He said India has a rich tradition and a long history of both discovery and use of science and technology.
3D printing, UAV development, simulation tools, advanced materials, fuel cells, nanotech, energy systems and robotics will see a huge demand for skilled engineers
The blockchain, the public ledger that tracks every bitcoin transaction, is changing commerce as we know it, says Devangshu Datta.
Highlighting the role of MSMEs in enhancing exports and helping the country achieve self reliance, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said India does not need to import from China. "Already in automobile sector, in many sectors now, in agriculture, automobiles, everywhere, we have already found the solutions. Now we don't need to import from China," said the minister. He observed that India was exporting a lot of items instead of importing them.
Czech automaker Skoda on Thursday globally unveiled its all new SUV Kushaq which would take on the likes of Hyundai Creta and Kia Seltos in the fastest growing mid-sized SUV segment in the domestic market. The model is the first production car as part of the company's India 2.0 project. Under the lead responsibility of Skoda Auto, Volkswagen Group is investing 1 billion euros in its model campaign in the Indian subcontinent to strengthen its presence.
Mutual funds aspirants have the option of snapping up smaller AMCs or applying for a new licence.
Employees in India were found to be more eager than employees across the region to adopt new workplace technologies
'An armed helicopter equipped with counter-drone systems will provide the airborne counter-drone capability and flexibility needed to protect India's critical assets.'
'Any person who wants to enter this service should have a single object of serving the public irrespective of hindrances.'
'Centres like polling booths can be set up for the area till the last adult is vaccinated -- open on all days from 9-9.' 'People should be able to come as per their convenience.'
Company identifies areas like cognitive technologies, artificial intelligence, man-machine interface, robotics
Technology became more personal in 2015.
The investment arm of US-headquartered chip-maker Intel Corporation expects India to add around 300 million internet users over the next five years.
Engineering product firms were among the first to embrace AI and machine learning. And the early adopters are reaping gains.
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella said the tech giant will fund hundreds of new generation entrepreneurs in India's 'smart cities' space and is overwhelmed by the start-up culture in the country, especially in e-commerce.
With image quality that is top-notch coupled with outstanding audio, the smoothness of the Sony Bravia OLED A8F gives quite a satisfying experience, says Aparna Banerjea
'Some are doing one vaccination with one mobile number and the second with another.' 'Creating more accounts will not multiply the number of slots.'
'Defence funding is channelled to State-owned research organisations where scientists are merely bureaucrats holding meetings and sending out minutes of meetings and press releases, but have long ago stopped any innovative work.' 'Unless this tragedy is fixed, India's chances to create world-conquering and job-creating new industries are slim,' says Ajit Balakrishnan.
"We are delighted to welcome Google as a strategic investor in Jio Platforms. We have signed a binding partnership and an investment agreement under which Google will invest Rs 33,737 crores for a 7.7 per cent stake in Jio Platforms," Mukesh Ambani said at the company's annual general meeting.
Google has donated over $100 million in grants.
This year Galaxy S4 has topped the survey with more than 72 per cent respondents voting for the launch as very successful.
The chipmaker also promised to hire more women
Even months after India decided to forego the United States bid for the fighter aircraft deal worth $11 billion, the Pentagon apparently is still smarting over this rejection, arguing that it was an enormous disappointment and that New Delhi by its action had lost out on some of the state-of-the art technology.
Mudra glove can be worn like any other riding glove.
A bunch of CEOs in their mid-30s and early 40s are trying to rectify the scenario where shady lending applications trap hapless borrowers with astronomically high interest rates and even bodily harm if the money was repaid. Anup Roy reports.
Net1's chief executive and chairman Serge Belamant said the Indian government was interested in the biometric verification technology that the company has been using in South Africa.
Smart glasses give a new dimension to the way we look at the world around us.
Smart glasses give a new dimension to the way we look at the world around us.
The company is exploring launching iPhones with bigger screens, as well as cheaper models.
Are you planning to buy a high-end smartphone with advanced features? This list might help you in selecting the best handset money can buy.
Though startups find 17 mentions in the Budget speech of the finance minister, and have been promised tax exemptions, the reality is that only 2 per cent of the 4,648 applications received from startups for income tax exemption had been approved as of February 2019, according to an answer to a Parliament question. As India's startup space bubbles with activity - new, young players are tapping into opportunities opening up - there are local anti-portfolio stories circulating about investors missing opportunities in 'unicorns', or companies that have reached valuation of $ 1 billion, says Vandana Gombar.
Giving a further boost to his Digital India agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasised on the need to use information technology to set up smart cities.
Over 5 million alumni from the Indian Institutes of Technology, Mumbai University and Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, plan to raise Rs 21,000 crore to start the world's largest infection testing lab in Mumbai.
India Meteorological Department has predicted deficient rains.
Chitra Viswanathan is not any 75-year-old mami. She's Chitvish, columnist and head of the cookery section of a website, and a well-known food blogger who shares her recipes and culinary expertise on the Internet.
An impulsive decision to resign could eventually turn out to be a big career mistake, warns Srividya Kannan.
The government plans to bring down its stake to 26 per cent in these two banks, which are yet to be identified. This may not come in the way of getting investors for these banks, provided the government is willing to step back rather than run them the way it had been doing for over five decades since these banks were nationalised, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Today, Vachani's public-listed company, Dixon Technologies, has gone beyond manufacturing just television sets. Armed with private equity funding from Motilal Oswal eight years ago, it has transformed itself into a Rs 4,400 crore electronic manufacturing services major, which now straddles lighting products, home appliances, feature phones, LED bulbs, amongst others. A two-part series looks at how two home-grown manufacturers are leveraging the govt's production-linked incentive scheme.
India is today the second-largest telecom market in the world with over a billion customers and close to 600 million Internet users. New connections are available on the tap, calls are virtually free and it's hard to imagine anyone without a mobile phone today. Globally, there would be few parallels to this success story that truly democratised telephony and empowered a billion-plus people, observes Airtel's Sunil Bharti Mittal.
As a multi-agency probe into the NSE case gathers pace, the grant of preferential server and data access to select brokers and their suspected misuse are being investigated threadbare to unveil all quid pro quo arrangements in a highly-sophisticated scheme that worked like a cricket betting scandal, officials said on Monday. While the bourse has said it has taken several steps over the years to strengthen its technology infrastructure, including as per regulatory orders, the officials said certain fresh disclosures call for a detailed probe into whether a select group of individuals in high positions had banded together to make illicit gains by facilitating the preferential trading slots, beginning over a decade ago. Even a split-second faster access is said to result in huge gains for a trader.
