Dead on the information highway
Why farmers today need to take up precision farming
The century’s most valuable innovation in farm management is based on using Information and Communications Technologies
A friend in need
Kenya’s GDP contracted 0.3% in 2020, courtesy COVID-19: Economic Survey
The Government of Kenya has recognised the information, communications and technology sector as a key contributor to the country’s GDP
Quantum computers: how they work
Scientists are achieving major breakthroughs in the construction of computers that will function in a totally new way
Developing economies risk exclusion as ‘age of AI’ dawns
Artificial intelligence is set to be a multi-trillion dollar industry by 2030, but developing economies risk falling behind unless changes are …
How IT Threatens Democracy
Social media could be just the start of a slippery slope leading to an Orwellian world controlled by Big Data Brother
Africa must diversify its exports to survive further economic shocks: Report
African countries can overcome commodity dependence by investing in high knowledge-intensive services and improving competitiveness in the …
How to resolve Karnataka water crisis
At the peak of Karnataka’s water crisis, the state’s deputy chief minister, G Parameshwara, made a desperate suggestion. He said the …
Brace for the next big revolution
Big data and algorithms are set to take over the world
A technology-driven circular business model is essential to reach climate change goals
Adopting a “product-as-a-service” business model is one of the most impactful changes we can make today
New book presents untold stories of societal impact of science & technology in independent India
Indian National Science Academy, an apex body of Indian scientists, has come out with a book that shares unknown developments which made …
How IT, communication can boost sustainable farming in India
Use of messaging services, web-based applications, capacity building and encouragement of public-private partnership can enable farmers to get …
Billions have been sunk into virtual reality. To make it worth it, the industry needs to grow beyond its walled gardens
VR needs to increase its interoperability — the ability for programs and applications to be able to integrate and for software to run …
The imperatives of governing world’s forests
For the past eight years, leaders of public forest agencies from the world’s most forested countries have been taking part in a series of …
WTO Ministerial Conference: India objects to agriculture draft text
India believes that some members are pushing for an accelerated phasing out of agriculture export subsidy
World Cities Day: How humans and robots can co-exist in cities
Robots are taking on more tasks in the world’s cities but create more challenges for policymakers
COVID-19 impact: It’s time to reimagine work culture and transform cities
The pandemic has taught us to rethink lifestyles and question our need to travel to work every day
Google, Facebook officials exempted from personal appearance in trial court
High court defers hearing till May in view of similar ongoing cases in Supreme Court
Battle for the Internet
As the Internet becomes the public square and the marketplace of our world, it is increasingly becoming a contested terrain. Its potential for …
Enforcing e-waste rules a challenge
Loopholes in the rules make it difficult to regulate informal sector dealing in e-waste and bulk consumers of electronic goods
US piles on the pressure
Patent law, domestic content rules in solar and ICT policy come under attack
Don’t take any ad hoc decision on cell phone towers, IIT profs request Centre
They say radiation from these towers too low to be harmful; health activists accuse them of conflict of interest
The digital is political
Technologies are not just agents of politics, there is politics in their design
Concrete without sand?
The world is sitting over a landfill of possible substitutes for sand