All eyes in the tech industry are now turning toward India, with its rapidly growing appetite for smartphones. India has now become a primary focus for many of the biggest names in mobile, and the reason for that is simple: By 2017, India is poised to pass the US to become the world's second largest smartphone market.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will for the first time launch nine nano and microsatellites for the United States between 2015 and 2016. 45 satellites belonging to international customers from 19 countries have been launched successfully by ISRO's satellite launch vehicles to date.
Sundar Pichai sent news of his ascension to the top slot at Google - he is just the third person to officially run the search company - on Twitter, very obliquely. That is a clue to more than the personality of Google's new leader. It is also what he wants the technology to be: a servant perfectly attuned to the user's needs at the moment.
The Embassy of India in Washington, DC, celebrated India's 69th Independence Day on August 15. Ambassador Arun K. Singh unfurled the national flag and read out the President's Message to the Nation. Nadakokila Choral Group sang patriotic songs.
India's wineries and vineyards are becoming important both as producers of wine and as a source of wine education. As wine tourism, which is often referred to as Enotourism, witnesses a rise in demand among oenophiles and cub tasters alike, experts talk about what triggered this trend.
