Technology

India’s urban areas need technology-based solutions to enhance service delivery, better mobility and greener transport, smart governance and in doing more with less.

The last date for submission of applications to the Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC), being organised by the Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO) has been extended till 31 October 2018.

Wipro Limited has formed partnerships with two leading UK academic institutions – King’s College London and Sheffield Hallam University - for strengthening STEM education in state schools in the United Kingdom.

ASDA, the United Kingdom’s third-largest grocery retailer, has awarded a three-year application services contract to HCL Technologies to help drive IT its transformation.

Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Subhash Bhamre, has recently flagged off five different Defence systems at Larsen & Toubro’s Strategic Systems Complex (SSC) on the outskirts of Pune.

As part of its diversification initiatives, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has expanded its footprint in the transportation sector with the flagging off of its first 6,000 HP electric locomotive (Type WAG-9H).

More and more Chinese companies are interested in investing in India, as their wage cost has increased, a Tamil Nadu state official said here on 21 Sept 2018.

The regulation on data protection and privacy should adopt a risk-based approach and provide certain relaxations and exceptions for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) under specific circumstances, suggested a recent ASSOCHAM-PwC joint study.

General V. K. Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, has underlined the need for user-oriented technological solutions for securing the country's borders.

Japan’s Alps Electric Co Ltd is to exhibit for the first time at the electronica India, a leading platform focusing on electronic components, systems and applications.