'Patriarchy' a Left-invented term, didn't stop Indira Gandhi from becoming PM: Sitharaman to female students in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday questioned how Indira Gandhi made it as prime minister if patriarchy held back women in India from achieving their goals, media reports said.

India ranks 39 in Global Innovation Index list, climbs up 42 spots in nine years

India has climbed a position to reach 39th place in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2024 rankings, as per data released by the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization.

“Innovation Cell” to be set up in HRD Ministry to boost Innovation: Prakash Javadekar

New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS): An Innovation Cell in the Ministry of Human Resource Development will be created to further strengthen the innovation efforts. 

Youth should embrace innovation: PM Modi at IIT Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar, Oct 7 (IBNS): Addressing the young students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Gandhinagar, prime minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, said the youth should embrace the innovation.

UN Global Compact calls on business to shift from incremental change to breakthrough innovation on SDGs

New Delhi, Apr 27 (IBNS): "Time is of the essence,” urged Lise Kingo, CEO and Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, to an audience of more than 300 local and global leaders from business, finance, civil society, Government and the UN, at the conclusion of the UN Global Compact two-day event, Making Global Goals Local Businesses – India, in New Delhi on Thursday.

Prez emphasises benefits of demographic dividend, stresses on increase of interface between industry and academia

Kolkata, Aug 22 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee, who is visiting Kolkata, on Monday said that if India wants to make good use of the demographic dividend challenges will have to be converted to opportunity to become a knowledge economy and stress should be laid on innovation.