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Government to tie up with Amazon to expand ‘Tribe India’ brand
Government to tie up with Amazon to expand ‘Tribe India’ brand
The Union government is planning to tie up with e-commerce player Amazon to expand the market for tribal handicrafts via the online retail space. Pravir Krishna, managing director of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED), a national-level organisation under the tribal affairs ministry, said a MoU with Amazon would be signed next week. More → -
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Zomato data breach 6th biggest in first half of 2017: Report
Zomato data breach 6th biggest in first half of 2017: Report
The malicious outsider attack on food delivery app Zomato that exposed 17 million records was the sixth biggest data breach globally in the first half of 2017, a new report said. According to the "Breach Level Index" released by digital security firm Gemalto, a total of 203.7 million data records were compromised in 18 data breaches in India in the firsh half. More →
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Reliance Jio seeks cancellation of North-East tender award to Airtel
Reliance Jio seeks cancellation of North-East tender award to Airtel
Newcomer Reliance Jio has approached Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan for cancellation of the mobile tender for the North-East awarded to Bharti Airtel, alleging that it limits project deployment to only 2G services. On September 8, the Telecom Commission had cleared Airtel's bid to install nearly 2,000 mobile towers in north- eastern states for Rs 1,660 crore under the government-funded Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for the North-Eastern Region (NER). More → -
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Online learning is democratizing education, and it needs to be encouraged further
Online learning is democratizing education, and it needs to be encouraged further
India undoubtedly has some remarkable educational institutes. However, despite being one of the largest economies in the world, many in our country our still slave to a hundred of taboos, and about a fifty of them are around education. Gender-stereotyping courses, the age of studying, are just a few off the top of the list. Many would argue exemplifying the visible creamy layer, that got the resource and/or opportunity to learn, but that can not let you deny the big bunch that still remains denied of learning. More → -
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Consent is not the key to privacy protection
Consent is not the key to privacy protection
The Supreme Court has set the tone on the momentous question of the citizens' fundamental right to privacy with its judgment on the K.S. Puttaswamy case. As we grasp the details and the contours of the right, we are also acutely aware of the speed with which society is being changed by digital technology. The rush to "cashless India”, the spread of smartphones throughout society increasing the extent to which we are tracked, profiled, aggregated and predicted by the networks that used to just ring the telephone numbers we dialed are just two examples. Whatever "privacy" used to mean, it is clear to all of us, as it was to the justices in the Supreme Court that the problems collected under that rubric are changing very rapidly. More → -
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Jharkhand on the path of digitilization: IT secretary Satyendra Singh
Jharkhand on the path of digitilization: IT secretary Satyendra Singh
Jharkhand is on the path of digitization, state Information and Technology secretary Satyendra Singh said today. Giving details about the department, Singh said that under the digital literacy campaign one lakh people have become digital literates while four lakh people have registered and got training on digitalization. The department has begun e-prerak to train the poor and the youth, he said adding they would be trained about email, online form, website, mobile and other learning. More → -
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 goes on sale in India today: Here’s all you need to know
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 goes on sale in India today: Here’s all you need to know
Earlier this month, Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 8 flagship smartphone in India. The device goes on sale today. The company kicked off pre-orders shortly after the launch on September 12 via its official website and Amazon India. Priced at Rs 67,900, the flagship smartphone comes with 6GB of RAM and an onboard storage of 64GB. In India, it's available in two color options – Maple Gold and Midnight Black. More → -
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Uber facing probe in 5 Asian countries, including India: Report
Uber facing probe in 5 Asian countries, including India: Report
Ride-hailing major Uber's Asia operations are up for a federal probe in the US, and it might cause some heartburn for its India unit. Part of it includes investigations into the 2014 Delhi rape case — that resulted in a brief state government ban for Uber — in which the-then Uber Asia-Pacific head Eric Alexander was charged with manipulating the victim's medical records. It eventually led to his ouster from Uber, however, further probe into the incident is likely, Bloomberg reported. More → -
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India will better its 175 GW clean energy target: Official
India will better its 175 GW clean energy target: Official
India can surpass its target of installing 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022 and plans to bring offshore wind energy and large hydroelectric projects under the ambit of renewable energy towards realizing this, a senior official has said. More →
