Technology

Japanese’s global e-commerce model enters India Japan’s MonotaRO Co Ltd expects to efficiently develop its business in the Indian market with US$15 million investment in a Joint venture with Industrybuying.com (Emtex). The investment would help grow Industrybuying’s SME e-commerce business...

Training programmes, exchange of experts and technical exchanges Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi on 26 Sept 2020 in the field of Intellectual Property Cooperation with the...

Opportunities in the blue economy The Nigerian Industry, Trade and Investment Minister Otunba Niyi Adebayo has invited Indian industry to invest in Nigeria which is undertaking a series of reforms to promote industrial development such as setting up of a...

ITEC helps build IT capacity in Africa External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar sees future cooperation between India and Africa will be in areas such as defence and security. These would form a key pillar of the India–Africa partnership while...

Phase-II of FAME is being implemented In a big push towards electric mobility, the Government has sanctioned 670 Electric buses in the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Chandigarh. The Government has also sanctioned 241 Charging Stations in Madhya Pradesh,...

Czyrny sees India’s potential of tapping $100bn outsourcing business India is one of the focus markets for US companies planning to outsource over US$100 billion worth of work in their relocation from China. “About 20% of US companies have plans...

Sovereign Wealth Funds critical for partnerships, says Bhattacharyya More joint ventures, investments, manufacturing sectors and technology exchanges are needed between India and the Arab region, says External Affairs Secretary for CPV, OIA and Arab, Sanjay Bhattacharyya. "This is a wonderful...

Nexus initiative by non-profit ACIR A collaboration led by the United States’ embassy in New Delhi is to provide free promotional support to Indian startups that are a part of the Nexus incubator program. Nexus Startup Hub, a collaboration between...

Prabhakar builds globally scalable business Mumbai’s lifecycle management platform for global markets, Servify, has raised US$23 million in Series C financing, led by its existing investor Iron Pillar, an India focused venture growth investor from its recently concluded Top-Up Fund....

The missile employs a HEAT warhead Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) was test-fired from MBT Arjun Tank at KK Ranges, Armoured Corps Centre and School (ACC&S) Ahmednagar on 22 Sep 2020. In these tests, the ATGM successfully defeated a target...