Headquartered in India's southern city of Hyderabad, T-Hub, India's largest incubator for startups, has partnered with Ontario-based Communitech to pick nine Canadian tech start-ups for the 'Global Bridge: Canada-India' program. Launched in July this year, the program aims to provide Canadian startups and scale-ups with market access opportunities to grow their...
ALR Technology to Introduce its Diabetes Management System in India
Richmond VA-based medical device company ALR Technologies (ALRT) will collaborate with Mumbai, India-based Aspire Cerebro, a healthcare communication company, to market ALRT’s comprehensive diabetes management systems to India's estimated 100 million diabetes patients. Aspire Cerebro Advertising Limited, with offices in Calgary, Canada, will work with its counterpart in India to...
India's Plans to Install 21 Nuclear Plants by 2030
Speaking at the 62nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosted by Austria on September 19, the outgoing Atomic Energy Department Secretary Dr. Sekhar Basu recounted India's progress in the nuclear energy sector. Key highlights of Basu's speech: Basu said, "During the last general conference we talked about...
Japan and Singapore Stand 1st on Henley Passport Index
The Henley Passport Index is the original ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. The ranking is based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association, which maintains the world’s largest and most accurate database of...
IMAX Expands in India
IMAX Corporation, Mississauga, Canada-based entertainment technology company specializing in motion-picture technologies and large-format motion-picture presentations, reached agreements to bring nine new large-screen theaters to India. IMAX will partner with Mumbai-based INOX Leisure Ltd., on five of the theaters, and with Mexico's Cinepolis India on the other four. The new theaters...
Canada, India Collaborate to Promote Innovation
Canada and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding to foster cross-border partnerships focused on research excellence and industry-academic collaboration. This agreement will enable Canadian and Indian researchers to undertake graduate level academic research in both countries. "Under the graduate level academic research mobility program, both sides intend to support up...