Citizens signing on to the government’s newly launched Digital Locker service can get themselves an Aadhaar-linked digital signature that they can use to self-certify electronic documents. Digital Locker, rechristened `DigiLocker’ since its beta version was launched last week, offers an electronic signature, or `e-sign’, service that Aadhaar holders can use to digitally sign an electronic…
Law students today have a plethora of new options to choose from, when it comes to specialising after their undergraduate law programme. Cyber law, business law, family law, the list goes on. Here, some law students speak about their choices, how they came to choose these areas and how their long-term goals are very much…
The government is working on an ambitious plan to build one smart city each at the country’s 12 major ports, at an estimated total investment of Rs 50,000 crore, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said. “Each port will construct one smart city. We are trying to do this. Each city will be built with an…
With a view to empowering women councillors of local urban bodies and Nagar Panchayats in Bhagalpur district by way of e-governance, the urban development and housing department (UDHD) is working on an ambitious plan to impart training to them. The department is also planning to utilise information and communication technique for their capacity building. Read…
The study involved more than 250 females from four colleges. Researchers conducted an online survey to assess the cyberbullying behaviours. In addition, all the participants were asked to complete Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) to determine depression and alcohol use among the participants.
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Companies and brands have significantly increased their social media spends even as they find it challenging to measure the effectiveness of their social media engagements finds EY’s second annual ‘Social Media Marketing India Trends’ study. The study analyses how Indian marketers and organisations have been using the various social media platforms and how they go…
Mobile handset makers like Micromax and Karbonn have sought tax holidays and subsidies in the upcoming Budget to promote local manufacturing, a move they expect will create lakhs of jobs. One of the fastest growing mobile phone market globally, India lags behind China as most handset makers, including Indian players, get their devices manufactured in…
The Directorate General of Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour & Employment, has launched a web-portal www.ncvtmis.gov.in which will deliver e-certificates to the pass-outs from various NCVT courses including ITI pass-outs. The first semester examination for 9.65 lakh students enrolled in August 14-session commenced on 20th February, 2015. The details of these candidates matching with…
India versus Pakistan, the biggest blockbuster of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, created global history by recording more than 25 million views on Star’s digital platform – Hotstar and starsports.com. This is the highest ever video views for a single game in any sporting event across the globe in one country.
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Mobile phone operators Vodafone India and Aircel have started talks with the government on how to speed up the muchdelayed national broadband project, which will form the backbone of the Digital India initiative.
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