The purpose of privatisation, therefore, should not be to find a private buyer for every government-developed rocket. It should be to create an industry capable of designing, manufacturing, operating and eventually improving India's future launch vehicles.
The last thing India needs is a debate in which concerns over public intellectual property become an argument against private participation. The country is already playing catch-up with the major space powers. We cannot afford to let a legitimate debate over ownership and sharing of value become an impediment to the much-needed privatisation of the space sector.
A common BIMSTEC policy statement on digital sovereignty would give the region a clearer collective voice and a stronger negotiating footing with foreign companies. Additionally, BIMSTEC can be used to initiate a shift from U.S. cloud storage companies to regional alternatives such as TATA Communications (India) and NIPA Cloud (Thailand).
India is carving out a vital role in the global back-end chip infrastructure. Washington actively views India's rise in this sector as a strategic hedge, codifying tech cooperation through bilateral frameworks designed to shift critical supply lines away from East Asia.
A Dubai-based Indian origin businessman, who got stranded on a trip to his village in Assam state after UAE banned flights from Covid 19 battered India, spent Dh 277,000 (USD 75,415.91) to charter a flight for his eight-member family to Dubai to save his business, his son has revealed
Messaging application WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court against the Modi government's new digital rules effecting from Wednesday
Moderna, the American pharma and biotech giant, is planning to launch a single-dose vaccine for the Indian market only in 2022 as it has no surplus vaccines in 2021, media reports said
Hours before the expiry of the three-month deadline for compliance with itsIntermediary Guidelines, announced by the Indian government in February, global social media giant Facebook said it will comply with the new rules, media reports said
Amid travel fears that students receiving Covaxin may not be allowed in many countries as the vaccine is not listed, Hyderabad-based pharma major Bharat Biotech on Tuesday said regulatory approvals for its indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine are in process in more than 60 countries including the US, Brazil and Hungary
Pakistan has approved ten agro and non-agro products for Geographical Indication (GI) tag in an effort to claim them as its brands in the international market
Seventy percent of cement factories in Nepal are operating on just 40 percent of its total production capacity, and the rest have closed their operations at all, reported The Kathmandu Post
Delectable mangoes from Bangladesh's Satkhira district will soon tickle the taste buds of people in three European countries – Italy, France UK
US drug major Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine is facing hurdles in entering the Indian market over demand for legal protection from any adverse effects that may follow after the use of its jabs, Indian media reports said
In a massive incidence of cyber attack, the data processor of Air India's passenger service system containing personal information of around 4.5 million customers have been leaked
Pakistani internet sensation Arshad Khan alias ‘Chaiwala’ (tea-seller) has announced he would open ten outlets of Café Chaiwala as part of a master franchise agreement with United Kingdom business investors
Ozonetel, a leading provider of on-demand cloud communication/telephony solutions catering to1000 enterprise clients across India, the US, and UAE, has integrated with Google to launch the US technology giant’s business message on its Cloud Agent platform
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in a fresh notice, has asked WhatsApp to remove its updated privacy policy, asserting that it undermines the values of informational privacy and data security
India's grim coronavirus situation and Myanmar's deepening political crisis following the military takeover have prompted international retailers and brands to divert work orders to Bangladesh, The Daily Star reported
NGOs also play a crucial role in empowering India's 60 million tribal population and helping them become self-sufficient
