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Friday, July 25, 2025
TopicInnovation

Topic: Innovation

India’s local economies lie outside innovation zone. Can’t chase Modi’s Atmanirbhar dream

India must drop its decades-old delusion of becoming the exporter of high-tech commodities and instead focus on lower-end products.

India & China are transforming the global geography of innovation

According to the Global Innovation Index, India is the most innovative economy in Central & Southern Asia while China is home to 18 of the top 100 science & technology clusters.

Can India be among top 3 economies? Experts say invest in education to improve human skills

A report by a think-tank of top business schools says a robust higher education leading to skilling and employability will help India become a true services economy.

India is both a developing & developed country. Alexa and Siri would have a hard time here

India is a fringe country. It can become the innovation crucible of the modern world with ‘jugaad’, but it needs a keen eye to scale them to global proportions.

Modi govt’s new education policy draft wants separate body for research & innovation

Draft NEP proposes establishment of National Research Foundation under act of Parliament to competitively fund research in all disciplines.

The death of ‘people’s car’ Nano shows gimmicks can’t sell a bad product

Hailed as a 'milestone in frugal engineering', the car fell short on safety, produced questionable crash test results, and had a tendency to catch fire.

Trash course from a Chemistry professor in Mohali

Samrat Ghosh of  Mohali has built a unique dustbin under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan that makes them easier to clean and keeps the animals away.

The changing face of ‘power’ and ‘the powerful’

Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans draw a distinction between ‘old power’ and the ‘new one’ in the wake of socially powerful movements such as the #MeToo campaign.

China’s method to become a superpower: spending on science and science students

China is now the second-largest spender on R&D globally, and is likely overtake the United States within the next five to ten years.

On Camera

Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.