Citizens signing on to the government’s newly launched Digital Locker service can get themselves an Aadhaar-linked digital signature that they can use to self-certify electronic documents. Digital Locker, rechristened `DigiLocker’ since its beta version was launched last week, offers an electronic signature, or `e-sign’, service that Aadhaar holders can use to digitally sign an electronic…
The government is working on an ambitious plan to build one smart city each at the country’s 12 major ports, at an estimated total investment of Rs 50,000 crore, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said. “Each port will construct one smart city. We are trying to do this. Each city will be built with an…
The study involved more than 250 females from four colleges. Researchers conducted an online survey to assess the cyberbullying behaviours. In addition, all the participants were asked to complete Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) to determine depression and alcohol use among the participants.
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Companies and brands have significantly increased their social media spends even as they find it challenging to measure the effectiveness of their social media engagements finds EY’s second annual ‘Social Media Marketing India Trends’ study. The study analyses how Indian marketers and organisations have been using the various social media platforms and how they go…
Mobile handset makers like Micromax and Karbonn have sought tax holidays and subsidies in the upcoming Budget to promote local manufacturing, a move they expect will create lakhs of jobs. One of the fastest growing mobile phone market globally, India lags behind China as most handset makers, including Indian players, get their devices manufactured in…
India versus Pakistan, the biggest blockbuster of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, created global history by recording more than 25 million views on Star’s digital platform – Hotstar and starsports.com. This is the highest ever video views for a single game in any sporting event across the globe in one country.
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Mobile phone operators Vodafone India and Aircel have started talks with the government on how to speed up the muchdelayed national broadband project, which will form the backbone of the Digital India initiative.
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Taking suo moto cognizance of an alleged atrocity case, the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has directed the Morigaon district administration to start a probe into the alleged assault by an Assam Police official on a young woman at Moirabari area in the district recently. In her FIR lodged at Moirabari police station, the victim…
Human rights activists say that nearly 100,000 North Koreans are being forced to work abroad as slaves abroad to fund Kim-Jong-un and his administration’s luxurious lifestyle. According to Daily Express, Ahn Myeong-chul, the head of NK Watch, a Seoul-based rights group, told the New York Times the country’s regime was “exploiting their labour and salaries…
A former police officer and Chelsea fan apologised for his involvement in an alleged racist incident involving football supporters on a Paris Metro train. Footage posted online last week showed supporters blocking a man named as Souleymane S from boarding a metro train in the French capital and chanting “we’re racist and that’s the way…