By François Bonnici, Head-Social Innovation, World Economic Forum Social entrepreneurs solve market and government failures by serving excluded and vulnerable populations, which are most at risk to impacts of COVID-19.Decades of work in the impact sector are at stake during the economic crisis.A new alliance of 40 organizations aims to coordinate response to support social […]
McKinsey Global Report Asia’s initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was partly enabled by technological foundations developed long before the crisis. Over the past decade, the region has developed and deepened its technological capabilities and infrastructure rapidly, accounting for a large share of global growth in technology company revenue start-up funding, spending on […]
ICTpost Energy Bureau Today, people under 25 make up 43 percent of the world’s population in some countries, that number is as high as 70 percent. This amounts to nearly 4 billion young people living on the brink of the greatest technological advances and human progress while also surrounded by intractable public health epidemics, record […]
ICTpost Energy Bureau India has targeted doubling its renewable energy capacity to 55,000 MW, from nearly 27,000. Renewables contribute about 12.5 percent of India’s energy, the report by the New and Renewable Energy Ministry shows. As coal and gas shortages and populist tariff regimes hobble the performance of thermal power stations, renewable energy players want […]
Dr. Dinesh K. Tyagi, CEO-CSC SPV CSC e-Governance Services India Limited is the foremost institution in India to offer animal telemedicine facility (e-Pashu Chikitsa) through its last mile CSC network across the country. CSCs are now extending a helping hand to farmers and animal readers by providing tele-veterinary facility close to their place of residence. […]
ICTpost Energy Bureau The Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting new places?such as manufacturing floors, energy grids, healthcare facilities, and transportation systems?to the Internet. When an object can represent itself digitally, it can be controlled from anywhere. This connectivity means more data, gathered from more places, with more ways to increase efficiency and improve safety […]
ICTpost Energy Bureau Internet communications, inexpensive sensors, and data analytics are enabling a high-tech, holistic approach to energy efficiency. In the past it was, “How do I design an efficient light?” Now it’s, “How do I design a whole network of efficient lights that talk to one another via Web communications, adjust output automatically, and […]
Mumbai: November 1, 2015? In response to growing demands from customers, partners and consumers, many organizations are moving beyond corporate social responsibility as a philanthropic activity, according to Gartner, Inc. They are integrating green- and sustainability-related initiatives into their core business operations. ?Green IT is moving beyond the environmental characteristics of IT equipment, allowing organizations […]
ICTpost News Network New Delhi: June 19, 2015 The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, gave its approval for stepping up of India?s solar power capacity target under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) by five times, reaching 1,00,000 MW by 2022. The target will principally comprise of 40 GW Rooftop […]
