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Jun 22, 2022

BIS formulates first grassroots innovation-based standards

New Delhi: The first official standard for a grassroots innovation has been set up for the clay cooling cabinet Mitticool developed by Mansukh Bhai Prajapati from Wankaner, in Gujarat. The standard set up by the Bureau of Ind...

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Jun 16, 2022

Cabinet approves auction of 5G spectrum

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a proposal of the Department of Telecommunications to conduct a spectrum auction through which spectrum will be assigned to the successful bidd...

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Jun 10, 2022

Taking emerging technologies to the rural populace

  Chennai: Smart boards and videos can be wistful dreams for students of rural and low resource urban schools. But such dreams have come true for students of 450 schools in remote areas of Thiruvallur district ...

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Jun 03, 2022

‘eSanjeevani’ integrated with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

New Delhi: The National Health Authority (NHA) has announced the successful integration of eSanjeevani with its flagship scheme – Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). This integration allows the existing users of eSa...

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Jun 02, 2022

India’s ICT strategy hinges on inclusive growth for all sections of society: Union Minister Devusinh Chauhan

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan has said that with its unprecedented scale and growing impact on daily lives, information and communication technology (ICT) is nowadays, a powerful tool ...

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May 30, 2022

C-DOT and Vodafone Idea sign MoU for cooperation in area of IoT-M2M

New Delhi: The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India, and Vodafone Idea Limited, one of the major tel...

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May 28, 2022

EPFO adds 15.32 lakh net subscribers in March-22

New Delhi: The EPFO added 15.32 lakh net subscribers in March. Month-on-month comparison of payroll data shows an increase of 2.47 lakh net subscribers in March this year, said the Ministry of Labour and Employment in a state...

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May 25, 2022

AI to make roads in India safer to drive

New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered solutions may soon make roads in India a safer place to drive. A unique AI approach that uses the predictive power of AI to identify risks on the road, and a collision alert sys...

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May 23, 2022

Sensor based use of drone application in agriculture is need of hour: MoA& FW Joint Secretary

New Delhi: As the technology advances in India, we will soon have sensor-based use of drone applications for which we all stakeholders have to jointly collaborate. The ecosystem is now in place, and it is up to the industry a...

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May 23, 2022

Indian startups need access to data to tackle technology adoption in agriculture: NITI Aayog Senior Adviser

New Delhi: Indian startup ecosystem is robust. By providing them with enabling framework including access to data, compute and market, we will be able to tackle the issue of technology adoption in agriculture sector,” s...

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May 18, 2022

‘Panchamrita’ of reach, reform, regulate, respond and revolutionise has transformed telecom sector: PM Modi

New Delhi: Coming out of the despair, frustration, corruption and policy paralysis of the 2G era, the country has moved rapidly from 3G to 4G and now 5G and 6G, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, adding that in the...

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Apr 27, 2022

Digital is the key central theme for the government

New Delhi: Our goal for the next four to five years is really to use the power of digital to bring all stakeholders on board, said Dr Rajendra Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (M...

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Mar 28, 2022

GeM touches annual procurement of Rs 1 lakh crore in FY 2021-22

New Delhi: The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has attained an annual procurement of Rs 1 lakh crore within FY 2021-22. This represents a 160 per cent growth as compared to last financial year (FY). According to Prashant Kumar...

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Mar 22, 2022

EPFO adds 15.29 lakh net subscribers during January-2022

New Delhi: The provisional payroll data of EPFO highlights that EPFO has added 15.29 lakh net subscribers during January 2022. Month-on-month comparison of payroll data also indicates an increase of 2.69 lakh net subscriber a...

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Mar 07, 2022

Consulting stakeholders for New National Data Centre Policy: Union Minister

Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrashekhar on Monday said that efforts are afoot to consult all stakeholders for the formulat...

