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India is shaping the global clean energy narrative: Praveen Kakulte, CEO of POWERCONWith India witnessing a surge in renewable power, players like POWERCON Ventures India are leveraging this growth by adopting emerging tech...
28 Oct, 2025, 10.58 AM IST
Govt to unveil website for better after-sales service to ensure quality productsFor instance, when a multinational carmaker launches a model in India, it will have to declare for how long it will provide after-sales sup...
21 Dec, 2022, 07.06 PM IST
Customers can now freely repair or alter products; All you need to know about ‘Right to Repair’The ‘Right to Repair’ framework announced today is intended to empower consumers in the local market by harmonising trade between the origi...
14 Jul, 2022, 01.09 PM IST
Are handymen a fast-diminishing cadre in India? Need to reinstate the toolkitUnaddressed for long, the people’s right to repair needs to be hammered home.
19 Mar, 2021, 08.13 AM IST
View: There are reasons why India should fear the new digital monopolists snuffing out enterpriseThe prosecution went on to show a prejudice for proof of immediate economic detriment at the expense of equally deleterious, longterm socia...
26 Oct, 2020, 11.27 PM IST
Ebook sales continue to fall as youngsters drive appetite for paperbacksAn outbreak of 'screen fatigue' is said to be driving sales of paper editions up, and pulling the plug on e-books.
02 May, 2017, 08.47 AM IST
Obsolescence of commonplace things kindles nostalgia for the pastNo one wants to return to the bad old days of cross bar telephone exchanges, but that has not diminished the appeal of ‘kring-kring’ ringto...
27 Aug, 2014, 05.51 AM IST
How Narendra Modi government can boost technology manufacturing to provide jobs to millionsThe BJP believes it's not lack of talent or ability that’s holding India back, but it’s the approach to manufacturing that leaves a lot to ...
25 May, 2014, 11.32 AM IST
- Internet base in India crosses 100 million mark: What does it mean for businesses that can ride on this?
When an industry body announced in Nov crossing of that milestone, it was seen as a representation of the buzz being felt in the Indian Int...
15 Dec, 2011, 05.23 AM IST
- It doesn’t pay to be invincible
The very invincibility of the doughty refrigerator that has run non-stop for 63 years in a British village is a cautionary tale.
11 Nov, 2010, 04.15 AM IST
- Waking up to e-waste
IT players are plugging onto the green socket with new programmes to dispose of e-waste.
17 Nov, 2008, 01.03 PM IST
- Electronics makers go green, finally
A recent report by the US government estimated that the server farms that power the Internet in the US consume more than $3.3 billion in en...
09 Jan, 2008, 02.48 AM IST
- Electronic garbage mounts in India as consumers snap up goods
India is piling up mountains of electronic rubbish as consumers snap up the latest gizmos and firms upgrade computer systems, raising fears...
15 Dec, 2007, 10.00 AM IST
- War of the tech twins
History shows that when two rival innovations compete, only one survives (and sometimes it’s not the best one).
28 Nov, 2006, 12.30 AM IST