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India's growing population, coupled with higher disposable incomes and consumption, has already begun to devastate our carefully constructed cocoons without our realising it. Competitive manufacturing (leveraging economies of scale, procurement, bra...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has denied reports of planning to charge consumers for multiple SIMs. Trai clarified that there are no proposals for fees on numbering resources, emphasising efficient allocation. Trai's discussion paper aim...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has suggested charging for telephone numbers due to their finite nature. Despite the potential to increase capacity by adding digits, the growing use of numbers for machine communication poses a chall...

Telecom regulator Trai is seeking stakeholders' views on the introduction of charges for existing and newly allocated numbering resources to ensure their judicious and efficient use. Trai's recent consultation paper, 'Revision of National Numbering ...

TRAI is considering implementing charges on smartphone and landline numbers, following a proposal to regulate numbering resources. TRAI views phone numbers as valuable public resources and suggests charging mobile operators, who may then pass on the...

AI systems such as ChatGPT may soon face a scarcity of online data that fuels their intelligence growth. A study by Epoch AI predicted a depletion in the publicly available training data within the next decade, likening it to a "literal gold rush" a...

Last month, World Athletics (WA) made an announcement to reward every Paris Olympics Gold medallist with a cash award of $50,000. While many athletes, including Neeraj Chopra, welcomed the move, it has now sparked a global debate, with the Internati...

Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist of the IMF and Maurits C. Boas Chair of International Economics at Harvard University, discusses the record rise in military expenditure worldwide. He argues that military spending is not good for growth or con...

The rise of recycled mobile numbers poses challenges for new users, leading to unwanted calls and difficulties in linking numbers to bank accounts. Telecom firms release over 10 million recycled numbers monthly due to limited resources. Lack of coor...

While frameworks for carrying capacity are not the touchstone for determining efficient resource allocation, they can be useful in rationalising and improving decision-making for sustainable growth of cities; only if they are adaptable to account fo...

TCS is adopting enterprise-wide Agile, a new delivery model that is focussed on delivering outsourcing projects in increments within short durations.

Kumar, who retired as ISRO Chairman earlier this month, agrees with the kind of huge impact that space programmes would make, but made no secret that resources are a key constraint.

The focus on climate change and sustainable development led to a re-engagement on the question of ensuring economic growth with the least impact on the environment.

Comparing the Indian economy to a super highway, noted economist Thomas Friedman has said he is optimistic about the growth potential of the country.

If deficit spending, low interest rates and unlimited cash were economic cures, then Japan’s economic problems would have been solved many years ago.

In just over a week, world leaders will gather in Brazil for the Rio +20 Summit to decide what kind of future we want.

Rousseff, president of host nation Brazil, called on "all countries of the world to commit" to reaching an accord that addresses the most pressing environmental and social woes.

Mr Patnaik claimed that the huge profit was evident from the audited operational profits of 80% of sales revenue from iron ore mining.

After merging RNRL with itself, Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Power is likely to apply to the government for allocation of natural gas, reasoning that it being an end-user meets the eligibility criteria for allotment.