B2B e-commerce company mjunction Services Limited will hold its first International Tea Day special auction on June 21 at its Jorhat tea e-marketplace, which was launched last year amid the lockdown
AI for Every Nepali: Jobs, Prosperity and Nepal’s Next Development Leap
Nepal does not need to become Silicon Valley. It does not need to copy India, China, Singapore or Canada. Nepal needs an AI strategy rooted in its own realities: young talent, hydropower potential, local problems, growing IT services, tourism, agriculture, small businesses and a global diaspora.
The Hidden Tax: Road Accidents Drain Over 3% of GDP From India and Sri Lanka Every Year; Generative AI Could Win it Back
The core data architecture — a national road safety data lake, AI-powered enforcement, multilingual public awareness — is replicable at any scale, in any South Asian language, in any South Asian urban or rural road environment. The technology does not need to be reinvented for Dhaka, Kathmandu or Karachi. It needs to be validated in Colombo and Delhi first.
Why the Global South Must Become AI Creators: Need to Take a More Leading Role in AI Governance and Economy
However, 118 countries, mostly developing ones, do not participate in international discussions on AI governance, according to UNCTAD. This means that billions of people may live within rules they were not involved in making.
AI's Hidden Appetite: Power, Cooling and the New Geography of Infrastructure
What we are witnessing today may only be the opening chapter. The next breakthroughs in AI may not emerge from software laboratories alone, but from nuclear reactors, cooling technologies, offshore infrastructure, advanced materials, and energy networks. The race to build intelligence has quietly become a race to master power and heat.
More on AI and Innovation
Facebook has new partner for health fact checks in India
Facebook has joined hands with The Healthy Indian Project (THIP) -- a health specialized fact-checking site -- as part of its third-party fact-checking program in India to combat Covid-19 and all other health-related misinformation on the social media platform
Tata Motors, Tata Power launch India’s largest grid-synchronized solar carport in Pune
Tata Motors and Tata Power on Friday jointly inaugurated India’s largest grid-synchronized solar carport at Chikhali, Pune, in the western state of Maharashtra
Facebook expands affordable, fast internet access across India
In a bid to expand affordable internet access for the public, Facebook India has announced new partnerships with internet service providers (ISPs) D-Vois and Netplus
Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC) records highest-ever turnover, village industry boom
In a year marred by the Covid-19 pandemic, India's Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has recorded its highest-ever turnover
Twitter in India loses legal shield from prosecution over users' posts
Micro-blogging site Twitter has lost its legal shield from prosecution over users' posts in India, amid a faceoff with the Modi government over new IT rules, media reports said
Flipkart Wholesale sees three-fold increase in digital adoption among India's neighborhood stores
Business initiatives by Flipkart Wholesale, the digital B2B marketplace of India’s home-grown Flipkart Group, has yielded significant results, according to the company
PepsiCo Foundation with SEEDS India provides oxygen concentrators in Bengal
PepsiCo Foundation has announced a series of community relief outreach programs for West Bengal in partnership with Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) India
Bihar's famous Jardalu mangoes exported to UK
The first commercial consignment of Geographical Indications (GI) certified Jardalu mangoes from Bhagalpur, Bihar has been exported to the United Kingdom
IIT Ropar develops India's first power-free CPAP device
Aimed at saving lives in low-resource areas and during transit, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar has developed a device, Jivan Vayu, which can be used as a substitute of a CPAP machine
Pakistan proposes new framework facilitating exports on e-market platforms
Weeks after Amazon added Pakistan to its sellers’ list, the country’s central bank has proposed a fresh framework for easing the exports of Pakistani goods on global digital market platforms
Bharat Biotech to conduct clinical trials for Covaxin in US, Canada
Bharat Biotech will conduct clinical trials for Covaxin in the United States and Canada as its US partner Ocugen has said that it will apply for a full license in the United States for the India-made vaccine
Nokia to boost Subisu’s network for high-speed broadband in Nepal
Nokia has announced that it had been selected by Subisu, a leading service provider in Nepal, to modernize the 1500 km long backbone network spread across East and West Nepal
3 in 4 Indian workers keen on hybrid work: Microsoft study
While more than 3 in 4 Indian workers (74 per cent) are keen on flexible remote work options, 57 per cent employees feel overworked as digital intensity increases in the country, a new Microsoft report showed, as the country slowly reopened after the lethal second Covid wave. At the same time, 73 per cent of those surveyed said they are craving more in-person time with their teams
Unilever Pakistan to sponsor repurposing plastic waste into park benches
Unilever Pakistan and Green Earth Recycling Pakistan have joined hands to announce an initiative through which they will collect and repurpose plastic waste into sustainable furniture like park benches
