The Narendra Modi government’s Digital India claim and programme — following on the heels of Make in India and Skill India — is three-pronged. One, it aims to build infrastructure and provide the internet as a utility to every citizen. Two, it promises to improve service delivery by making services available online. And three, it…
DataWind, a provider of low cost internet connectivity and wireless web access products, announced that the company will provide free unlimited internet browsing for one year on all its devices. The free internet browsing will be made available on the Reliance Communications GSM network to all new customers. To celebrate the launch of free internet…
A scheme to link India’s 2.5 lakh villages with better internet connectivity is likely to be announced when Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off a Rs 1 lakh crore programme on Wednesday aimed at wiping out India’s digital divide. Preparations are in full swing for the Prime Minister to launch the week-long programme — Digital…
Facebook has rolled out a new version of its app for Android phones in India that is aimed at users with slow and spotty network connections. The app, Facebook Lite, has been available in Europe since it was launched on June 4. It is a lighter version – with a size of just 430 KB…
In order to efficiently manage land acquisition, which is often complex and holds the key to its ambitious 1 billion tonne production target, Coal India Ltd is considering a monitoring system that will track development and information related to the process at its projects. The land monitoring system, which will be part of its project…
Kanakasabapathy Pandyan remembers the parties. Quite vividly. Long evenings, endless chatter and glass-in-hand (always) parties. Held at Vijay Mukhi’s sprawling apartment on Nepean Sea Road, south Bombay. Mukhi was a technology evangelist back then, a man who loved his computer more than anything else in the world. So it was only natural that he had…
As the district administration gears up to be part of the nationwide call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making a ‘Digital India’ and ensure that at least one person in every household is digitally literate, it is yet to address the problem of inadequate internet connectivity in the district. The campaign will be marked…
To be young and king of your domain is a happy probability if you choose to work in digital marketing. Here is where 20-somethings get to tell senior executives what to do. Digital marketing experts are in high demand. They help companies go online, and make businesses visible through various ways, like search engine optimization…
After ‘Make in India’ and ‘Swachh Bharat’, the Government of India is launching its 3rd major campaign, called Digital India with the objectives of enabling digital empowerment of citizens, facilitating digital infrastructure as a utility to every citizen and providing governance and services on demand. Digital India will be launched through a week-long programme starting…
The government is expecting investments to the tune of billions of dollars during the Digital India week, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 1. “As per estimates are concerned, we expect billions of dollars investment (in Digital India week),” telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters on Saturday, while announcing…