Next is, an Indian Alexa for farmersAcceleration in digital adoption due to Covid is now spurring policymakers to not just strengthen the physical infrastructure that supports...
28 Oct, 2020, 05.57 AM IST
Youtube, Facebook and Netflix drive rural India's internet usageBabu Reddy, a village-level entrepreneur who runs a digital kiosk or Common Service Centre, is however providing high-speed Fibre-to-Home c...
01 Jun, 2020, 08.06 PM IST
MeitY asks home ministry to let rural service kiosks functionThe usage of data accessed through WiFi and fibre connections through the centres has also doubled from 2.7 terabytes earlier to 4.9 teraby...
15 Apr, 2020, 06.37 AM IST
2.9 lakh CSCs to become banking and IRCTC agents: Ravi Shankar PrasadPiyush Goyal, Minister of finance, railways & coal, announced that 2.90 lakh CSCs will be able to work as Business Correspondents (BCs).
11 Jun, 2018, 06.43 PM IST
7,000 railway stations could become digital hotspotsThese proposed centres will provide digital services including digital banking, Aadhaar generation, issuing government certificates and fil...
21 Apr, 2017, 11.55 PM IST
Glocal healthcare & CSC eGov join hands to take Telemedicine to rural India in a big wayThe CSCs are broadband enabled e-service kiosks in rural areas set up under the national e-governance plan and run by village entrepreneurs.
28 Jan, 2017, 04.50 PM IST
ET Startup Awards 2015: Best social enterprise award goes to Forus HealthGlobally, about 40 million people are blind. But in most cases, blindness can be prevented if there is intervention in the early stages, sa...
14 Aug, 2015, 05.46 AM IST
NDMC to configure e-hospital portal for its health care unitsNIC suggested to upload the proposed e-hospital software for NDMC on its cloud services, which will happen first time in India.
05 Aug, 2015, 03.46 PM IST
Bengaluru hospitals, Xerox Corp working on camera for health check-upEarlier this month, Xerox invested in a startup called HealthSpot, which builds telemedicine kiosks that can be placed in stores, companies...
27 Nov, 2014, 03.58 AM IST
Xerox working with Bengaluru Hospitals to facilitate easy health monitoringXerox has installed cameras at Manipal Hospital's neonatal units and is working with physicians there to measure babies' vital signs.
26 Nov, 2014, 01.07 PM IST
Kudumbahsree to set up wellness centersPeople availing the services at the centres can get training for yoga and work-out in the health clubs under expert trainers at an affordab...
12 Sep, 2014, 12.46 PM IST
SP Hinduja's proposal to tackle challenges generates interestProposal has been conceptualised by Hinduja Group Chairman S P Hinduja for public-private partnership for tackling global problems.
12 Apr, 2014, 03.26 PM IST
Max Healthcare, HealthPoint to partner in rural healthcare servicesInitially, the partnership will focus in areas around Bhatinda, where Max Healthcare has a super speciality hospital.
12 Mar, 2013, 03.56 PM IST
UID marks beginning of Rs 40,000-cr e-gov plansThe Unique Identification Authority of India (UID), to be headed by Infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani, is the first in a series of such tra...
29 Jun, 2009, 08.23 AM IST
- IT cos eye govt's Rs 40k-cr tech spend
The UIDAI to be headed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is the first in a series of such transformation projects being evaluated by In...
29 Jun, 2009, 04.59 AM IST
- Mindtree wants to tap healthcare
Mindtree plans to address the lucrative healthcare market for technology solutions with its newly-developed telemedicine boxes, as the comp...
01 Jun, 2009, 05.48 AM IST
- Tulip IT provides Kerala last mile wireless connectivity
The infotech firm has helped over a million e-literates bloom in Kerala’s Malappuram district by providing last mile wireless connectivity ...
28 Jan, 2008, 12.24 AM IST