DIPP & WIPO to set up Technology and Innovation Support Centers

Innar Liiv , Tallinn University of Technology Big Brother does “ just want to help ” – in Estonia, at least. In this small nation of 1.3 million people, citizens have overcome fears of an Orwellian dystopia with ubiquitous surveillance to become a ...

The government is working on a new industrial policy with a view to promoting and developing frontier technologies, innovation and enhancing competitiveness of domestic products. "With the changing manufacturing scenario, introduction of new technologies, ...

The Centre on Friday said it will unveil two separate policies for the electronics sector and software products soon to boost sector growth. "We will be shortly laying down the new electronics policy because between the old policy and (now), India under ...

While India ranks 60, Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US and the UK retained their top spots as the most-innovative countries. China is at 22nd spot. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India has moved up six places to60th among 130 nations on the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2017, emerging as the top-ranked economy in Central and South Asia. The improvement in India's rankings come after five continuous years of slide even as Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US and UK ...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Finance Ministry is debating the two innovative suggestions made by the latest Economic Survey -- Universal Basic Income (UBI) and creation of bad bank -- to deal with the unacceptable levels of bad loans. He, ...

Hyderabad: Tech giant Microsoft on Tuesday hosted its first "Accessibility Summit" here to enhance technology access for people with disabilities. The summit featured unique technology-based projects that empower people with disabilities. These included ...

'The success or otherwise of Modi's foreign policy will largely depend on the equation he is likely to strike with Donald Trump,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. A device that many playwrights use to either complicate matters or to resolve a difficult plot is deus ex machina or god from the machine, so called because the concerned character comes to the stage from the roof with the help of a pulley. Such a phenomenon has appeared in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's successful journey in foreign ...

By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's ambitious plan to push electric vehicles at the expense of other technologies could benefit Chinese car makers seeking to enter the market, but is worrying established automakers in the country who have so far ...

The Haryana government today said it has prepared a draft policy to develop the state into a start-up hub by supporting new-age innovators and entrepreneurial talents. The policy aims at facilitating a minimum venture capital funding of Rs 200 crore, and ...