From nutritious food, health insurance premiums to clean air & potable water, here are five essential things turning dearerIndia's inflation is affecting essentials like nutritious food, health insurance premiums, waste management fees, clean air and water, and ...
08 Mar, 2025, 11.19 PM IST
Rich in cash, Japan automaker Toyota builds city to test futuristic mobilityJapanese automaker Toyota has completed the first phase of its USD 10 billion Woven City near Mount Fuji, aimed at testing robotics, artifi...
22 Feb, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
A sea change: How AlphaMERS is redefining small business innovation in IndiaDC Sekhar, MD of AlphaMERS, is a serial innovator with a zest for simple, home-grown solutions. The recipient of the 2023 ET MSME Awards di...
19 Feb, 2025, 04.27 PM IST
Centre earns Rs 776 crore from scrap disposal in three years, says Union Minister Jitendra SinghThe Indian government has earned INR 776 crore ($105 million) from disposing of scrap in three cleanliness campaigns conducted by governmen...
25 Oct, 2023, 06.23 PM IST
Meghalaya uses AI-enabled tech to clean up tourist hotspot Umiam lakeMeghalaya has adopted Artificial Intelligence enabled robotic technology to keep it's beautiful tourist hotspot Umiam lake clean, as the la...
03 Sep, 2023, 09.30 AM IST
IIT-Kanpur reviews 'startup gateway for garbage-free cities'The program aims to provide support to startups working at the intersection of technology and social innovation. This support will help the...
14 Apr, 2023, 05.00 PM IST
A better work environment for sanitation workers requires mechanisation, better gear and bigger private playThe virus will eventually be tamed. The fear of Covid-19 is already on the wane. The question is, will the newly acquired dignity that the ...
04 Oct, 2020, 08.11 AM IST
Coming soon to India, robots that sanitise hospitals, deliver food and help fight Covid-19The robots deliver medicine to patients and measure their temperature.
31 Mar, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
Robots help combat COVID-19 in world, and maybe soon in India tooThe World Health Organisation has advised physical distancing for people around the world to prevent community level transmission of COVID-...
30 Mar, 2020, 05.20 PM IST
The world's 2-billion-ton trash problem just got more alarmingThe dumping of rich countries’ unwanted waste has fuelled a media storm the world over.
12 Jul, 2019, 10.42 AM IST
Revealed: How AWS is democratizing machine learningMachine Learning is one of the many components that will make enterprises future ready. It helps create seamless experiences for the end co...
15 May, 2018, 09.07 AM IST
Congress celebrates 'Jumla Day', makes video to mock Modi governmentThe Congress used the April Fool's Day to mock the Narendra Modi government over its alleged failures in creating jobs and rein in corrupti...
01 Apr, 2018, 07.52 PM IST
Kerala to use robots to clean sewers, end manual-scavenging'Bandicoot', the robot developed by the startup firm Genrobotics, will be used for cleaning sewer holes.
11 Jan, 2018, 07.51 PM IST
Cyborg server & cooking food: Next airline innovations revealedThe fight for a new generation of travelers is intensifying as a dearth of upcoming new jetliner models forces airlines to get creative.
04 Apr, 2017, 02.38 PM IST
Tinkering goes high techMaker spaces or hacker spaces are a haven for do-it-yourself enthusiasts. They're collaborative work spaces open to anyone from kids to ent...
23 Oct, 2016, 11.20 AM IST
Intelligent garbage collection and disposal ideas, but all may not be viableNalini Shekar, founder of Hasirudala, believes there is a need for better solutions only in the tackling of sanitary waste, construction de...
29 Jun, 2016, 10.11 AM IST
With US no longer the land of opportunity , EU attempts to save euro, developing world decoupling-there’s vacuum at the topIf the euro was to survive in the long run, there would have to be a fiscal and banking union, which would require more political unificati...
18 Feb, 2013, 07.49 AM IST