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In 2000, 4 WPI students built a $400-per-intersection system to help blind pedestrians find crosswalk buttons. 26 years later, locator tones are standard features of accessible pedestrian signals across U.S. citiesIn 2000, Worcester Polytechnic Institute students developed the “Crosswalk Button Locator,” a low-cost system designed to help blind and vi...
RBI's rate-setting panel starts deliberations, policy announcement on FridayThe RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) began its three-day meeting on Wednesday, with most economists expecting the central bank to keep...
School assembly news headlines for December 18: Top national, international & sports updatesNews headlines December 18: Indian Railways achieved over 99% Broad Gauge electrification, while the Rajya Sabha discussed the Sabka Bima R...
School assembly news headlines for December 16: Top national, international & sports updatesParliamentary discussions on education and elections took place. Prime Minister Modi began a three-nation tour. India's solar capacity saw ...
India's return to normalcy has a price and households are paying itHeadline inflation has remained elevated over the last year. It touched an eight-year high of 7.8% in April 2022 before easing but is still...
SGX Nifty rises 110 points; here's what changed for market while you were sleepingNifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 110.50 points, or 1.04 per cent higher at 10,723, in signs that Dalal Street was headed for ...
Wrong to say DeMo, GST & bank mergers not working; but there are teething troubles: FMProblems do come up as all of us are getting into a formal system, into a technology driven system. I can understand the difficulties but I...
Market Movers: What changed for D-Street while you were sleepingNifty halted a three-day winning streak on Monday and ended up forming a ‘Dark Cloud Cover’ on the daily chart.
Want to study abroad? Here's a list of 20 most popular college programsThe Princeton Review recently released its 2016 college rankings, which included a ranking of the 20 most popular study abroad programs in ...
Vote on Account 2014: Indian economy will have to handle Fed tapering & ratings reviewIndian economy will have to manage the challenges of Fed tapering, rating review and revival of investment and growth in the months to come.
Rate-cut chances brighten after RBI Governor Subbarao praises 'responsible budget'Subbarao on Wednesday sent the strongest ever signal that he would walk with Finance Minister P Chidambaram to revive economic growth.
RBI hints at holding rates, says inflation top priority"Controlling inflation is the top most priority of the central bank," Chakrabarty said on a day when the Wholesale Price Index data for Aug...
- GDP: Professionals who measure India under impossible odds
Behind GDP and 115 other crucial data sets published every year is a small, underpaid, overworked band of government number crunchers.
Budget 2011-2012: Speech of Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of FinanceOur growth in 2010-11 has been swift and broad-based. The economy is back to its pre-crisis growth trajectory.
- Inflation row heats up across India
locals and activists from regional factions staged agitations in several parts of the country to protest the perceived inability of the cen...
Cautious on outlook for Indian equity markets: Zhijian Wu, Woodsford CapitalZhijian Wu, CEO of Singapore-based Woodsford Capital, believes that the high inflation figures will continue to hurt the Indian markets & f...
- High growth needs reforms dose, Agriculture to ride on cash crops
Following are the excerpts from the Economic Survey 2007-08 on tabled in Parliament on Thursday.
- Retail FDI on course, won't run over mom & pops
Organised retail doesn't drive out small stores, they reorganise themselves and thrive, says Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
- Galloping food prices source of worry for Govt: Chidambaram
The ruling UPA coalition has been trying to curb prices after headline inflation touched 6.69 per cent in January.
- High food prices source of worry: FM
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said rising prices of primary food articles was worrying him, although the headline inflation based on w...