I4 policy stands for IT, ITES, Innovation Incentives Policy. India’s IT capital Bangalore today stands as the second largest IT hub in the world next only to Silicon Valley with over almost 11 lakh direct and over 27 lakh indirect employment. According to industry sources, by the year 2020 the ...
Read More »Tech giant Qualcomm to invest $150 million in Indian startups
The San Diego based chip-maker made the announcement after its executive chairman Paul Jacobs met the Indian prime minister at the Digital Economy event in San Jose and said the venture fund was in support of the government’s Digital India and Make-in-India initiatives. The new venture fund, which will be ...
Read More »Deleting your messages may soon be an ‘offence’
Encryption is one of the easiest ways to achieve data security. The National Encryption Policy (NEP), drafted by the Department of Electronics and Information technology (Deity), is to ensure that government law enforcing officers have easy access to any encrypted information. NEP divides users in three categories- a) ...
Read More »Google to bring free Wi-Fi to 400 railway stations across India
Indian Railways and Google have joined forces to create a network of free Wi-Fi across 400 railway stations across the country using the Google Fiber project, under the name ‘Project Nilgiri’. The service will allow users to access free Internet at high speeds for first 34 minutes and the speed ...
Read More »India favours multi-stakeholder model for Internet governance
The ministry of electronics and information technology held consultations with a view to preserve the character of the internet as a unified, dynamic engine for innovation and to encourage equity and inclusion, for enhancing the accountability of the Internet Corporation Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Many stakeholders appreciated the transition ...
Read More »Govt asks phone makers to add panic button on handsets for women safety
News: To ensure women safety, PM has told mobile phone manufacturers they need to incorporate a panic button on handsets sold in the country. The administration is of the view that emergency response apps can take too long to access in a rush— configuring one of the existing buttons on ...
Read More »Motorola mulls manufacturing facility in India
News: Manufacturing in India now is cheaper by 11 per cent compared to imports, considering incentives for local manufacturing offered by the government. While Japan’s Sony and China’s Xiaomi are evaluating options to source from India, Foxconn is in the process of setting up factories in the country. “India is ...
Read More »Modi launches National Career Service Portal
News: National Career Counselling Portal aims to create marketplace for workers and employers and as part of an endeavor to modernize all government-run employment exchanges across India. The facility, which is part of the government’s focus on skilling have the facilities like job posting, career counselling, aptitude tests, skill courses, ...
Read More »China’s Huawei gets green light to make handsets in India
News: Huawei would become the first big-name Chinese phone maker to manufacture hardware in India’s growing market to helping compensate for slowing growth at home. “India is an important overseas market for Huawei. We aim to become a top three brand in India within three years. ,” says Allen Wang, president ...
Read More »ISRO successfully launches PSLV-C28
News: Indian Space Research Organisation’s commercial launch capability reached a new high on Friday night when it successfully lunched five satellites built by UK’s Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) at Sriharikota. The rocket successfully launched three identical DMC3 optical earth observation satellites, an auxiliary earth observation micro satellite (CBNT-1) and ...
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