India is on track to register its entire 1.25 billion population using its Aadhaar digital ID.
'The more people get tested, the more people will come under isolation. So the spread will get limited with testing.'
'In the US, they have created a blacklist for fliers. We are trying to do the same here.'
We are certainly for digitisation. I do not have opinion about demonetisation. I still don't, says Bill Gates.
All you have to do is visit www.digitalindia.gov.in
According to a nation-wide survey on financial behaviour, India has the highest account dormancy rate even more than countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
It is mind-boggling to find our prime minister putting exports on the back-burner, says Jayanta Roy.
'China's excessive military aid to Pakistan is the real elephant in the room as far as Sino-Indian relations are concerned. India should be confident enough to accept a degree of closeness between China and Pakistan, since China may wish to use this link for its foray into the Muslim world.' 'But the Chinese must be realistic enough to know that as time passes, the tactic of using Pakistan as a proxy to check India will yield diminishing returns. The US tried it for 60 years but failed, so will China,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
With more and more youngsters preferring to shop online, the credit appetite has surged.
In a bid to gain a bigger share of the customer's wallet, banks are ramping up their cross-selling initiatives.
In a breakthrough, scientists in the UK have achieved the "fastest ever" broadband speeds of 1.4 terabits per second - enough to transmit 44 high-definition movies at once.
Bihar became the first non-NDA state and overall second after the BJP-ruled Assam to pass GST bill.
While Indians are increasingly using mobile platforms and technology for various financial transactions and purchases like bill payments, ticket bookings, entertainment, travel and banking transactions, cross border mobile remittance is yet to see the light of the day.
Cashless transactions need ubiquitous connectivity, which we don't have. And connectivity needs political and administrative convergence, says Shyam Ponappa.
It is advisable to stick to mid-caps with sustainable financial metrics rather than those offering the promise of faster growth.
'The attacks made clear to all the Gulf States that Pakistan was the nursery and sanctuary of extremist violence and that this violence threatened all the countries in the region.'
'Some cases do not get a single hearing for 6 to 8 months, while some have been pending for as long as 8 years.'
The 'Make in India' vision cannot survive in the long-term without concrete measures to build a concurrent 'Create in India' movement.
A company claims to run ads on Facebook where students are encouraged to provide their details to get help from career counsellors.
IT industry hiring big time, but quality concern persists.
'If Facebook were a country, it would be the third most populous one and the most connected.'
Infrastructure for all-IP next-generation, wireless broadband infrastructure across all the 29 states in India is being laid, says Mukesh.
The government, in February, had released the draft national e-commerce policy proposing setting up a legal and technological framework for restrictions on cross-border data flow and also laid out conditions for businesses regarding collection or processing of sensitive data locally and storing it abroad.
1mg has made buying medicines easy and it aims to do more in online health care.
Why India is an FDI magnet. The country satisfies several reconditions to attract FDI.
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If we can come up with ways of sharing property rights on the internet, why not do something similar in urban spaces, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
'You cannot say that I have blocked a thousand Web sites (operated by IS) and so I am happy.' 'They will immediately open another thousand such Web sites.'
Microsoft has spent close to $4.5 bn in setting up 19 data centres.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
Chinese mobile brands are deeply entrenched in the Indian market. A move to bar them may send a bold diplomatic message. But its cost for the local industry is anybody's guess. In the event that Chinese brands face curbs, two handset makers - Samsung and Apple - squarely stand to gain.
50 years ago, on April 1, 1968, Tata Consultancy Services -- now India's leading IT company -- was born. The foundation for TCS was laid by Faqir Chand Kohli whose life touched directly or indirectly many, many, Indians, says Shivanand Kanavi.
Banking is first about trust and integrity and then about technology and the rest.
It is important to approach the belief of people in ancient India's achievements with a sense of proportion, balance and empathy, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Taxi booking, shopping and transfer of money will be easy.
Nearly 31 million Indians are unemployed and looking for jobs. While economic growth has been humming along, the pace of job creation has been poor. A revealing excerpt from Dev Kar's India: Still A Shackled Giant.
A specialised force with 1,000 personnel to be formed in the state for the same.
Losing a phone has become even more costly after the government's push for a cashless society
Ahead of the assembly elections next year, the BJP has been wallowing in a welter of ideas that has resurrected the debate on populism versus pragmatism, as it has to pander to two important but incompatible constituencies, of the freebie consuming masses and Bengaluru's heavy hitters craving for even roads, pristine lakes and unbroken power supply, reports Radhika Ramaseshan.
The one-size-fits-all approach adopted by the AICTE is not suitable for regulating business schools in India, argues Asish K Bhattacharyya.
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