Immersive Realities: The Future of Businesses
03 Nov 2022 The world was undergoing rapid digitalization when the pandemic struck. This further accelerated the adoption of new-age digital technologies that gained limelight when the world was battling the unprecedented health emergency. New digital and virtual ways of doing things led to a rise of new immersive technologies that transformed individual experiences as […]
India Making Strides in the Renewable Energy Sector
04 Nov 2022 Oil shocks during the 1970s and the resulting adverse impact on the balance of payment arising from the sudden price rise and supply uncertainty drove India’s focus on renewable energy for achieving energy self-sufficiency. The Commission for Additional Sources of Energy was created within the Department of Science & Technology (DST) in […]
G20 India: Forging International Alliances for Global Economic Growth and Prosperity
07 Nov 2022 While the effects of the pandemic now seem to subside, the world looks at concerted, combined and coordinated efforts in the form of global partnerships to strengthen the emerging trends for meeting global challenges and ensuring a collaborative approach towards addressing major issues pertaining to the global economy. G20 or Group of […]
Electric Vehicles: The Future of Mobility in India
09 Nov 2022 The discussion around sustainability and climate-related issues has been intensifying over the last few years and is currently gaining even more momentum as deliberations at the COP27 conference, being held in Egypt from 6 to 18 November this year, gain pace. As we look at mitigating the effects of climate change, adopting green […]
Curbing Air Pollution Through Crop Residue Management
10 Nov 2022 Crop residue burning rapidly intensified pan-India and grew six-seven times in past seven decades, from 18 million tonnes to 116 million tonnes between 1950-51 and 2017-18, as national food security policies focussed on increasing production of cereal crops to secure adequate national supplies. Majority of crop residue burning in India is associated […]
Building a Vision for Climate Change and Sustainability
12 Nov 2022 Indian industry contributes significantly to the national economy, but not without a corresponding amount of pressure on the environment. In this decade of action, business must focus on climate risk mitigation to ensure business sustainability and safeguard the society from the impact climate change and sustainability issues. To achieve this, a holistic […]
Collective Corporate Action for Building Sustainable and Resilient Businesses
16 Nov 2022 Climate change has been a serious topic of discussion since long. The burning of fossil fuels is the biggest contributor to climate change. In fact, the activity accounts for over 75% of greenhouse emissions and nearly 90% of carbon emissions. Factors such as power generation, manufacturing of goods by burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, food […]
India-EU FTA: The Road Ahead
17 Nov 2022 In the year 1962, a newly independent India was the first country to establish diplomatic ties with the European Economic Community. With an aim to deepen their ties in trade and economy to establish a camaraderie of culture and people, the two regions signed a cooperation agreement in 1994. In 2004, this […]
Moving Towards a Decentralized Internet Future with Web 3.0
21 Nov 2022 The internet has grown by leaps and bounds ever since its inception. From the simple read-only web pages of Web 1.0 to the interactive and social Web 2.0 that we are using today (catapulted by the rise of social media and user-generated content), we have come a long way and the next […]
CII Movement on LCA & DRA – Industry 4.0: Building a Competitive Industrial Ecosystem
16 Mar 2022 In today’s technology-driven ecosystem, business organizations, small or big, or perhaps original equipment manufacturers or tier-1/2 manufacturers, all must contemplate using and adapting smart technologies to survive in the emerging competitive scenario. Such smart technologies include intelligent automation, digitalization and industrial internet of things (IIOT). Organizations adapting DRA – Industry 4.0 ahead […]