Joint committee of Parliament summons social media giants Facebook, Twitter on data privacySummoning officials of Amazon and Google on the same issue is also under active consideration of the joint committee of Parliament, the sou...
22 Oct, 2020, 09.03 PM IST
C-DAC to commission India’s fastest HPC-AI Supercomputer ‘PARAM Siddhi – AI’ with NVIDIAThe initiative has been spearheaded by Abhishek Das, Scientist and Program Director (HPC-AI Infrastructure Development) at C-DAC, who conce...
05 Oct, 2020, 08.04 PM IST
Electronics manufacturing in India to grow 30% annually for next 5 years: IT Secretarythe exports of electronic products will grow in the range of 40-50 per cent annually over the next five years, electronics and IT secretary...
06 Aug, 2020, 08.17 PM IST
Govt gets started to make work from home process smoothThe telecom ministry and ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) are working on the first aspect, the department of pers...
25 Apr, 2020, 08.15 AM IST
MEITY to award women entrepreneurs in the software products spaceThe government has recently come up with a draft policy for software products in an effort to create boost the software products space in t...
18 Oct, 2019, 05.49 PM IST
Ravi Shankar Prasad to meet electronics industry CEOs to discuss sector issues, export ambitionsThe meeting comes at a time when India has set its sight on creating a USD 400 billion (around Rs 28.43 lakh crore) electronic manufacturin...
13 Sep, 2019, 06.26 PM IST
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw gets second term as Infosys' lead independent directorMazumdar-Shaw also serves as the chairperson and managing director of biopharmaceutical company Biocon.
11 Jan, 2019, 07.57 PM IST
Will focus on making medical, defence, auto electronics: Ravi Shankar PrasadThe minister was speaking at industry association CII's Electronics Summit in New Delhi.
15 Dec, 2018, 12.03 AM IST
Ravi Shankar Prasad asks UIDAI to prepare action plan on Aadhaar use after SC orderThe apex court while holding Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid struck down section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, permitting private entitie...
29 Sep, 2018, 07.16 AM IST
No intent to impose blanket ban on messaging apps: Telecom secretaryIndustry body COAI has cautioned against blocking of mobile apps, saying it would not only impinge on freedom of speech and expression of u...
23 Aug, 2018, 07.31 PM IST
New policy on electronics likely in two months: IT secretaryThe first National Policy on Electronics was rolled out in 2012 which offered incentives to companies setting up manufacturing units in the...
31 May, 2018, 12.03 AM IST
Government to expand DigiGaon project to 700 villages this yearGovt's Digital Village or the DigiGaon initiative not only connects the village with Wi-Fi, it also assists the residents in entrepreneursh...
20 May, 2018, 10.15 PM IST
Firms to face action for releasing data with name: Ravi Shankar PrasadHe said the government is committed to make best use of big data in establishing rule of precision governance.
12 Sep, 2017, 08.26 PM IST
Infosys announces Rs 13,000 crore buybackThe premium is of particular importance after Infosys’ shares crashed 10 per cent after Sikka resigned.
19 Aug, 2017, 01.18 PM IST
India, US, Japan cooperation necessary to face China: ScholarsChina has taken an increasingly hardline stance in its territorial disputes in the East China Sea, the South China Sea and over Taiwan, whi...
05 Mar, 2017, 08.51 PM IST
Ceasefire violations: What’s happening between India & Pakistan is a perception management gameIndia kills 5 Pak rangers & a girl in retaliatory firing after BSF loses a jawan; experts say this escalated state of affairs could not be ...
06 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Growing entrepreneurship: Tier-II cities witness startup actionWhile big metros form the core of the growing entrepreneurship ecosystem in India, many Tier-II cities are also witnessing the rise of thei...
01 Sep, 2013, 03.09 PM IST