Born to a farmer’s family in a village in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on July 10, 1951, Rajnath Singh began his career as a professor in Physics. He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and a Cabinet Minister in the Atal Behari...
Samsung to Turn India into Hub for Components Business
With the government's thrust on 'Make in India', where tax on imported mobile and consumer electronics components is going up, Samsung sees a big business opportunity in manufacturing them in the country. The Korean company plans a fresh investment of $350 million initially in this business and will ramp up...
India's HCL Acquires Seattle's Strong-Bridge Envision
Headquartered in Noida, a distance of 13 miles from Delhi, HCL Technologies acquired Seattle-based Strong-Bridge Envision, a digital transformation consulting firm backed by Bow River Capital of Denver, CO. With offices in Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, and New York City, Strong-Bridge Envision (SBE) will become part of HCL’s global Digital and...
S. Korea's First Lady Visits India
In the first week of November, South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit during which she participated in Diwali festivities and attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a park dedicated to Korean Queen Heo, in India's northern city of Ayodhya. According to legend, a...
IBM AI to Predict India Crop Yields
India's government policy think tank NITI Aayog signed a deal with IBM India Private Limited to develop a prediction model for crop yields using artificial intelligence (AI). IBM will be develop the technological model for improving agricultural output and productivity for various crops and soil types, and NITI Aayog will...
PepsiCo to Invest $5 Million in Agricultural Supply Chain in India
In India, PepsiCo works with over 24,000 farmers in states such as Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. To ensure responsible agriculture sourcing solutions—or using crops farmed through less resource-intensive methods, the company will spend $5 million by 2020 for its agriculture supply chain in India. Christine Daugherty, global vice-president for sustainable agriculture at...