While the pilot is being conducted in five cities – Delhi, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Bhopal and Shillong – ONDC is on course for a pan-India launch by August that will see it introduced across 100 cities Topics Digital Payments | e-commerce market | UPI Described as the next UPI (Unified Payments Interface) moment forContinue Reading
As a newly independent nation, India had to be re-shaped and re-built to fit the modern world. A few enterprising players took the lead to ensure successful results over a fruitful journey. Delhi-based CP Kukreja Architects is one of these. In his new book ‘Five Decades of India’s Built Environment’,Continue Reading
Photo: Taylor Vick/Unsplash Data centres are giant industrial collections of servers that store and process data underlying the modern information economy. Most policies concerning the installation, use and maintenance of data centres ignore an important aspect: their environmental impact. They are online 24/7 and require power back-up and a captiveContinue Reading
To lure chip manufacturing behemoths and propel India into a global hub of semiconductors manufacturing, the Union Government recently set up the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM). It also unveiled incentives worth 10 billion USD (Rs 76,000 crores). It seems that the government’s efforts are already yielding results. Earlier this month,Continue Reading
A farmer gazes at his field in Anad, Kerala, June 2018. Photo: Nandhu Kumar/Unsplash The proposed Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2021 encourages a conducive environment for investments and to simplify the patent application process. Farmers in India have historically been against any kind of IP rights – whether patents ofContinue Reading
• 100% Made-in-India at Alstom’s factory in Savli (Gujarat), the first train has been delivered in less than a year of commencing production • Designed and built to run at 180 kmph, expected to decrease travel time between Delhi-Meerut by 40% VADODARA, India, May 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Alstom, aContinue Reading
India currently imports 85% of its oil demand and the rise in crude oil prices directly increases import bill and expenses. This ever-increasing demand for fuel and dependency on imported crude oil for domestic needs has made us wonder if there’s an alternative solution to this problem. Yes, there is.Continue Reading
India has been on a steady climb to the summit of innovation over the past several years. From a rank of 81 in 2015 to 46 in 2021 in the Global Innovation Index (GII), India has made a continuous headway in developing technology solutions such as AI, cloud, mobility, greenContinue Reading
During the past decade, start-ups have been transforming the Indian economy in myriad ways. This includes providing the nation’s youth with diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. The transition towards the new age economy has been underway since the new millennium, more so during the past few years. The outbreak ofContinue Reading
Arun Mampazhy: Among the various fab proposals that the government has already received, what is your assessment based on the information that has already come out in the public domain or based on what you may be aware of otherwise? Dr Satya Gupta: As per public information available, 5 proposalsContinue Reading
