China’s Internet curbs are isolating it from the world and having a “highly detrimental” impact on business, a European lobby said on Thursday, in an unusually strong statement by a foreign business chamber. With a population of over 1.4 billion people, 632 million of whom are online, China offers a crucial market for multinational firms. But it also has the world’s most…
After Malappuram, Tirur municipality in the district is planning to cover the town with free WiFi connectivity. The municipality has already started campaign for e-governance literacy and it is going to be declared as the first total e-governance literate municipality in the country soon. WiFi facilities will help achieve the desired results of e-governance literacy…
Aimed at ensuring transparency and better administration, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry today said it aims to bring the entire system fall under the scope of e-governance module. Launching a web-based application to make payment process for works related to National Highways more transparent, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said he plans…
Information technology (IT) is central to enabling change for developing smart cities. Hence, it is vital to have a relevant IT architecture in place, which can be replicated over the country, said J Satyanarayana, advisor (eGovernance, electronics and IT), government of Andhra Pradesh, at the 17th Edition of ‘Express Technology Sabha’, organised by the Indian…
With an aim to make the internet more accessible, social networking giant Facebook and Indian telecommunications company Reliance Communications Ltd. tied-up to provide free data services to the consumers in seven Indian states for the next three months. The announcement was made on February 10, 2015.
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The law and legal system have evolved enough and are in place to face the emerging challenges in the cyber space. Superintendent of Police (SP) of Coimbatore District M. Sudhakar said this at the inaugural of the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) – Coimbatore Chapter, on Wednesday.
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Dear Mr Kejriwal,
Heartiest congratulations on your emphatic and historic electoral triumph! As you get set to occupy the office of Delhi’s chief minister, I wish to bring to your notice some critical issues on which you will be tested for next five years
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As India is going to achieve a 25% share in global mobile phone manufacturing by 2019, the industry expects that the Union Budget will encourage domestic manufacturing with policies like tax holidays and interest subsidies and help the Indian telecom sector reach new benchmarks.
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It is great to see that the current Union government has set the ball rolling on a New Education Policy. That this is being revisited after nearly 30 years does not take away from the fact that it has come at a critical juncture- when India is staring at a surging youth population, set to…
The theme of the Nasscom India Leadership Forum 2015 was truly digital. The event, which entered its 23rd year and hosted executives from around 30 countries, had a drone greeting people and an experience zone that showcased technologies such as augmented reality. On the first day of the three-day summit, Mint spoke to five chief…