• ELECTRONICS
    India’s draft electronics policy aims $400 billion manufacturing industry by 2025

    The country’s draft electronics policy released by the IT ministry on Wednesday has set an ambitious target of creating a $400 billion electronics manufacturing industry by 2025, with the mobile phone devices segment accounting for three-fourths of the production. The draft National Policy on Electronics (NPE) aims to promote domestic manufacturing in the entire value-chain […]

  • ALL DEALS
    After all those deals, what draft picks do Patriots have left?

    With the moves the Patriots have made in recent days, their 2017 NFL Draft picks have been shaken up a bit. As of Monday, they owned seven picks (listed by round-overall): 3-72, 3-96, 4-132, 5-163, 5-183, 6-200, 7-239. That’s no first- or second-round picks, two third-round picks, one fourth-round pick, two fifth-round picks, one sixth-round […]

  • NEWS
    Cabinet clears draft Bill seeking ‘complete ban’ on commercial surrogacy

    Image credit: Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a draft Bill on surrogacy, which aims to impose a “complete ban” on commercial surrogacy. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said couples who are “medically unfit to have children” can seek help from a close relative, which is called altruistic surrogacy. However, who qualifies as a […]