Digital India

Has PM Modi emerged to be Brand India's biggest CEO?

Will PM Modi's digital pitch in US benefit India?

Sep 27, 2015, 21:34 PM IST

PM Modi to interact with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on connectivity

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that he is looking forward to having a conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi about what connectivity means for India's future at a townhall session.

Sep 27, 2015, 19:21 PM IST

Ban on internet services in Jammu and Kashmir extended

The ban on internet services in Jammu and Kashmir was on Sunday extended as a precautionary measure in view of apprehensions of misuse of the services by miscreants to create communal tension.

Sep 27, 2015, 16:19 PM IST

India will play big part in driving technology forward: Sunder Pichai

India will play a big part in driving technology forward in the future, Google CEO Sunder Pichai said Saturday and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accelerating India's effort to become the next global hot bed of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Sep 27, 2015, 14:47 PM IST

Microsoft plans to take technology to 5 lakh villages: Satya Nadella

Intending to become a partner in the ambitious Digital India programme, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Saturday said his company will take low-cost broadband technology to some five lakh villages across the country.

Sep 27, 2015, 14:40 PM IST

PM Modi charms Silicon Valley with one-liners

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday won over the Silicon Valley with his quotable one-liners on the digital revolution originating from this part of the world - that is changing everyone's life-style globally.

Sep 27, 2015, 13:31 PM IST

India fastest growing start-up nation: Google CEO Sunder Pichai

Google Chief Executive Sunder Pichai on Sunday described India as the "fastest growing start up nation in the world".

Sep 27, 2015, 13:17 PM IST

Qualcomm to invest $150 mn in Indian startups

US-based chip maker Qualcomm on Sunday said it would invest up to $150 million (Rs.9.8 billion) in Indian startups via a venture fund after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top tech honchos in the Silicon Valley during his US visit.

Sep 27, 2015, 13:13 PM IST

Hewlett-Packard to focus on mobile printing

Committing itself to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' initiative, US-based Hewlett-Packard has said it will focus on mobile printing and will explore the possibility of setting up a printer manufacturing unit in India.

Sep 27, 2015, 11:41 AM IST

Modi in Silicon Valley: PM bats for India’s digital transformation, promises transparent governance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the digital age, there was an opportunity to transform lives of people in ways that was hard to imagine just a couple of decades ago.

Sep 27, 2015, 11:01 AM IST

Casual Silicon Valley goes formal for Modi Narendra

The red carpet that was spread for Narendra Modi came special delivery courtesy the State Department to give a formal welcome to the prime minister in the notoriously casual Silicon Valley, local media reported.

Sep 27, 2015, 10:42 AM IST

Top American IT CEOs endorse 'Digital India'

"Digital India will bring about solutions for the challenge of digital divide," said Satya Nadella, who took over as Microsoft CEO last year, at a dinner interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sep 27, 2015, 10:38 AM IST

FULL TEXT: PM Modi's address at 'Digital India' dinner

Following is the text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi` speech at the "Digital India" dinner with Who`s Who of the tech world:

Sep 27, 2015, 10:13 AM IST

'Digital India', an enterprise to transform India: PM Modi

'Digital India' is an enterprise to transform India in a scale unmatched anywhere in the world and it has the potential to make development truly inclusive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday.

Sep 27, 2015, 09:44 AM IST

Attacked poverty by using tech power: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government "attacked poverty by using power of networks and mobile phones".

Sep 27, 2015, 09:36 AM IST

Attacked poverty by using tech power: PM Modi

Speaking at the Digital India Dinner, Modi said: "Since my government came to office we attacked poverty by using power of networks and mobile phones to launch a new era of empowerment."

Sep 27, 2015, 09:12 AM IST

PM Modi to woo Silicon Valley with Digital India initiative

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now out to win over the Silicon Valley for his Digital India initiative.

Sep 26, 2015, 23:58 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi receives rousing welcome in New York

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received a rousing welcome by the members of the Indian community here. He is in the US to participate in the United Nations summit on development and give a boost to his `Make in India` and `Digital India` programmes.

Sep 24, 2015, 09:32 AM IST

E-rickshaws will change the future of Varanasi: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that his government's first priority is to eradicate poverty and make poor people self-reliant shortly after he arrived in his Lok Sabha constituency V

Sep 18, 2015, 17:03 PM IST