NEW DELHI: India must go 100 per cent electric in 2-wheelers and 3-wheelers by 2030 and become a global EV manufacturing champion, the G20 Sherpa and former CEO Niti Aayog, Amitabh Kant, said on Saturday. Kant emphasized the urgency for India to transition its automotive sector towards electric mobility, declaring the era of fossil fuel-based…
Cheistha Kochhar. Photo: Linkedin An Indian student died after being run over by a truck while cycling back to her apartment in London last week, according to a social media post by Niti Aayog former CEO Amitabh Kant. 33-year-old Cheistha Kochhar was a Ph.D. student at the London School of Economics (LSE), her father retired…
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: A school in Kerala is taking what may be called a revolutionary step towards revamping education with the introduction of Iris, claimed to be the first-ever AI teacher robot in the state.The KTCT Higher Secondary School, a venture of the Kaduvayil Thangal Charitable Trust, unveiled Iris last month in collaboration with Makerlabs Edutech…
The survey claims that the urban-rural consumption divide has narrowed. New Delhi: Poverty in India has come down to below 5 per cent, claimed NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam citing the latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES). The survey, conducted between August 2022 and July 2023, provides insights into household consumption, highlighting poverty levels and…
The NITI Aayog has developed a plan to transform the cities of Mumbai, Surat, Varanasi, and Vizag, with the aim of helping India become a developed economy by 2047, according to its CEO BVR Subrahmanyam. He also mentioned that the NITI Aayog intends to create economic plans for 20-25 more cities, as they are the…
NEW DELHI:Columbia University professor and the first vice chairman of Niti Aayog Arvind Panagariya has been appointed the chairman of the 16th Finance Commission. The government is, however, yet to name the other members of the panel, which has an open mandate unlike finance commissions in recent years, where the Centre provided a large set…
NEW DELHI: India has so far reported 21 cases of JN.1 variant of Covid-19 with Goa recording 19 and one each from Kerala and Maharashtra, Niti Aayog member (health) V K Paul said on Wednesday.Paul said scientific evidence available so far suggests JN.1 is causing mild symptoms and, therefore, it should not be a cause…
