Can we make high speed 4G Internet available at 10 cents per GB, and make all voice calls free of cost -- that too in a large and diverse country like India? Can we make high-quality but simple breast cancer screening available to every woman, that too at the extremely affordable cost of $1 per scan? Can we make a portable, high-tech ECG machine which can provide reports immediately and that too at the cost of 8 cents a test? Can we make an eye imaging device that is portable, non-invasive and costs 3 times less that conventional devices? Can we make a robust test for mosquito-borne dengue, which can detect the disease on day 1, and that too at the cost of $2 per test? Amazingly, says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, all this has been achieved in India, not only by using technological innovation but also non-technological innovation.
An analysis of the National Housing Bank's Residex shows from 2007 to now, almost all tier-II cities have seen their residential property prices appreciate by 45-120 per cent.
'India cannot function the Chinese way and the sooner people realise that, the better it will be.'
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A number of smaller players are said to be gasping for breath.
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc has tied up with Taiwan's Foxconn to start assembling phones in India.
Qatar is the world's richest country in terms of per capita income.
While Indian IT has known what is coming and has a strategy ready to combat it, the same can't be said about the country and the government.
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'The world wants India to succeed. It also worries now that India over-promises and under-delivers,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Indian-American business leaders meet to discuss ways to make this initiative a success.
'It should be considered one of the primary cuisines on Earth,' Zorawar Kalra tells Avantika Bhuyan.
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Nanotechnology has remarkable applications in a variety of spheres, including agriculture, animal husbandry and natural resources management.
Of the five towns planned, work is progressing in two, Dasve and Mogao.
Sectors throw up a wishlist for the Finance Minister.
Anand Chandrasekharan, CTO of Mad Street Den tells Shobha Warrier of Rediff.com that he wants to make his company the one-stop artificial intelligence company in the world.
"Terrorists won't win," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said after a blast at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan during the morning rush hour on Monday, which injured four.
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and his chief minister son Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday jointly sounded the party's bugle for 2014 Lok Sabha elections from this eastern Uttar Pradesh hub, ill-famed as a home and haven for several terrorists.
'We are two countries that, as Swami Vivekananda said in Chicago more than a century ago, have sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations on Earth.' 'People are watching to wait and see if this Modi moment is going to be the moment when the world's oldest democracy and the world's largest democracy finally capitalise on the full, inherent potential of this relationship.' Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports from the State Department's lunch for Prime Minister Modi.
Recently, when TCS laid off a handful of employees, prominent trade unions rushed to offer their support to workers who had lost their jobs.
The Parsi community runs India's respected corporate houses like the Tata, Wadia and Godrej groups.
In February 2012, Laundry Project opened its first factory in Chennai. Initially, it catered to hotels - Taj, Oberoi, Marriot, Ascot and Radisson.
Chairman of Manipal Global Education Services says that the government often forgets that its prime duty is to serve the people and not some sick public sector units.
With the state going to polls soon, Akhilesh Yadav needs to step out of his father's shadow and come into his own as the state's CM.
'Political meetings will be a mere side show; the main show is economic investment and the business partnership. The success of Modi's US visit will be judged on the basis of India's ability to attract American investment and setting up of manufacturing in India to give jobs to millions,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'It is the government's most important duty to ensure that when war breaks out, the armed forces are absolutely ready to face the adversary -- well equipped, well trained and in high spirits,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
The two countries also asked all nations to stop cross-border movement of terrorists and asserted that a decisive collective response from the international community without 'double standards and selectivity' was required to combat the threat of terrorism.
Full transcript of President Obama's speech at the Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi.
'The partnership of Amit Shah and Narendra Modi has made their biggest mistake. They have been very successful for their party in the last two years, but this batting pair has made the biggest political mistake of their life so far, which is calling Kejriwal a chor. It will backfire on them.'
Read the full transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday at the US Capitol in Washington.
'After the 2002 riots when the media and other political parties started blaming Modiji, thousands of people like us -- now, it must be crores of us -- started becoming staunch supporters of Modiji. The more you blamed him the more of our support he gained.' Pramod Singh of Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh is one of Narendra Modi's biggest fans and a member of Modi's India272 Web initiative, spreading the leader's message on social media and the Internet.
