Quantum Computing, Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence are the three key newer technologies that would shape the future in the decades to come, as visible to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who was here in India and on Tuesday 7 November 2017 was discussing about the future of technology and impact of digital economy on privacy. His observation is that computing history had been all about enhancing the man-ma...
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India’s Historic Jump in Doing Business Rankings
World Bank’s Doing Business Report, 2018 released on Tuesday 31 October, 2017 recognized India as one of the top five reformers in this year’s assessment. India has jumped a massive 30 places to occupy the 100th position in World Bank assessment of 190 nations, registering its highest ever increase in Ease of Doing Business Ranking this year. It was ranked 142 in 2014, 131 in 20...
Green Buildings to Improve Health
Green buildings are for health and well-being and the concept is based on the facts that our environment can shape our behaviors and health outcomes. Environmental interventions improve health outcomes. This environment includes the man-made indoor spaces and natural spaces around us. Fresh air, clean water, good nutrition, adequate light, regular physical activity, and meaningful social connect...
Demonetisation a Decisive Battle & Multi-Dimensional Success
On the first anniversary of demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed it a historic and multi-dimensional success. He tweeted: Demonetisation was a "decisive battle" 125 crore Indians fought against black money and won. He said the move formalised the Indian economy and ensured better jobs for the poor, while cleansing the financial system. Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister, stated that November 8, ...
BharatNet to Bridge Digital Divide in Rural & Remote Areas
BharatNet broadband, base for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, Digital India, for providing last-mile connectivity with High Speed Rural Broadband Network for Enabling Digital India is progressing well as 2.39 lakh kms of OFC has already been laid and Optical Fibre Connectivity is now available at more than 1 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) under Phase I. Launch of Phase II, with signing ...
Bharatmala to Spur the Economy
Bharatmala Pariyojana, ₹5.35 lakh crore road construction package with a capital outlay of ₹ 6.92 lakh crore, the biggest ever infrastructure project, a part of the “New India” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wishes to create by 2022, was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister on Tuesday 24 October 2017, to build 34,800 km of roads nationwide, that...
All India Institute of Ayurveda – Centre of Excellence
All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), the first ever, having a perfect blend of Ancient Wisdom with Modern Diagnostic Tools and Technology, modelled on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Delhi on the occasion of 2nd ‘Ayurveda Day’ on 17 October ‘17. Expressing his government's commitment to ach...
Nobel Prize in Literature to Kazuo Ishiguro a Citizen of the World
Nobel Prize in Literature for 2017 has been awarded by the Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien) on Thursday 5 October 2017, to the British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world".
According to Sara Danius, of the Swedish...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Developing Cryo-electron Microscopy
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 has been awarded on Wednesday October 4, 2017 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to three biophysicists Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson, "for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution". Cryo-electron microscopy is “a c...
Nobel in Physics for finally Capturing Gravitational Waves
Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 has been awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy on Tuesday October 3, 2017 to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne, three Americans members of the LIGO-Virgo detector collaboration, for their pioneering role in the detection of gravitational waves; "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the obse...