India is the Seventh Largest country in area, and the second largest in population after china in the world. India stretches from the snow-capped Himalaya in the North to sun drenched coastal villages of the south and the highly fertile valley of Brahmaputra in the East to the barren sandy desert in the WEST. It … Read more
Over the last year, the pandemic has unleashed the true power of science and technology, pharma, biotechnology and research. The stage has been set for innovative breakthroughs in the domains. For India, Covid is a crisis turned into an opportunity. “With concerted efforts, a huge community of entrepreneurs has come forward to create kits, face … Read more
Infrastructure development, education and transport are among the highlights of the Union Budget 2021-22. Union Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the National Infrastructure Pipeline in December 2019. This first-of-its-kind, whole-of-government exercise undertaken by Government of India was launched with 6,835 projects. The project pipeline has now expanded to 7,400 projects. Around 217 projects … Read more
Aero India 2021, the country’s premier aerospace and defence exhibition, is poised for take off. The event, 3-5 February, is being held in the Yelahanka Air Base in Bangalore. Due to Covid restrictions, the show is a combination of physical and virtual displays and will be the world’s first hybrid aerospace show Hailed as the … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament on 1 February. Here are some highlights. Sitharaman described this as a digital Budget. There has been a manifold increase in digital payments in the recent past. To give a further boost to digital transactions, a sum of Rs 1,500 crore (15bn rupees, … Read more
The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) has awarded the winners of the Infosys Prize 2020 for their outstanding contributions to science and research in a virtual awards ceremony on 2 December. The pandemic has altered physical working conditions, yet technology has aided professionals to work from home. As well as this, the pandemic has urged us … Read more
The pandemic has thrown open fresh challenges and unknown opportunities. Jobs of the future will never be the same. The lockdown has unlocked new unchartered avenues for the e-commerce industry, which has become India’s fastest-growing digital business with players like Amazon India’s Flex Delivery programme expanding to 35 cities. This initiative has opened up part-time job … Read more
Karnataka is India’s biotechnology capital and plans to be a key player in the sector’s growth. The state contributes to one third of India’s biotech economy and aims to garner a 50 per cent market share of the national biotech economy target of $100bn by 2025. The Government of Karnataka (GoK) is one of the … Read more
The data centre business has received strong tailwinds over the past six months – from an unlikely source – the Covid-19 pandemic. Even as the pandemic and associated restrictions threw life and business out of gear, stalling growth in most sectors, it became a massive catalyst for digital adoption. The Government of India (GoI) had … Read more
India has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprint as per the Paris Agreement. A transition from fossil-fuel vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is a move in the right direction. The electrification of EVs needs to be ramped up and power hybridised to become more efficient. Karnataka is preparing the ground as … Read more