The Los Angeles Times reports that in a three-month pilot project this year, about 200 students at the Hyderabad campus of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, and another city university used a cellphone app to monitor their mental health and communicate with counselors by phone and text. The...
Foreign Firms Surge to Provide India’s 280,000MW Solar Energy Goal
India's $100 billion push into solar energy over the next decade is being driven by foreign players as local manufacturers are no longer protected by government restrictions on the sector. SunEdison of California will invest up to $4 billion in a manufacturing facility, and China's Trina Solar has unveiled plans...
Twitter Establishes R&D Center in India
Twitter, the San Francisco-based social network company, plans to set up a research and design center in Bangalore, its first such facility outside the U.S. Financial Times reports that this decision was taken to enable Twitter to accelerate its growth in emerging markets, and to tailor its service for countries...
Golden Gate Bridge Beckons Tourists from India
A report in The Hindu BusinessLine quotes Joe D’Alessandro, president and CEO, San Francisco Travel Association, as saying “India is among the top three growing markets for San Francisco’s tourism industry…along with China and Brazil; and is, therefore, of tremendous importance to us. In 2014, we witnessed 149, 000 Indian...
Is India now a Gay-friendly Travel Destination
Changing mindsets and somewhat friendlier courts in New Delhi have created business possibilities for travel operators, who are now portraying India as an emerging gay-friendly destination. The Toronto Sun reports on a U.S. survey that ranked India as the second most desired cultural or adventure destination for gay couples, just...