Articles for Digital India

Smart City Mission, MeitY, and IIT Hyderabad together launches Start-Up Challange

The Smart City Startup Challenge is a month-long program that will enable selected startups to pitch their innovations to MNCs, working in the smart city domain. Also, an equity-free grant of Rs 10 lakh will be given to the winner, besides they be featured in a smart city innovation listing, that is shared with all smart city CEOs.

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Videonetics announces technology integration with Future Fibre Technologies

The technology integration will empower users to monitor zone alarms and videos from a centralized system, providing further situational awareness, maximizing preparedness and response to perimeter breach or sabotage.

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Pandemic Disruption ensured fast transformation with Digitalization

“The IT sector has grown exponentially in the last two decades, providing close to 4.5 million direct and 10 million indirect jobs within the country. As per estimates, the sector’s revenue is currently at about $194 billion which is expected to reach $350 billion by 2025, creating many more jobs in the process. Even in the middle of the pandemic, leading companies in this sector continue hiring in large numbers across experience and job levels. Overall, the sector is expected to witness a 12% increase in hiring this year ”, asserted Jyoti Arora, Special Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITy), Government of India in conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW Businessworld. Excerpts Below:

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Paytm to airlift 21,000 Oxygen Concentrators under its #OxygenForIndia initiative

 Receives Rs. 5 crore in contribution and matches it to take the total contribution to Rs. 10 crore  Increases its target for the initiative, to raise Rs 14 crores for sourcing over 3,000 OCs internationally  Aims to become the destination for other organizations & enterprises to procure OCs

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INR 135 crores assured for Covid support in India: Google

Two grants sanctioned by Google's philanthropic arm include a sum total of INR 20 crores and donations and contributions by Google employees, who contributed about 3.7 crores till now.

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Syska wins unique tender to participate in carbon finance-based Gram Ujala LED scheme for rural India

In a first-of-its-kind structure, CESL had invited participation of bidders for co-investment on a revenue sharing basis, where costs and profits would be shared in a manner that will encourage public-private participation in climate change mitigation.

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Openreach selects STL as a strategic partner to help build its new UK Full Fibre network

Openreach has chosen STL as a key partner to provide optical cable solutions for its new, ultra-fast, ultra-reliable ‘Full Fibre’ broadband network.

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Make in India through Industry 4.0 is an important transition in the manufacturing sector: Dr VK Saraswat

Dr V K Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog today said that there is a need to push the Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat programs in the Indian manufacturing ecosystem.

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