Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan infrastructure averaged 2.6 million a day in 2025, report saysChinese cyberattacks on Taiwan's key infrastructure from hospitals to banks rose 6% in 2025 from the previous year to an average of 2.63 mi...
05 Jan, 2026, 09.31 AM IST
Centre keen on certification for data centres despite industry qualmsDespite industry reservations, the government is proceeding with plans to create data centre certification guidelines. A national framework...
18 Aug, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
UN recruits robots in strive to meet global development goalsSet in 2015, the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) aim to improve human life and the planet by 2030 but are now widely perceived ...
05 Jul, 2023, 04.54 PM IST
Mooted after 26/11, NATGRID to finally see light of day soon with PM Modi's launchUnion Home Minister Amit Shah had recently indicated that NATGRID, conceptualised as a seamless and secure database for information on terr...
12 Sep, 2021, 02.11 PM IST
Delhi Master Plan 2041 to focus on affordable housingThe MPD 2041 is a ‘strategic’ and ‘enabling’ framework to guide future growth of the city and it builds upon the lessons learnt from the im...
31 Mar, 2021, 07.24 PM IST
US blacklists Huawei, places it on entity listUnder the order that will take effect in the coming days, Huawei will need a US government license to buy American technology.
16 May, 2019, 11.35 AM IST
ISRO, IAF may have to pay for getting precision timingsSo far, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has been extending the service free of cost to ISRO, IAF, Indian Railways, State Bank of Ind...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.46 PM IST
Ashok Patnaik to be new CEO of NATGRIDAs per the Home Ministry proposal, the NATGRID, which is still in nascent stage, in different phases, will connect data providing organisat...
13 Jul, 2016, 07.02 PM IST
DoT plans apex body to recommend security standards for telco products, mobile devicesThe TSDSI will work with Bureau of Industrial Standards (BIS) and Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC), the DoT’s technical arm.
16 Sep, 2014, 03.38 PM IST
World to have 3 billion Internet users by year end: UNThe report by the UN's International Telecommunications Union said 44% of the world's households will have internet access by end of 2014.
06 May, 2014, 09.57 AM IST
- Obama nominates Indian-American Ajit Varadaraj Pai to key post
US President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Ajit Varadaraj Pai as Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, the White Ho...
01 Nov, 2011, 06.08 AM IST
- Consortium gets more time to buy Nigeria telecom
A consortium seeking to buy the state-run telecom firm Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd has been given additional 20 days to put together a ...
06 Nov, 2010, 10.56 AM IST
- Raja pitches for framework to prevent misuse of IT
Union Minister for Information Technology and Communications A Raja has called for establishing an appropriate legal and regulatory environ...
24 May, 2010, 03.26 PM IST
- Experian to expand services in India as it gets RBI license
British business information and credit data co Experian plans to expand in India after it received a licence from RBI.
25 Feb, 2010, 11.18 AM IST
- Now, insurers & telcos too can check your credit history
Mobile phone operators may reject your application for a post-paid connection if they are not satisfied with your credit data. Monitoring f...
18 Apr, 2009, 12.00 PM IST
Hotline for wildlife crimeA toll-free round the clock hotline will be soon available for general public to pass on information related to wildlife crime to the offic...
02 Jun, 2008, 11.20 AM IST
- IPTV gets global standards
The United Nations Agency for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has announced the first set of global standards for providing ...
19 Dec, 2007, 03.57 PM IST