'The reason the protests are not happening in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Gurgaon and Noida is that there are options available to the youth in those cities. And many people can access this sort of job because most of them are armed with English, integrating them into the global economy. This is something not available to most youth in Gujarat (the government schools do not teach English till Class 5),' says Aakar Patel.
IT companies have, in recent times, re-invested gains arising from a weaker rupee.
'We have integrated start-up space created in almost all the 14 district headquarters of the state.'
'They have incubation facilities providing entrepreneurs common facilities like shared software, legal support, fab labs, hardware, manufacturing facilities and services like chartered accounting facilities, etc, enabling the start-ups to concentrate on technology R&D and product development.'
State-run BSNL on Tuesday launched a service wherein its mobile customers will be able to access Facebook without any Internet or data connectivity.
What's hot? What's not? What's next? C P Gurnani shares his highlights of the World Economic Forum Annual Summit in Davos.
'The Chinese fault lines are tremendous and we need to exploit them.'
New offerings by banks are changing the way you transact.
BlackBerry Passport, with a 4.5-inch touch screen and three-row touch-enabled physical keyboard, is priced at Rs 49,990.
In June, Google received 36,265 complaints - the highest till now - from individual users located in India via designated mechanisms. It removed 83,613 pieces of content as a result of user complaints in the said month.
India Post may be keen to apply for payment bank licence.
If automation is the future, these jobs will surge in 2018.
Engineering product firms were among the first to embrace AI and machine learning. And the early adopters are reaping gains.
Maruti Udyog Ltd, country's largest carmaker, is to invest Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 million) for setting up a "Centre of Excellence" in collaboration with its suppliers.
From educating people about the internet, connecting far-flung areas with a high-speed net, promoting entrepreneurship, building start-up incubators, women empowerment, to even running a voter registration campaign, cybersecurity and counter-terrorism, Facebook and Google have done it all for the government.
UIDAI has asked police to investigate, it was not fully convinced about nature of the incident
There is a high demand for IT professionals who can envision, design and develop applications for the future.
Vishal Sikka talks about his chemistry with N R Narayana Murthy and about his plans to strengthen the leadership team.
Macro environment, tech shift main challenges now: N Chandrasekaran
Experts say the recent Rs 14,000-crore PNB fraud could have been avoided had there been an integration of PNB's CBS with its SWIFT system
Leyland expects the digital drive to help tap its in-house strength as well as segments such as passenger cars and two-wheelers.
Having exposure to international funds and gold is a must for those who have foreign currency-denominated goals.
With the changes in the workplace, in-demand skills, flexibility and being tech-savvy will help you save your job.
But it scores high on firm dynamics - which is partly accidental, as it benefits from high labour turnover.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw points out how the adoption of information and communication technologies can provide India with a very effective health care tool.
Murthy is launching an online market place for healthcare products.
Cochin Shipyard, BASF India, Ingersoll Rand, Eicher Motors, Federal Bank, and Timken India are some of the firms where voting could have got affected, sources said.
HR can make better hiring decisions with solutions powered by robotics & machine learning.
The initial tests will involve vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications technologies that will allow cars to "talk" to each other and roadside signs, overhead gantries and traffic lights
The challenge for Indian software is clear. A good part of its bread and butter business - writing code and maintaining software systems - is being automated, reducing revenue streams and work for lower level employees
Bengaluru-based NorthStar uses Internet of Things platform to monitor school buses, facilitate disaster prevention & better emergency management.
Nine companies incubating at StartupVillage have made it to the second round of Nasscoms flagship programme to support 10,000 technology startups across India.
Find out which devices are most vulnerable.
'No country can ever be free to make its choices and remain independent if it continues to wear borrowed plumes,' warn Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd) and Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Each Fellow would be eligible for a research grant of Rs 2 lakhs per year.
Ambrish Sinha, CEO, MeritTrac Services, identifies 6 future-ready skills that a post-COVID-19 workplace will require.
The government is looking at building by-laws and floor area ratio so that you can build up instead of out, thus requiring less land.
At Rs 140 crore per km, an elevated corridor will cost about the same as Delhi Metro's Rs 160 crore.
In the next 3-5 years, the industry that is likely to experience the greatest benefit from smartglasses is field service, potentially increasing profits by $1 billion annually, Gartner Research Director Angela McIntyre said.
'Smart' Gandhinagar is now wired to the future, becomes India's first smart city; launches citywide WiFi services, smart streetlights, speed and face recognition surveillance.
From India's fight against COVID-19 to China face-off, Kovind spoke on several issues during the televised address.
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