Technology

The government is taking necessary steps to further reduce the licencing time for exporting sensitive and dual-use Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMET) from India.

The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu, has urged doctors belonging to the Indian diaspora to give back to the society by adopting their native villages and strengthening Primary Health Centres (PHCs) which play a pivotal role in building...

Ministerial level delegations are expected at the 11th biennial edition of DefExpo India-2020 which is scheduled to be held for the first time in Lucknow on 5-8 February showcasing Indian defence industry capabilities and promote export potential.

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has called for stepping up indigenous production of defence equipment under the ‘Make in India’ programme.

If a company partners with a startup, then the Department of Science and Technology (DST) will also partner with it and extend a matching grant to help the partnership scale up, assured DST Secretary Prof. Ashutosh Sharma.

In a landmark win for innovation in education, the Andhra Pradesh government has budgeted Rs.66 crore this year to set up The Global Intelligent Hub for Digital Pedagogies (IGHD), which is expected to attract US$700 million investments.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a US$5 trillion economy will require an estimated investment of Rs.5 lakh crore in the transmission sector over the next few years, says an industry report.

San Francisco-based Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, is actively hiring for game development roles from its new, larger studio-office near MG Road in Bengaluru.

Orion Business Innovation, a fast-growing global technology services group from New Jersey with offices in 10 countries including India, has acquired two companies in July - Behavior Design and Cabeus, to expand its cross-industry foothold and accelerate its growth strategy.

Central Government has taken steps to spread awareness about cybercrimes, issue of alerts, advisories, capacity building and training of law enforcement personnel, prosecutors and judicial officers, improving cyber forensics facilities to prevent such crimes and to speed up investigation.