Technology

Heavyweight Ministers to lead brainstorming sessions Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Teo Chee Hean, will join Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in leading a high-power ministerial and business leaders’ gathering for the first ever Asean-India conference in January 2018. Road...

Be Champion Defence Industry, says Dr Kumar Indian industry has been urged to identify international model defence projects and the necessary policy amendments for replication in India. Making the call, Defence Production Secretary, Dr Ajay Kumar, emphasized on the need...

Digital scheme and portal launched   The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) envisions a vibrant MSME Sector by promoting growth and development of industries such as Khadi, Village and Coir Industries. It aims to carry this out...

Invests Euro200,000 in startup Medixine Anand Mahindra with Prime Minister Juha Sipilä. The US$19 billion Mahindra Group, a global diversified business group headquartered in India, has reaffirmed its commitment to Finland where it already has a substantial footprint. The Mahindra...

Ten lakhs to be skilled under SCBTS The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a new skill development scheme covering the entire value chain of the textile sector excluding Spinning & Weaving in organized Sector. Titled "Scheme for Capacity...

Germany extends support for NEEPCO project   A Loan agreement and a Guarantee agreement for providing additional funding of Euro20 million was signed for the project ‘Pare Hydroelectric Plant’ under Indo-German Bilateral Development Cooperation. Germany had signed a loan agreement...

Signalling system will help ease traffic congestion A Japanese Grant Aid was signed for JPY1.276 billion (approx. Rs.72.86 crore) for the Implementation of Advanced Traffic Information and Management System in Core Bengaluru project. The project will install an Advanced Traffic...

Clarity on FAME sought India needs to import better technologies like electric vehicles in the automobile and auto component sector to ensure better quality of life for its citizens, said a senior government official. Automobile and auto component sector contributes...

African operations to contribute to profit, says Mittal Indian telecom group, Bharti Airtel, is to acquire Tigo Rwanda Ltd under an agreement with owner Millicom International Cellular S.A. Bharti has a definitive agreement with Millicom under which Airtel Rwanda Limited...

Conclave brainstorm vision of New Railways 2022 Goyal lighting the lamp at a special conclave on Vision for New Railway - New India 2022 in New Delhi on 16 December 2017. The Indian Railways is seeking innovative financing with focus...