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6 Reasons Why the Indian Navy’s International Fleet Review Will Be a Visual Treat in 2016

F rom February 4 to February 8, a spectacle is going to unfold in Vishakapatanam. The prowess of the Indian Navy will be on display during the  International Fleet Review (IFR) – 2016.  According to reports, 51 maritime countries will be participating in the event. What is special this year is that this edition will be the biggest IFR event that has taken place in India. The last one was in Mumbai in 2001 and saw the participation of 29 countries. Here are six things you need to know about the event. 1. It has a long-standing tradition Naval Fleet Review has been followed by navies around the world for years. Every operational ship proudly displays its crest during the review. Ships sail across seas to participate in the event with friendly nations. Legend has it that Britain held its first review in 1415. Ten reviews have taken place in India since 1947. 2. It is the most formal of naval ceremonies The President of India (Shree  Pranab Mukherjee  For...

ACHIEVEMENTS OF KALPANA CHAWLA

KALPANA CHAWLA The name Kalpana means "idea or imagination". Kalpana Chawla was an  Indo-American astronaut . She was the first Indian origin woman in space. She was born on March 17, 1962 (Saturday) in Karnal which was then in the state ‘Punjab’ in India and now that is located in the state ‘Haryana’ in India. Her original date of birth was changed officially to July 01, 1961 (Saturday) to allow her to join the school underage. Her father’s name was Banarasi Lal Chawla and mother’s name was Sanjyothi Chawla. She has only one brother- Sanjay among all the three sisters Sunita, Deepa and herself Kalpana Chawla. She was the youngest of all and her nickname was Montu. In 1983, she was married to  Jean-Pierre Harrison  who was a flying instructor and an aviation author. She did her schooling at Tagore Public School in Karnal. She holds a degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. In 1982, she went to US where obtained her...

How technology can fix 6 big problems of India

How technology can fix 6 big problems of India Over the next three decades, assuming business as-usual situations, some of our most intractable problems will gradually worsen and become extremely difficult to handle, causing severe disruptions to life and business. For example, climate change and population increase will stretch thin our natural resources. Rising pollution and increasing waste will affect the health of people and the liveability of our cities. Other global problems will cross borders and aggravate an already-serious situatio ..  There are many different waysto reduce the impact of big problems. Using advanced technology is the most powerful of these methods, as most big problems are not solvable within reasonable time periods and costs without technology inputs. Some of our problems are so difficult that we would need major technology breakthroughs for their solution within a generation or two. Here’s a li...

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a government agency in New Delhi that serves as the issuing authority for  Aadhaar  unique identification numbers (UIDs) and cards. The agency has been mandated by the government to develop, identify and set up the necessary infrastructure for issuing Aadhaar cards. The UIDAI was established in 2009 and functions as part of the Planning Commission of India. The agency issues cards with the help of several registrar agencies composed of state-owned entities and departments as well as public sector banks and entities such as the Life Insurance Corporation of India. As of this writing, UIDAI has issued 20 crore Aadhaar UID numbers and cards across the country in the past two years. It expects to cover another 40 crore individuals by 2014. UIDAI works in consultation with the Registrar General of India, which is responsible for census data in India. The agency is headed by the former chairman and co-founder of  Infosys...

5 Basic Urban Problems That Can Be Solved In India via Technology

Opinions expressed by  Entrepreneur  contributors are their own. Entrepreneurs are always looking for newer mediums to expand their pool of ideas to launch newer start-ups and services every day. While some are radically introduced, creating a need for service or good that didn’t exist before, other revolutionize the way tasks are accomplish or goods are manufactured, designed or utilized. As the Digital India and Make in India campaign takes on, it is vital for Indian start-ups and entrepreneurs to look for ways to improve India’s existing problems. Digitizing hasn’t followed in several aspects of an average Indian’s life yet, and we are still miles away from using western equivalent technology yet. However, we are stepping one step closer with each day, and here are some top ideas that need to be implemented ASAP in our country: Waste disposal A post on Reddit remarked that technology for picking up waste from green bins already exists (green bin compatible truck...

What we need to solve India's biggest problems ?

BY  HARICHANDAN ARAKALI  Forbes India Staff PUBLISHED:  Feb 2, 2016 Alok Goel is the managing director at VC firm SAIF Partners India's new-age startups are important not only because they can create jobs and wealth for many, but also because they hold the promise of solving many of Bharat’s biggest problems - something that the government has recognised, by putting together a formal Startup Action Plan for the country. With their entrepreneurial mindset, startups will turn India’s biggest problems - healthcare and education are two glaring examples - into opportunities, and will solve them at the scale of a billion people, Alok Goel, managing director at venture capital firm SAIF Partners, said in a recent interview with  Forbes India . The key, is that entrepreneurial mindset, not just for the entrepreneurs themselves, but also for politicians and policy makers — take bold, calculated risks, bet on the country’s rising startup ecosystem, enable it...

What are the basic problem of Indian society?

Veena Sharma What are the basic problem of Indian society? We always compliant that our Indian society is not perfect and it do have many loopholes. We always talk about finding outta the solutions for it. But have we ever thought that what are the basic problem of our Indian society. The very first problem is the narrow thinking. We Indian have a very narrow mind when it comes to development. Let is be the progress of women; society; changes in traditional values; modernization and many more. So point out through basics problem and give appropriate suction for the same.