Articles for Opinion & Analysis

Mitigate Road Crash Deaths during National Lockdown in Rajasthan: CUTS International recommends Rajasthan Government

CUTS International along with its partners have been maintaining a ‘Road Crash Tracker’ to document road crash deaths and traffic violations during the lockdown since March 25 until now. Road crashes killed 1,51,417 people in 2018

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Rising Severe Weather from Climate Change Threatens Grid Operations and Increases Need for Resilience: Accenture Research

Utility Industry Executives Say Rising Severe Weather from Climate Change Threatens Grid Operations and Increases Need for Resilience, According to Accenture Research

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L&T Technology Services reports 11% revenue growth in FY20

FY20 Revenue of ₹5,619 crore, up 11% FY20 Net Profit of ₹819 crore, up 7%

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Relief for Smaller Developers in 5th Relief Tranche

The 5th and last tranche of the INR 20 lakh crore economic package announced today can help smaller local developers to tide through the unprecedented coronavirus crisis to some extent, and give them some time to get their business on track. In this last tranche, the FM focussed on measures pertaining to MNREGA, businesses, and steps to improve the ease of doing business, among others.

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What Happened to Our Great Cities?

What is common to all the urban centers is their high density. Population density is determined by the number of residents who live within a given land area – usually a mile or kilometer. It is this high density that has contributed to the rise of these cities as economic hubs, cultural centers offering immense opportunities to diverse sets of people from everywhere, writes Author, Speaker and Urban Sociologist, Dr. Binti Singh.

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COVID 19: NDMC collecting door to door household waste from quarantine home for disposal in scientific manners.

With the aim to the collection of highly infected covid19 waste from quarantine houses and its proper disposal in a scientific manner, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has made a mechanism to collect household waste from door to door of quarantine home in which covid19 related person or patients are residing in the area of its jurisdiction.

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Ozonetel Introduces CloudAgent Lite for Doctors

Provides doctors with virtual consultation numbers to connect easily with patients.

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Lenovo Data Centre Group: Intelligent Transformation for Business

“We are in a time of great global transformation – economically, socially and environmentally. For businesses to thrive in today’s fast-paced, uncertain and changing world they too have to transform. At Lenovo Data Centre Group, the intelligent transformation has always been part of our story, from powering work that is designed to solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges to helping businesses on their journeys of transformation”, asserts Vivek Sharma, Managing Director Lenovo Data Centre Group, India in conversation with Poulami Chakraborty, BW SmartCities. Excerpts below:

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Banking Sector envelopes Digitalization for Automated Intelligent Workflows

Most banks have been on various stages of their digital transformation journey, which in most cases was limited to a customer facing digital layer. The new challenges upon financial institutions has accentuated the need for a more holistic approach. Digitization will start with evolving the customer experience—creating more cohesive and personal digital journeys by combining and integrating every aspect into a single platform and tooling. Moving beyond the customer interface, digitization includes middle- and back-office operations, and support functions where processes are transformed and automated into intelligent workflows. Asserts Prativa Mohapatra, Vice President Sales, IBM, India and South Asia in conversation with Poulami Chakraborty BW SmartCities. Excerpts:

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Tamilnadu Association of SEZ Infrastructure Developers (TASID) seeks reforms for SEZ sector

Pushes for the integration of SEZ Online with Customs ICEGATE system ~Incentivize Foreign Supply Chains to relocate into SEZs

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