In India, thousands of lives are lost every year because of unavailability of organs
Charles Stevens, CEO and chairman of Laser Power System, a small R&D start-up in Connecticut, said that his design uses just 8 gm of thorium to help a car run for years.
Cab aggregator Ola is laying off 1,400 staff from rides, financial services and food business as revenues declined by 95 per cent in the last two months due to coronavirus pandemic, a note by CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said. In an email to employees, Aggarwal made it clear that the prognosis ahead for the business is "very unclear and uncertain" and the impact of this crisis is "definitely going to be long-drawn for us".
The hounding of Rhea Chakraborty in the Sushant Singh Rajput case is a drug that is being carefully pumped into India's veins to make it comfortably numb as it is wracked by economic ruin and disease, notes Sumit Bhattacharya.
A gamechanger for offices and factories, Shycocan, claims to be able to clear an area of 1000 square feet from coronavirus.
Designed to be a quick reaction missile, it has a strike range of 25 km to 30 km.
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'We are going to be overwhelmed by the need for hospital beds. There are simply not enough beds in government hospitals.' 'We will need a large number of medical professionals and without the private sector's involvement, the government won't be able to expand capacity.'
Amneal Pharmaceuticals is set to pip Sun Pharma as the fifth largest generics maker in the US, reports Sohini Das.
'Trolls need to understand that there is a certain boundary, there is a certain way to deal with a woman.'
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'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
While Toyota will acquire 4.94 per cent shares of Suzuki, worth $ 908 million, the latter will make a $ 454-million investment in the biggest automaker of Japan. Premium products from the Maruti stable such as the Baleno, Ciaz and Vitara Brezza will be sold under the Toyota brand with small changes.
He said the aim should be to increase the total R&D spending as a percentage of the GDP to two per cent by the end of the 12th Plan period from the current level of about 0.9 per cent.
India's Future Main Battle Tank, the backbone of the army's strike power into the mid-21st century, languishes while the army continues an extended debate over its specifications.
While companies continue to face regulatory pressure leading to higher costs, they see an uptick from the launch of differentiated and high-margin products
'Raazi is being hailed for breaking the glass ceiling for Daughters of Bollywood Inc,' says Sunil Sethi.
Flash Electronics alleges Royal Enfield infringed its patent on regulator rectifier device.
EBR that produces race-only machines for bikes may just help Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (formerly Hero Honda Motors Ltd.) to build a powerful range of bikes post its divorce with Honda Motors.
US-based retailer Walmart is setting up a research centre in India to develop technologies and solutions for its global e-commerce business.
The India-US Commercial Dialogue is an institutional arrangement between the two countries to promote trade and remove obstacles.
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Former Research and Analysis Wing chief AS Dulat has claimed that everybody in Kashmir makes money off the unstable situation in the region, alleging that it is 'in their DNA'.
'Mansoor Ijaz is a smooth operator. I am not surprised he has fooled us or anybody, says former R&AW chief A S Dulat in conversation with Sheela Bhatt.
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Ashok Soota, founder chairman of MindTree, who recently left the company he co-founded in 1999, is preparing the grounds for his new venture.
In India, GE expects to grow its business by 20-30 per cent this year. It aims to increase its energy business in the renewable energy segment to $250 million in 2012-13, from $100 million this year.
An interview with Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, the newly appointed director of IIT Madras, who is also alumnus of the same institution.
The singer announced her pregnancy news on MTV music awards.
Japanese consumer durables firm Panasonic on Tuesday said it is looking at technical collaboration with several Indian firms, including the Tata Group, to develop India-specific products, underlining that the country is one of its significant markets.
While several multi-national enterprises have set up R&D facilities in India, the country has a "far way to go in institutionalising the culture of excellence embedded into the working processes of Indian enterprises," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Imports rose by 1.44 per cent to $43.44 billion in March 2019.
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'Look at the selection of targets and also the timing of the attacks. It is clearly designed to cause maximum damage. The target was not a particular facility which was aimed at hurting the economy," says former R&AW chief C D Sahay.
Despite pending payments of over Rs 20,000 crore, HAL revenue grew 6% against the previous year.
The phone comes with a free 4G SIM and double data offer from Airtel.
Pakistan's military courts have gained a disrepute for not being transparent and violating all provisions of a fair trial.
'They suck talent and dump elsewhere,' says ZohO founder Sridhar Vembu.
