India abstains from voting on UN resolution on US NGO
Against the backdrop of the ongoing tussle between the Indian government and NGOs, India has abstained from voting on a UN resolution on an American NGO ‘Freedom Now,’ which would …
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‘Skill India’ in Naxal heartlands: Challenges and Opportunities
The ‘Skill India’ Initiative is another shot in the arm for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s India Inc, after the ‘Clean India’, ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ campaigns. Behind …
Read MoreModi-Sharif meeting sparks political slanging match in India
The meeting between the prime ministers of India and Pakistan on the sidelines of the SCO summit at Ufa sparked a predictable political slanging match back home in India. The …
Read MoreNGO ‘crackdown’: US conveys its concern to India
After some of India’s prominent NGOs, including Ford Foundation and Greenpeace India, were accused of violating Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), the United States has conveyed its concerns to India …
Read MoreDigital India: New WiFi products launched for rural areas
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led “Digital India” mission took its first giant leap towards making the country’s digital dream real as Minister of Communication and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad …
Read MoreIndia made impressive progress in providing primary education: UN report
While India has continued to make impressive progress in giving primary education to its children, it has struggled to achieve similar results in lower secondary education, a UN study said. According to a …
Read MoreIndia’s Digital Dream takes off, India Inc bets billions
It’s a digital revolution in the making. If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of Digital India comes to fruition, the country of 1.2 billion people will be transformed radically into a formidable knowledge powerhouse connected by info highways and powered by transparent governance.
M-governance: Mobile, not Modi
Digital India initiative bears the stamp of the Indian leader, a former tea-seller who has flagged off new dreams for India and is fond of taking slefies with world leaders, but Mr Modi was keen to emphasise at the launch of the campaign in the Indian capital that it should not be equated with him. “We have to move from E-governance to M-governance. M-governance does not mean Modi governance. It means Mobile governance,” Mr Modi said in a messianic tone as he kicked off the Digital India Week in New Delhi on July 1.
Indian corporate honchos, such as Reliance Industries chairman MukeshAmbani and Bharti Enterprises head Sunil Bharti Mittal promised to invest over 4.5 trillion rupees ($71 billion) in Mr Modi-led “Digital India” initiative.
Other organisations, including Metals and resources company Sterlite Technologies will manufacturing LCD panels in India, while a maker of energy-saving motors Japan’s Nidec Corp, will establish 5 factories; all in India’s flagship initiative – “Digital India”.
Read MoreIndia scores on drinking water access, reducing open defecation: UN Report
A UN report has underscored that India has made moderate progress in reducing open defecation, and has been able to provide access to improved drinking water to more people in the country. …
Read MoreModi flags off India’s urban renewal dream
India’s urbanisation dream has moved one step forward with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching three signature projects of urban renewal. On June 25, Mr Modi, an ardent proponent of fast-track …
Read MoreIndia’s lack of respect for liberty could pave the way to another Emergency
Allusions are not new in politics. In 1975 – the year of our own Emergency – Chairman Mao’s views of the Water Margin, a Song dynasty (960-1279 AD) novel, were …
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