Agricultural extension strategy has been changing every 10 years, depending on time and local needs and in this situation,e-velanmai(e-agriculture) can help capture spot problems of farmers in mobile and tablets and sent to experts for solutions, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor, Dr K Ramasamy said here today. This was considering the contemporary condition assuming that…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ‘Digital India’ week on Wednesday in the presence of senior ministerial colleagues and top industry honchos, a move that aims to give a ‘digital push’ to governance and jobs. Right from his first day in office, the Prime Minister has always exhibited interest in a digitizing campaign for India,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged more companies to make electronic and digital goods on Wednesday, reviving his campaign promise to bridge India’s digital divide backed by over $70 billion in investment pledges. Launching a “Digital India Week” aimed at popularising the government’s push to connect 250,000 villages by 2019, Modi spoke of the need to…
Indian businessmen scrambled to showcase many of their existing investment plans and allocations as a response to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s Digital India initiative, which was launched on Wednesday. By the end of the day, they had announced planned investments of Rs.4.5 trillion, and hires of 1.8 million people, over the next 5-10 years. The numbers…
Top corporates on Wednesday pledged investments of Rs. 4.5 lakh crore for initiatives to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project ‘Digital India’, while also promising to create about 18 lakh jobs in the country. “Investments of about Rs. 4.5 lakh crore have been committed for Digital India by industrialists here and employment for approximately…
Ever wished there was an app that could tell you the likelihood of a waitlisted train ticket getting confirmed? It’s often the most challenging part of booking an IRCTC ticket, where a bad call can ruin travel plans. Thankfully, there’s an app for that. Trainman, a year-old service, now has apps on all major smartphone…
Manipur Students Federation (MSF), Pangal Students organisation (PSO), All Manipur Art and Culture Students Union (AMACSU) and Manipur Nat Kanba Lup (MNKL) jointly organized a one Day Moral Education Awareness Programme on Wednesday at Human Resource Development School, Ghari. The programme was attended by Kh Serajjudin, President MSF, MA Wakil Alsari President PSO, Th Udoi…
The Indian government will be launching its ambitious project ‘Digital India’ on the first day of July. Around 400 eminent entrepreneurs will be attending the launch. Chairman of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani is also invited for the event. Other corporates that may attend the launch are CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, Chairman of Tata Group,…
The Government’s ambitious “Digital India” plan aims to digitally connect all of India’s villages and gram panchayats by broadband internet, promote e-governance and transform India into a connected knowledge economy. By the year 2019, the ‘Digital India’ program of the Government of India (GOI), envisages that 250,000 Indian villages will enjoy broadband connectivity, and universal…
Education in India is getting a whole new dimension with the advent of some revolutionary online educational startups. Narendra Modi’s campaign ‘Skill Up’ is luring more organizations to invest in the online education startup space. India’s online education arena is close to $3 billion today, making it the next big thing in India. Analysts envisage…