RIL bets big on start-ups to help lob India into global league

Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015, 10:03

Reliance Industries has expressed its readiness to pump in more money to create an ecosystem to build high-value start-ups with an objective to put the country on the global map as a start-up and innovation hub at par with Israel and the Silicon Valley by 2022.

'Modi's US visit to focus on innovation, digital economy'

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 13:43

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to interact with technology and business leaders and focus on innovation, digital economy and renewable energy during his US trip next month, a top Indian diplomat has said.

Will do everything possible to make India innovation hub: PM Modi

Last Updated: Sunday, July 5, 2015, 21:04

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight promised to do everything possible to make enterprise and innovation easier so that India emerges as an innovation hub and keeps pace with the fast changing world.

NITI Aayog holds consultations on innovation, entrepreneurship

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 21:32

As part of its efforts to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, NITI Aayog on Wednesday held consultations with top officials of various departments and ministries.

US manufacturing sector appeals for 'serious policy reforms' in India

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 17:03

The US manufacturing industry on Wednesday said it is ready to invest in India but for this it needs Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enact "serious policy reforms" that level the playing field for all and encourage and protect collaboration and innovation.

TCS opens special centre dedicated to R&D in Hyderabad

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 18:05

Christened as the 'NextGen Technology CoE', the facility will focus research and development of futuristic technologies, creation of next-generation products and solutions in semiconductors, devices and networks space, it said.

ONGC introduces HF technology in Tripura

Last Updated: Sunday, June 14, 2015, 16:17

ONGC Asset undertook hydro-fracturing job in Khubal in North Tripura district to assess actual reserves of the field and in Baramura in West Tripura district to enhance production from tight sands.

Researchers use WiFi to count people

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 13:46

To enable people counting through WiFi, researchers put two WiFi cards at opposite ends of a target area, a roughly 70sqm space. Using only the received power measurements of the link between the two cards, their approach can estimate the number of people walking in that area.

Scientists use Wi-Fi signals to power camera

Last Updated: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 18:54

The researchers have demonstrated that Wi-Fi signals can be used to broadcast power to remote devices. They call their new approach power over Wi-Fi or PoWi-Fi. "The battery-free camera can operate up to [about five metres] from the router, with an image capture every 35 minutes," researchers said.

Centre plans 500 incubation centres to skill professionals

Last Updated: Friday, June 5, 2015, 16:42

These centres would be on the PPP model and initially Rs 200 crore would be allotted for setting them up, particularly in districts, he said. He added that the Government wants to make the MSME sector competitive through technological innovation.

Deutsche Bank partners with Microsoft, HCL, IBM in tech lab launch

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 15:33

"These labs will act as a bridge between start-ups and different parts of the bank, enabling it to apply innovative technology to enhance service to clients and internal processes," said Henry Ritchotte, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Digital Officer at the bank in a statement.

Chinese leader calls for innovation as economic growth slows

Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 22:07

The TV coverage of Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to an eastern province was Thursday a tour de force of Communist propaganda, showcasing what's seen as an emerging cult of personality around the country's strongest leader in decades.