SC to pass interim order as Centre refuses to file affidavit on Pegasus

The Centre has refused to file an affidavit on Pegasus citing national security, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it only wants to know whether or not the Pegasus spyware was used through illegal methods to allegedly snoop on citizens.    The Supreme Court has observed that it has received several pleas seeking an independent probe and concerns have been raised by journalists and others over violation of privacy. The top court has decided to pass an interim order, reiterating it was not interested in knowing issues related to…

Customer experience is top focus for CIOs

New research revealed that CIOs sit at the center of virtually every major business initiative in today’s digital-first economy, with businesses tapping CIOs to digitally transform their organizations and help shape their return-to-work plans. It found that 98% of Indian CIOs (compared to 92% in U.S., 83% in EMEA and 94% in APAC) reported an increase in their responsibilities.   While customer experience is a top focus for CIOs, the new “work from anywhere” environment has evolved CIO’s priorities to be first and foremost, employees and then customers. Today CIOs are…

To better serve the market, it’s important to understand it

It is true that, the entrepreneurs in the start-up eco-system survive, only when their product and solution are unique and have to complement the existing business, else the failure rate becomes 90% when the start tries to completely disrupt the ongoing business eco-system. There are also few cases, where the success rate is 1% ,the start-up tries to bring unique differentiation, by catching the needs of the consumer and meeting the immediate demand or lucrative offerings. During the beginning stages of a startup, finding your seed funding is more than half the work.   Your…

8,001 Janaushadhi Kendras opened as on covering all the districts of the country

Government enhances the incentive granted to storeowners from existing Rs. 2.50 lakh to up to Rs. 5.00 lakh Under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyajana (PMBJP), the Government has opened 8,001 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) as on 02.08.2021 covering all the districts of the country and aim to open about 10,500 Janaushadhi Kendras by March, 2025.  The State Governments/UT Administrations have been requested from time to time to facilitate opening of Janaushadhi Kendras in the premises of Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs)/Community Health Centers (CHCs)/Hospitals, including super specialty hospitals, by providing rent-free space within their…

Technology trends to impact the Security sector in 2021

Technological advancement continues, however we have seen in recent years, rather than heralding the emergence of completely new technologies, the trends we see for 2021 are shaped by how and why technologies are used, and the associated implications. While the COVID-19 pandemic had taken hold in many countries before the end of 2019, few would have predicted the enormous impact it would have across the world throughout 2020. Within a short space of time, our way of life, working practices and business operations were upended. Travel restrictions, social distancing rules,…

Indian Tech Industry To Form Policy On The Right Usage of IoT

Internet becomes more pervasive, at the same time IoT devices are being put to use by almost all sectors. The Indian telecom industry is heavily dependent on the adoption of IoT to monetise 4G, and push forward 5G trials; the automotive sector is relying on IoT for connected vehicles. The oil & gas market, nuclear, manufacturing and chemical industries are keen to leverage IoT to manage supply chains, improve efficiency and reduce costs. However, a key challenge is on how to secure the internet of things. And, in this regard,…

5G will soon be taken seriously by consumers

A question that comes to many minds is how 5G would be different from 4G and in what ways it would improve our lives? In a country like India we need 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G since everyone does not want to shift to the smartphone. 5G is the next-generation wireless technology to take-up the speed as it is aimed to deliver up to roughly 10Gbps on a handheld device. The new technology is predicted to be capable of supporting up to a million devices per square kilometer. The present 4G…

H K Behera, President, OCF

The past decade gave all of us an exceptional experience and opportunities in both professional and the personal front. It was a great period of learning, unlearning, skilling, success, failures and excitement and gave an opportunity to utilise our brain and soul actively like never before. The past decade also saw an influence in our professional and personal life by smart phones, business aggregation, industry 4.0, AI, 3D printing, e- mobility etc became common words during professional discussions. We also have learnt how to survive in the most hostile period…

Robotic surgery facility in Safdarjung Hospital dedicated to the Nation

The robotic surgery facility in the Safdarjung Hospital (SJH) New Delhi was dedicated to the nation by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan, here today. Safdarjang Hospital is one of the biggest tertiary care referral centre of India, under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare catering to all poor patients of uro-oncological cancers like prostate, kidney, bladder cancers and kidney failures, from different parts of country. It is also the first Central Government hospital in India to start this latest Robot Surgery facility for all…

Build brand India for services sector: Piyush Goyal

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, Piyush Goyal, said that brand India will be developed in order to promote the 12 champion services sectors. He further said that the Commerce and Industry Ministry will support different sectors in the services industry in partnership with States and formulate policies that will enable these champion sectors to grow and expand and contribute in a much more significant way to the Indian economy. The services sector will contribute USD 3 trillion out of the USD 5 trillion economy that India is…