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Mar 07, 2022

E-counselling for students seeking admission into 100 new Sainik Schools

New Delhi: Marching ahead with the government’s aim of setting up 100 new Sainik Schools throughout the country, the Sainik School Society (SSS) is in the process of developing an automated system for conduct of E-couns...

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Mar 04, 2022

PM bats for technology enabled development

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has batted for technology enabled development for optimum outcome, encouraging stakeholders to fully implement the themes of the Union Budget in a time bound manner. “This is a co...

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Mar 02, 2022

FM launches e-Bill system

New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman launched the e-Bill system for Central government ministries on the 46th Civil Accounts Day here on Wednesday. In a phased manner, the new sy...

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Feb 27, 2022

Cabinet nod to common e-auction window instead of sector specific auctions

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the offering of coal by coal companies through a common e-auction window instead of sector specific auctions. Th...

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Feb 24, 2022

ERP System of Coal India unveiled

New Delhi: Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi has said that together with introduction of latest IT enabled technologies, an overall approach towards implementing the same in a sustained and...

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Feb 23, 2022

Mass transformation through digital platforms: Piyush Goyal

New Delhi: Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles Piyush Goyal has said that India is showing the world how to bring about mass transformation using digital pl...

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Feb 19, 2022

India is emerging as world’s preferred start-up destination: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

New Delhi: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology on Friday said that India was emerging as the world’s preferred start-up destination. “The start-up culture must spread to India&r...

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Feb 16, 2022

Digital learning should not lead to digital divide: Vice President

Chennai: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has stressed that while Central and State governments are taking measures to promote digital learning, it is important to ensure that there is no digital divide. To ensure this, he cal...

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Feb 07, 2022

Around 6.17 crore ITRs, 19 lakh major TARs filed on new e-Filing portal

New Delhi: Around 6.17 crore Income Tax Returns (ITRs) and about 19 lakh major Tax Audit Reports (TARs) have been filed on the new e-Filing portal of the Income Tax Department as on February 6, said the Finance Ministry on Mo...

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Feb 07, 2022

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw flags off NITI Aayog’s Fintech Open Summit

New Delhi: In an effort to showcase the importance of the Fintech industry, NITI Aayog, in collaboration with PhonePe, AWS and EY, has organized a three-week-long virtual summit, ‘Fintech Open’ from 7–28 Feb...

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Feb 05, 2022

Over 15 crore National Digital Health IDs created under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that till January 25, 2022, 15,05,92,811 Health Ids, now known as ABHA – Ayushman Bharat Health A...

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Jan 22, 2022

EPFO adds 13.95 lakh net subscribers

New Delhi: The provisional payroll data released recently highlights that EPFO has added 13.95 lakh net subscribers during November 2021, showing an increase of around 2.85 lakh net additions over the previous month of October, 20...

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Jan 04, 2022

5.89 crore ITRs filed on new e-filing portal of Income Tax Department

New Delhi: Nearly 5.89 crore Income Tax Returns (ITRs) have been filed on the new e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department as on 31st December, 2021, the extended due date. More than 46.11 lakh ITRs were filed on 31....

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Dec 30, 2021

Over 4.67 crore ITRs filed on new e-filing portal of Income Tax Department

New Delhi: Over 4.67 crore Income Tax Returns (ITRs) have been filed on the new e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department as on December 27, 2021. More than 15.49 lakh ITRs were filed on 27.12.2021 and this number is likel...

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Dec 23, 2021

AIM, NITI Aayog and UNCDF announce first AgriTech cohort under South-South Innovation platform

New Delhi:  Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) have rolled out their first AgriTech Challenge cohort for its ambitious innovative Agri-tech program that aims...

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Dec 14, 2021

Making internet accessible in consumers’ language is our prime objective: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that making the internet accessible, available and being able to contribute to the internet in India is on high prior...

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Dec 07, 2021

Ministry of Civil Aviation mandates Air Suvidha portal for ease of travelling

New Delhi: To ensure the smooth passage of international travellers arriving in India, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare have mandated contactless self-declaration at Air Suvidh...

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