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Make in India Week set to rival Hannover Messe The week-long exposition of India’s potential as a manufacturing powerhouse will be one of the largest events of its kind in the country with participation from government and industry leaders from home and abroad ablock within the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), an otherwise serene office district in Mumbai, is abuzz with activity. ... Read More »

Ageing – the bigger picture The winners have been announced in an international photo contest from online photography community Photocrowd.com in partnership with the British Society of Gerontology on the theme of ageing. This picture of Agnes from the series Eyes as Big as Plates is a collaboration between Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen and was selected in first place ... Read More »

GST, competitive logistics, e-mandis and food processing parks may integrate to sell daal at Rs 20/kg and mangoes at Rs 10/kg The population of India has more than doubled from 684 million in 1981 to 1.25 billion in 2011 in just 30 years. This is a frightening pace of growth. Compare this with other parts of the world. Look at ... Read More »

Wi-fi fitted in train station to help India get online India, which has the busiest rail network in the world, will this year become the second largest market for smartphones. Now for the first time, a train station in Mumbai has been fitted out with wi-fi to let passengers get online. The BBC went along to see what they made ... Read More »

The internet – not an equaliser Here’s the story about the global impact of the internet. In the last 20 years, the digital revolution and its leapfrog technologies have allowed developing countries to close the gap with richer nations, and have brought huge advances in health, education and transparent government. Well, not quite, according to the World Bank. Its annual ... Read More »

The Internet Was a Good Idea (In Case You Were Wondering) Much like the humans who invented it, the Internet is both wonderful and terrible. It creates and destroys, empowers and represses, edifies and stultifies — often at the same time. A new report from the World Bank finds a few more things to worry about: The Internet disproportionately benefits ... Read More »

India 2nd largest fruit producer in world he green revolution of the 1960s and 1970s ended chronic food deficits and while cereals still command the attention of policy makers, fruit production has surged impressively, making India the second largest global producer behind China. Annual growth in horticulture has seen fruit production grow faster than vegetables though the latter constitute the ... Read More »

India Could Edge Out China From Top Growth Spot in 2016 Asia’s third-largest economy steals the limelight from a slowing China, according to economists.Could this be India’s year to shine?  With China’s growth targets in doubt, India will stand out for being the only economy in the world to expand more than 7 percent, according to surveys of Bloomberg economists. China, on the other hand, ... Read More »

Food for the dump India is the world’s second-largest producer of fruit and vegetables. But 40% of the foodstuffs grown or produced in India land directly in the trash. Read More…   Food for the dump Read More »

Why Funds Managers Love Indian Bonds Rupee sovereign bonds, Asia’s best performers for two years in a row, are still the top pick for some global funds. Plunging oil prices, a stable currency and limited exposure to China are keeping investors bullish, with Pacific Investment Management Co. calling Indian notes the “preferred” local-currency securities in the region. The yield on ... Read More »