When I came to Israel in 1984 the country was an economic disaster. Annual inflation was running at 1200%, companies paid bills in the afternoon to save 1.5% and when you received your monthly salary you made sure to…
(Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this morning (Sunday, 28 January 2018), at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, made the following remarks: “Over the weekend I returned from the World economic Forum…
Israeli-led NGO applies Israeli solar technologies to bring clean water and electricity to rural African villages. The scene was shocking: Villagers in Akuyam, Uganda, hadn’t eaten in three days when Sivan Ya’ari and her Innovation: Africa staff met them in February…
As the Indian-Israeli relationship continues to grow and mature to something akin to long-lost cousins rediscovering each other, something strange appears to have happened. The Indian MoD has decided to cancel a $500 million deal for anti-tank missiles signed…
DNA.Bits will make genetic information fully accessible to the researchers who need it, while using strong private keys to maintain digital DNA-wallet privacy and individual anonymity. Israeli startup DNA.Bits has announced plans to store genetic and medical record data…
Moebius Medical based in Israel has signed an exclusive global licensing deal with India’s Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. The deal involves the development of MM-II, a novel pharmaceutical candidate geared for the treatment of pain in osteoarthritis. According to Israel21C “MM-II is…
Originally Published in FirstPost in November. Over the last 10 years, I have had the good fortune of meeting hundreds of small-scale farmers all over India. I came to appreciate their hard work, eagerness to progress, and the difficult…
Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke today at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference held in Jerusalem today. He touched on the changing world and how Israel is leading in technology and innovation. He spoke about the changing relationships with the Arab…
United Hatzalah of Israel inaugurates world’s first fully integrated emergency psychotrauma unit to complement EMTs in the field. (Article Source: Israel21c.org) Thirty Israeli EMTs, paramedics and doctors recently completed a training course qualifying them as psychotrauma volunteers and teachers…
(Originally Published on Israel21c.org) Technologies to improve accessibility include smartphone controlled by head movements, eye-controlled keyboard and Makeathon-in-a-box. Two Israeli nonprofits are among 30 international winners of Impact Challenge grants from Google.org to promote technological innovations that will make…