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More and more Indians can come online if internet content is offered in local languages . In a report titled Internet in Indic, 205 million of 892 million non internet users in India have expressed their interest in getting on to the internet, if it is offered in their language.  Source: The Times of India dated 24/03/2018 Source Link: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/how-regional-languages-can-boost-internet-adoption-in-india/articleshow/63432773.cms

Fourth Industrial Revolution: Is India prepared? It’s being called I4.0, short for Industry 4.0, or the fourth Industrial Revolution, and it is transforming factories and production fl oors across the world. Although India lags its global peers in I4.0 adoption, the country is taking baby steps to improve productivity through tech and enable the manufacturing sector to achieve the target set by the government of contributing 25% of GDP by 2022… For more details, visit: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fourth-industrial-revolution-is-india-prepared/articleshow/63439642.cms

India lags in investment in research compared to other industrialised nations, corporate sector must do more: Pranab Mukherjee University administrators must keep in mind that quality is of primary importance in the education sector, former President Pranab Mukherjee said. The former president Pranab Mukherjee was speaking on the sidelines of the launch of the Indian chapter of UK-based nation-wide higher education rating system – QS I-GAUGE. University administrators must keep in mind that quality is of primary importance in the education sector, former President Pranab Mukherjee said, highlighting the issue of brain drain of innovative and creative minds from the country and the need for training and educating the youth of the nation. He further said that the corporate sector should take up the responsibility of nurturing these minds by investing in research. The former president was speaking on the sidelines of the launch of the Indian chapter of UK-based nation-wi...