by Jaganathan Chelliah The right to healthcare means all people, irrespective of where they live or their financial background, should have access to healthcare wherever they need it. However, for a country like ours with over a 1.4 billion people, where almost 65% of the total population is located in rural areas, it is an … Read more
TalentSprint, that offers transformational deep-tech learning programmes for new-age professionals, has announced DeepTech Scholarships to address the need for upskilling in today’s workforce. By offering 500 scholarships worth ₹3 crore across 19 domains, TalentSprint aims to empower professionals to encourage diversity, promote talent and offer opportunities for everyone. Women applicants wanting to restart reboot their … Read more
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel and Apollo Hospitals announced that they have carried out India’s first-of-its-kind colonoscopy trials, which were conducted using AI on Airtel’s 5G technology, and resulted in the detection of colon cancer much faster and with greater accuracy. HealthNet Global, AWS and Avesha were the other three companies that collaborated in these trials. … Read more
New Delhi: Reliance Jio and the Institute of Liver and Biliary Science (ILBS) will sign a strategic partnership to use the telco’s 5G standalone (SA) network to power healthcare technologies for various use cases. Jio’s ‘True 5G’ service combined with low latency will facilitate new use cases in the field of healthcare such as robotics-based … Read more
Las Vegas: As India rolls out 5G in select cities, the role of the technology in delivery optimum healthcare in remote areas cannot be denied and according to Cloud major Oracle, countries like India can benefit the most basically on two fronts: super-fast and real-time delivery of telemedicine and ambulance care especially in remote areas. … Read more
One aspect of Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan that has been largely overlooked is her meeting with Mark Lui, chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). Pelosi’s trip coincided with US efforts to convince TSMC – the world’s largest chip manufacturer, on which the US is heavily dependent – to establish a manufacturing base … Read more
China’s slowing economy and an inflation-driven drop in consumer spending are expected to drag down global shipments of computers and smartphones this year, according to research firm Gartner. Shipments to China – the world’s biggest smartphone market – are expected to shrink by 18 percent as demand takes a beating from strict COVID-19 curbs that … Read more
The Deloitte TMT Predictions 2022 represents the world we live in today and the future to come. It examines COVID-19’s role as a catalyst for a number of emerging telecom trends, stressing the lockdown-driven expansion of console gaming, streaming video services, health and wellness technologies, advanced connectivity for both enterprises and households etc. This year’s … Read more
Canada on Thursday said it plans to ban the use of China’s Huawei and ZTE 5G gear to protect national security, joining the rest of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network. “We intend to exclude Huawei and ZTE from our 5G networks,” Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told reporters in Ottawa. “Providers who already have this equipment installed … Read more
India is providing necessary impetus to the Digital sector and it has already started reaping coveted results. Digital India drive has become the bedrock for next-generation India. Underscoring that the nation was moving towards transparent and effective governance, Indian Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal noted that the … Read more