating word play. 'The only other Indian prime minister with whom he stands comparison is Jawaharlal Nehru who too shunned prepared speeches and established instant rapport with his audiences,' says B S Raghavan.
One solution to India's challenges of education, employment, employability lies in state governments adopting apprenticeships on a large scale.
Apple's stock market value rose beyond $700 billion.
'At Snapdeal, our aim is to become the best-in-class technology company.'
Outlining eight "pillars" for the future of India-China relations, President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday underlined the need for comprehensively resolving challenges including the boundary question through "political acumen" and "civilisational wisdom".
Is the SBI chairman leaving the bank in a stronger and better position than what it was? Abhijit Lele finds out.
Uber India has readied itself for another $500 million (Rs 3,300 crore) investment in the next three months.
"Protectionism is not new. The attention that is given is because there is a political and emotional element to it." TCS COO N G Subramaniam on why his company is optimistic despite global headwinds.
The Chinese smartphone maker's focus on offline retail has helped it overtake Samsung in top 50 cities in India.
Future strategy will not just revolve around EVs: Maruti Suzuki's Ayukawa. Maruti Suzuki's MD&CEO says electric vehicles cannot be a solution outside the cities.
The voice-assistant and intuitive text search are other features which Lalvani says would aid productivity.
RBI governor on the stress in public sector bank due to NPAs, and what is needed to be done to get the system back on track.
This is how the South Korean electronics major plans to indulge its Indian fans
These concept vehicles were showcased at the recent Los Angeles Motor Show.
Defence sources had said possible 'action plan' was also discussed about how the Army can respond to the attack.
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