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ETIG analysis: How Covid has exposed India’s data-centric inadequacies

September 17, 2020 enewsedition 0 Comments AADHAAR, contact tracing, coronavirus, data, effective data measurement tools, information privacy, pandemic, record, The Indian Council of Medical Research

For a country where people often get reduced to statistics given the humongous population, India hardly has any effective data

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Malware equipped with data stealing capabilities reported targeting Android mobile devices: Dhotre

September 17, 2020 enewsedition 0 Comments digital india aatma, elearning, Entertainment, games, HEALTH, Malware, News, office and work from home, Sanjay Dhotre, the cyber swachhta kendra

New Delhi: A malware named ‘BlackRock’, equipped with data stealing capabilities, has been reported targeting the Android mobile devices, Parliament

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Happiest Minds | Ashok Soota: With Happiest Minds’ stellar debut, one of Indian IT’s original poster boys makes a rousing comeback

September 17, 2020 enewsedition 0 Comments Ashok Soota, Happiest Minds, Happiest Minds IPO, happiest minds listing, mindtree

Ashok Soota, one of the first movers of India’s roller-coaster IT ride, is the toast of the street once again.

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WhatsApp partners with Common Services Centers for a digital literacy service chatbot

September 17, 2020 enewsedition 0 Comments coronavirus, facebook, Shivnath Thukral, telemedicine, the national common minimum programme, the national e-governance plan, WhatsApp India

NEW DELHI: Facebook owned messaging giant WhatsApp said on Thursday that it has partnered with Common Services Centers (CSC) for

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2,500 social media propaganda accounts on government radar

September 17, 2020 enewsedition 0 Comments facebook, indian army, ladakh, PLA, Sino-Indian faceoff, Twitter, youtube

NEW DELHI: The Centre is monitoring over 2,500 social media accounts which allegedly spread Chinese propaganda and disinformation on the

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Chinese gaming and social media group Tencent puts $ 63mn in Flipkart’s $1.2 bn round

September 16, 2020 enewsedition 0 Comments Flipkart, flipkart pte, Online retailer, Southeast Asia, Tencent, walmart

Bengaluru: Chinese gaming and social media group Tencent has invested $62.8 million in Flipkart’s $1.2 billion round, regulatory filings in

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Net pioneer Vint Cerf warns of digital info dark age

September 16, 2020 enewsedition 0 Comments Data scientists, digital content, digital info dark age, google, Vint Cerf

BENGALURU: Internet pioneer Vint Cerf has warned of a digital dark age as information being created online right now may

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Govt may defer levying import duty on display assembly for a year

September 16, 2020 enewsedition 0 Comments Apple Inc, mobile phones, motor/ringer, Nokia, Wistron Corporation

New Delhi: The government is considering deferring the levy of import duty on display assembly till October 2021, a move

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No need to regulate OTTs for now: Govt in LS

September 16, 2020 enewsedition 0 Comments facebook, google, International Telecommunication Union, Microsoft, OTT, regulatory intervention, security issues

The government does not feel the requirement of any regulatory intervention related to privacy and security issues of over-the-top (OTT)

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Vivo waives some dealer fees to aid offline retailers

September 16, 2020 enewsedition 0 Comments dealer financing charges, sales, Smartphone, smartphone brand vivo, Vivo India

Smartphone brand Vivo is selling smartphones in the offline channel at zero dealer financing charges in a bid to support

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