In a bid to overcome the dependence on importing semiconductors and chips from other countries, the government has decided to invite new applications for setting up of Semiconductor Fabs and Display Fabs in India under the Modified Semicon India Programme. From June
Plum, an employee health insurance platform, has released a whitepaper titled, ‘What Goes into Building a Company That Cares’ that reveals the gaps in healthcare and insurance access faced by underrepresented groups in the workplace and urges corporations to recognize the significance
Secrets hidden in ancient lake sediments deposits recovered from the Indus River valley in Ladakh have helped retrace the climate since last deglaciation from 19,600 to 6100 years, paving the path towards understanding climate variation during the era. Researchers have reconstructed millennial
Koan Advisory Group, New-Delhi based technology policy consulting firm, has released a study that challenges the prevailing narrative surrounding smoking habits in India. Released ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, the report titled “The Effectiveness of Tobacco Disclaimers on
“If you let nature take its course without causing any disturbance, it will always replenish itself”, says Sunil Kale, gently touching a jamun plant in one of the plantations. He is a project manager of a steadily progressing conservation project centred around
Disability, Equity, Justice is one of the 15 working groups within C20, an official engagement groupof G20. In a historic move, Civil20 India created a stand-alone working group to respond to the needs of 1.3 billion persons with disabilities, and include this
The Government has decided to grant waiver of ISTS charges to Off-Shore Wind Projects and extend the waiver to Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia . This decision has been taken to facilitate wider execution of offshore wind energy initiatives, to promote the
With an eye on China, the member countries of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) including India have agreed to bolster the supply chain for chips, medicine and other critical items in the event of an emergency and reduce their dependence
There was a $2.4 billion capital funding in Indian agrifoodtech startup investment in 2022, a 33% year-over-year decline from $3.6 billion in 2021. The decline matches the global downward trend but there were bright spots where investors backed innovations focused on farmers
A number of steps were being taken by India to ramp up renewable energy capacity and that manufacturing capacity for the most advanced solar cells and panels is coming up, Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R. K. Singh said