New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The second edition of ‘5G Innovation Hackathon 2026’ aims to foster next-generation telecom solutions, seeking to catalyse the development of innovative and scalable solutions leveraging 5G and allied technologies, according to the government.The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched the second edition of its flagship initiative under the ‘100 5G Use Case Labs’ Initiative. The submissions will remain open until April 17. The Hackathon invites part…
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Ahmedabad, March 20 (IANS) Gujarat’s Ahmedabad will now have a municipal-level startup policy that opens the city’s core infrastructure to innovators, positioning it as a real-world testing ground for solutions to urban challenges. On Friday, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), in coordination with Smart City Ahmedabad Development Limited (SCADL), announced the ‘Ahmedabad Innovation and Startup Policy 2026’.Officials described it as a first-of-its-kind initiative at the municipal level in…
Gandhinagar, March 9 (IANS) Universities must evolve into centres of research, innovation and entrepreneurship to keep pace with changing global trends, Gujarat’s Science and Technology Minister Arjun Modhwadia said on Monday while addressing the state’s first-ever Vice Chancellors’ meet.The one-day meeting was organised to formulate strategies to strengthen the science, technology and innovation ecosystem in the state.It was chaired by Modhwadia and attended by state Education Minister Pr…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The first round of negotiations for the India–Israel Free Trade Agreement (FTA), held from 23 to 26 February in the national capital, concluded successfully on Thursday. During the four-day negotiations, both countries engaged in discussions covering a wide range of areas, including trade in goods and services, rules of origin, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, customs procedures, intellectual property rights, digital trade, and other ke…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) on Thursday felicitated the winners of the ‘Cyber Security Grand Challenge 2.0’, with a combined prize pool of Rs 6.85 crore, an official statement said.The flagship initiative of MeitY was implemented in association with the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) with the winner receiving Rs 1 crore and the first and second runners‑up awarded Rs 50 lakh and Rs 25 lakh respectively.The initiative aims to stren…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises form the backbone of India’s industrial economy, accounting for approximately 35.4 per cent of manufacturing, around 48.58 per cent of exports and 31.1 per cent of GDP, the government said on Thursday in Economic Survey 2025-26.Self‑Reliant India (SRI) Fund, launched to infuse Rs 50,000 crore as equity funding for MSMEs, has assisted 682 MSMEs with investments totalling Rs 15,442 crore as of November 30, 2025, according to the offi…
Washington, Dec 26 (IANS) The US International Trade Commission has taken up a complaint that targets several Pakistan-based dental product exporters, opening the door to possible import bans on their goods in the American market.The Commission said it received the complaint on December 16 from Huwais IP Holding LLC and Versah, LLC. The filing alleges violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 involving the import and sale of “certain dental burs and kits thereof” in the United Stat…