To increase the use of drones in agriculture and boost the rural economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the government would soon launch a scheme through which women in around 15, 000 self-help groups( SHGs) would be trained to fly and repair drones.... Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of 77th Independence Day celebrations, Modi said India was focusing on women-led development, and highlighted the achievements made in various fields, includi

Vegetable prices pushed the retail food inflation to 14.25 per cent in July owing to the high prices of vegetables, with tomato leading the pack, along with pulses, cereals, and TO READ THE FULL STORY, SUBSCRIBE NOW NOW AT JUST RS 249 A MONTH.... Subscribe To Insights Key stories on business-standard. com are available to premium subscribers only. Already a BS Premium subscriber?... 1999 Select What you get on Business Standard Premium?...

With the exponential rise in drone usage across various sectors, particularly in military applications, the necessity for indigenous avionics systems becomes crucial.... The team at AIRL, led by Professor Suresh Sundaram, Associate Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, has successfully developed an indigenous industrial-grade autopilot syst TO READ THE FULL STORY, SUBSCRIBE NOW NOW AT JUST RS 249 A MONTH.... Subscribe To Insights Key stories on business-standard. com are availa

Retail inflation inched up to a three-month high of 4.91 per cent in November, mainly due to an uptick in food prices, government data showed on Monday. The Consumer Price Index( CPI) based inflation, however, remained within the comfort zone of the Reserve Bank of India.... It had eased from 5.3 per cent in August to 4.35 per cent in September and then moved up to 4.48 per cent in October.As per the data released by the National Statistical Office( NSO), inflation in vegetables segment was neg