Why the 2019 election is pivotal for India

The 2019 election gives the Indian public the same choice: Between growth and oligarchs (or, in our case, dynasts and crony capitalists).If we chose wisely, well and good.If not, well, we have the......

12 risks that could cause THE END of the world

Researchers at the Global Challenges Foundation in Stockholm have released a thorough scientific assessment of what threatens human civilisation, or even possibly, all human life. The assessment is......

As order books grow, capital goods, engg companies firm up capex plans

As order books gain from India’s increased capital outlay, some large capital goods and engineering companies are together spending over Rs 11,500 crore in creating new facilities, data......

After 17 years of toil, India is finally ready for tryst with semiconductors

The exclusive club that dominates the global semiconductor fab scenario is about to get a new member. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Taiwan, South Korea, and China control nearly 70 per cent......

India's ambitious chip dream all set to be real

Two full-fledged semiconductor fabrication plants are going to come up in India very soon entailing multi-billion dollar investment besides several chip assembly and packaging units, Minister of......

'Public AI infrastructure we create would help startups'

'Similar to the case of the digital payment system where the government created a public platform and others joined in, we are exploring a similar structure to create a PPP platform where the......