Indian Market Dynamics are Impacting Digital Business Implementation

Indian Market Dynamics are Impacting Digital Business Implementation

By Gartner New Delhi: Feb 10, 2016 Widespread failures in realizing return on investment (ROI) in digital technologies for customer experience could create a sense of distrust among buyers and decision makers in India about the potential for digital business, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner predicts that by 2017, 80 percent of consumer-facing companies will […]

From Classrooms to Thinkrooms

Ganesh Subramanian, Director EZ Vidya Private Ltd Traditional classrooms in schools need to be transformed into ?Thinkrooms? with the student profile changing rapidly and the digital natives well-versed in using the gadgets with ease. Such an effort would help in building a ?Meta Thinking? student community for a strong and vibrant India of the future. […]

Digital revolution in India opportunity for US firms

PTI ?Boston (US) ? ? Last Updated: February 7, 2016 ? Asserting that India is sitting on the cusp of a digital revolution, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has exhorted senior executives of leading American IT firms to take advantage of the ‘Digital India’ initiative and tap the growth opportunities in the country. “India is […]

Can X-rays and CT scans cause cancer?

Can X-rays and CT scans cause cancer?

New York, Feb 4: The widespread belief that radiations from X-rays and CT scans can cause cancer has flaws and is based on an unproven theoretical model, suggests a study. To estimate cancer risk from low-dose radiation, scientists used a model known as linear no-threshold (LNT) in the study published in American Journal of Clinical […]

Multimedia in our classrooms: Engage and Empower

New Delhi: Feb 4, 2016 There are close to 15 lakhs government schools and 1 lakh private schools in India. Out of this, only 7-10% of the private schools have tapped the potential of multimedia classroom teaching whereas in government schools, it has barely made any inroads. Private schools account for just seven per cent […]

?Li-Fi ? The trending buzzword

By Madhukar Swayambhu Introduce for the first time in MWC, Barcelona 0 2014, ?Li-Fi? is the latest buzz word in the wireless technology for computer networking and?communication. And people do get amused with the terminology ?Li-Fi?. Prof. Harald Haas (chairperson of society of mobile communications, UoE) of University Of Edinburg, UK is considered inventor of […]

Set up counselling system for students: UGC to universities

Jan 29, 2016: New DELHI: UGC has written to all universities to put in place a “student counselling system” for redressal of problems and challenges faced by students in the backdrop of massive outrage over the suicide by a dalit research scholar in Hyderabad University. This system should be interactive and target-oriented, involving students, teachers […]

Government announces first batch of 20 smart cities

Government announces first batch of 20 smart cities

New Delhi: Jan 29, 2016 The Government announced the 20 winners of the Smart City Challenge competition for financing during this financial year. Announcing the cities here today, Minister of Urban Development ?M.Venkaiah Naidu said that the winners were from 11 States and the Union Territory of Delhi and the selection was totally objective and […]