The BJP’s head of information technology just issued a warning to every journalist in the country: Amit Malviya is a name that most readers, political junkies aside, are unlikely to be familiar with. But the banker-turned-political worker is one of the most influential figures in our public discourse. As the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national head…
India’s New Digital Portal Attempts to Migrate all Government Purchases Online: Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to move all government purchases to an Amazon-like online portal, which has already had transactions worth Rs 39 crore since it began in August.
TRAI head says consultation paper on net neutrality likely by Dec 15: New Delhi : The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is likely to come out with a consultation paper on net neutrality by Dec 15, Chairman R.S. Sharma said on Thursday.
Now, g-governance ushers in new information regime via GIS portal: The Karnataka Geographic Information System or K-GIS portal was launched by IT Minister Priyank Kharge and the department’s Principal Secretary V Manjula.
Karnataka launches public WiFi services in 11 villages: The Karnataka State Government has launched public WiFi services in 11 gram panchayat areas, reports ET Tech. These villages lie in the districts of Mysore, Tumakuru, Gadag, Ballari, Kalaburgi and Bagalkot.
Bharat Net reaches 59K Gram Panchayats spanning 137,515 Kms: DIPP: The Bharat Net project, which aims to deploy high-speed optical fibre-cable network across rural areas of the country has now reached 59,945 Gram Panchayats spanning a distance of 137,515 kms as of November 2016, the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotions (DIPP) said in a report…
“Internet of Things”: The off road drive to connectivity in India:
The Internet of Things (IoT) is now gaining traction, reshaping the way we engage with our world in our day-to-day lives. A recent report from Gartner states that the number of connected units, relating to the IoT,
Cashless Indians will be victims of cybercriminals: SC cyber lawyer: With greater stress now on digital economy and online cash transactions, cyber security experts warn of a bigger danger, of online fraud and cyber security attacks, which India is presently ill-equipped to prevent or deal with, said Neeraj Aarora, advocate on record, Supreme Court, cyber…
Freedom of expression is curbed in India: Recounting his own experiences of facing flak from political and social groups for his movies, noted filmmaker Prakash Jha shared that freedom of expression is curbed for artists in the country.”If today, you try to name somebody, with whom any particular community is associated, you will most likely…
Facebook’s at it again. Despite the hue and cry of late last year, where Facebook tried to push its Free Basics initiative down unsuspecting consumers’ throats by hitching a ride through a variety of cellular operators in India, it’s back with a brand new philanthropic rural Internet connectivity scheme for the nation.