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InspeCity raises $1.5 million for servicing satellites, building 'space cities'
The start-up's visition is to create a new economy in space and build human habitats that go beyond the limitations of our current planetary systems, said Arindrajit Chowdhury, CEO, Inspecity. Chowdhury is also a professor at the mechanical engineering department of IIT Bombay.
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India one of our most important regions, Hyderabad our only engineering office outside US: Notion CEO Ivan Zhao
Ivan Zhao, CEO and co-founder of productivity platform Notion, claims that half of the Fortune 500 are its customers and wants that figure to reach 100%.
BUSINESS
'Indian Space Policy 2023 gives us wings': Start-ups laud long-awaited regulation
The Indian Space Policy was released on April 20 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), more than a week after the Cabinet approved it.
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MC Explains | What is space policy 2023, what does it mean for private players and other questions answered
Released on April 21, the Indian Space Policy 2023 seeks to promote private participation in Indian space activities, as well as to support space start-ups
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Indian hacker found bug that could have led to deletion of any LinkedIn posts
Anand Prakash, an ethical hacker and CEO of cybersecurity firm Pingsafe, found a security vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to send specific requests to LinkedIn servers that could have led to the deletion of any post on the platform
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Govt shall focus on providing support to space sector start-ups: Indian Space Policy 2023
Through the Indian Space Policy 2023, the government seeks to provide regulatory certainty to space activities by various stakeholders, in order to create a thriving space ecosystem, the policy said
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AAGG Rules 2023: MeitY seeks to allow ‘any entity’ to take up Aadhaar authentication
The AAGG Rules was originally introduced in 2020, the Government stated, to prevent leakage of public funds, in interest of good governance and so on
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Dhruva Space, Bellatrix Aerospace startups to launch payloads on ISRO PSLV-C55
Along with Dhruva Space and Bellatrix Aerospace, there will be seven experimental payloads aboard PSLV-C55's POEM -2 module. The ISRO rocket's launch is scheduled for April 22
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MeitY plans migrating from NIC to secure cloud solution for government email services
The ministry is looking for a master system integrator who can take 'complete ownership' of migrating the email solutions to a cloud system that can be scaled and can handle up to 50 lakh users.
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Pakistan-aligned threat actor targeting Indian edu sector to keep an eye on research activities: SentinelLabs researcher
Aleksandar Milenkoski, a senior threat researcher at US-based cyber security firm SentinelLabs, said the threat actor has been luring researchers and institutions with phishing emails that are embedded with malwares
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New IT Rules may lead to misuse: Body representing Google, Meta, Twitter, Apple criticise Centre's new fact checking norms
The recent amendment to the IT Rules mandate that a government appointed fact checking organisation will have the powers to identify any "false or misleading content relating to the government"
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New IT rules: Let govt fact check unit perform and earn respect of social media platforms, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar
While explaining why the proposed fact check unit could not have been formed outside the government, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that information relating to the government would only be available with the concerned ministries or departments.
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Hacktivist Indonesia also targeted US, Israel, Sweden apart from India over incidents that hurt religious sentiments
Recently, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre issued an alert on Hacktivist Indonesia group's announcement that it will target 12,000 government websites.
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Geopolitical conflicts contributed to 53% increase in ransomware attacks on India in 2022: CERT-In
In the India Ransomware Report 2022, CERT-In warned that the use of ransomwares in geo-political conflicts will only increase when it becomes "becomes an arsenal for cyberwarfares"
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Centre issues alert as Indonesian hacker group targets 12,000 Indian websites
The alert also said that the hacktivist group had released a list of government websites that it claims to be targeting, which included state and Central government websites.
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CDS Gen Anil Chauhan calls for safeguarding India’s assets in space
The Chief of Defence Staff called for enhancing the country's space situational awareness, which means to understand the orbital environment better, with accurate data on space radiation and where each object is located.
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Kunal Kamra moves Bombay HC against government's amendment to IT Rules on content fact-checking
The Bombay High Court directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to explain why the IT Rules 2023 should not be stayed and to "describe the factual background that necessitated the issuance of the amendments."
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Short-term pain but long-term opportunities: How Indian space tech ecosystem is tackling global inflationary trends
There has been a rise in launch prices globally, driven by a tight launch market. For Indian space tech start-ups, which are facing difficulty in obtaining funds from foreign VCs, new financial mechanisms could prove to be the saviour.
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Fact-checking government content: Lawyers acknowledge clarity in IT Rules, media and digital rights groups slam govt for censorship
On April 6, government notified the IT Rules 2023, stating that government will appoint an organisation to fact check content related to the government.
BUSINESS
Bengaluru-based Pixxel eyes India's defence for application of its hyperspectral imagery satellites
Last week, United States' National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awarded Pixxel a 5-year contract for providing them with hyperspectral imagery (HSI)- enabled remote sensing capabilities via modeling and simulation and data evaluation
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Deep tech investor Speciale Invest to focus on Series A and above rounds with new growth fund
The fund has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), and expects to close the corpus at $24.33 million (Rs 200 crore) in the next 3-4 months
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Skyroot Aerospace successfully tests rocket engine for Vikram II
The Hyderabad-based start-up, which last year became the first Indian company to launch a rocket into space, successfully test fired Dhawan II, a 3D printed rocket engine
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All you need to know about Cyberabad Police's crackdown on data theft of 67 crore individuals
A Haryana resident was arrested by the police for allegedly being involved in stealing, holding and selling of personal and confidential data of 66.9 crore individuals and organizations belonging to 24 states and eight metropolitan cities.
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'PhonePe data safe': UPI platform after man held by Cyberabad cops for data theft
Apart from PhonePe, sensitive information about students enrolled with Byju's and Vedantu, users of financial apps such as Paytm, and CRED; and users of Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, Instagram and Zomato were also found to have been allegedly sold by the person arrested by Cyberabad Police
