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check point: Check Point Software Technologies appoints new India MD
PUNE: Cybersecurity solutions provider Check Point Software Technologies today announced the appointment of Sundar N Balasubramanian as Managing Director for the India and SAARC region. Current MD Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu has been promoted to take on a global role, it said, adding that the changes were effective immediately. As Managing Director for India and SAARC, Balasubramanian …
‘World Could be in Danger’: On Nuclear War With India, Imran Gives ‘Pakistan-Never-First’ Assurance
Islamabad: Pakistan will never ever start a war with India, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday, amid tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours over Kashmir. “We will never ever start the war. Both Pakistan and India are nuclear powers and if tension escalates the world will face danger,” Khan said while addressing a gathering …
Fintech startup FIA Technology is focusing on rural India to deepen financial inclusion
Technology has made it possible for everything to come home. Startups like Swiggy, Zomato, and Uber Eats deliver food while the likes of Flipkart and Amazon deliver all kinds of goods to customers’ doorsteps. And now, Gurugram-based FIA Technology, a socio-fintech startup, is taking financial institutions and their products to people’s homes. With the Indian …
India set for moon landing attempt after Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft separation
Successful separation of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter and lander clears the way for historic landing attempt Sep. 6. HELSINKI — India will attempt to become the fourth country to soft land on the Moon Friday after successful separation of the Chandrayaan-2 lander and orbiter early Monday. The separation event took place at 3:45 a.m. Eastern Monday, …
Chandrayaan 2 landing update: Vikram-Pragyan break away from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter; All eyes now on Moon landing | India News
BENGALURU: Vikram, the lander, and Pragyan (rover), sitting inside Vikram were successfully separated from the orbiter on Monday, pushing India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission into the last and most crucial leg: Moon landing. Next, after two de-orbit manoeuvres, Vikram is expected to touchdown on the lunar surface between 1.30am and 2.30am on September 5. Isro had announced …
Opioids addiction rising in India as US drugmakers push painkillers | World news
In the crowded waiting room of Dr Sunil Sagar’s clinic, in the working-class neighborhood of Bhagwanpur Khera, a toddler breathes from a nebulizer. The patients sit, motionless, but there is somehow tremendous noise. The clinic is a squat cement building draped in wires, a red cross on the door. Sagar sits behind a desk in …
Walmart Foundation is aiding India’s farmers with new technology — Quartz India
The world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer is loosening its purse strings to help small Indian farmers improve their livelihoods. Yesterday (Aug. 27), Walmart Foundation, the philanthropy arm of the Bentonville, US-headquartered retailer, said it has pledged grants worth $4.8 million (Rs34 crore) towards Digital Green and TechnoServe, both organisations that help Indian farmers increase their income. …
Russia offers India semi-cryogenic engine technology
CHENNAI : India and Russia are discussing a wide range of cooperation in the space sector with the latter’s offer of its semi-cryogenic engine technology and critical components for India’s human space capsule, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)Chairman K. Sivan said on Sunday. “We are in discussions with the Russian space agency on various aspects …
Technology Vision 2035 : Visions, Technologies, Democracy and the Citizen in India
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Narratives of Technology and Society Visioning in India
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