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Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace raises $51 million in Series-B funding
The funding will help the startup to expand its engineering team and achieve commercial satellite launch scale within a year, the company said.
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Government proposes amendments to drone export policy
The proposed policy sheds light on the types of drones that may be exported, their technical specifications and more. Comments have been invited from the public till September 15
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Govt seeks dismissal of Twitter's petition at Karnataka HC, says platform submitted incorrect evidence
The government said intermediaries like Twitter cannot be arbiter of free speech, or decide which content can cause damage to national security, and claims that the micro blogging platform submitted 'incorrect' evidence to the Karnataka High Court
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Data fiduciaries should give notice to users when personal information from mobiles is collected: Draft guidelines
The personal data shall be collected digitally only to the extent that is necessary for the purpose of processing of such personal data, the guidelines say
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How Sanas helps call centre executives slip into the customer's accent
Sanas, which converts Asian accents into American or British, aims to help improve the communication between call centre executives in India and other countries and customers in the US and the UK.
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MC Explains | Why Reliance Jio bets big on standalone 5G architecture
During its Annual General Meeting, Reliance announced it will be deploying Stand-alone 5G in the country
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Reliance to invest Rs 2 lakh crore in 5G roll-out, shares plans and opportunities for innovation
Speaking at its 45th Annual General Meeting (AGM), chairman Mukesh Ambani said, “To build pan-India True-5G network, Jio will invest Rs 2 lakh crore. The business case for 5G is so strong that we can achieve high-teens ROCE through a combination of mobility market share gains and SUC savings alone.”
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India saw 18 million cyber attacks in first quarter of 2022: Google's Royal Hansen
During the second edition of Google’s Safer With Google event held in New Delhi on August 25, it announced the launch of cybersecurity upskilling program for approximately 100,000 developers, IT, and start-up professionals across the country
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Indian govt forced Twitter to hire agent: Report
Whistleblower Aid, a non-profit legal organisation representing Zatko, confirmed to Moneycontrol the authenticity of the documents. The organisation also told Moneycontrol that Zatko stands by everything written in the disclosure.
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Passenger data will be encrypted before being shared with consultant: IRCTC officials
The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation's plan to monetise its digital data has raised privacy concerns
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China-backed hackers targeted India's NIC among others: Report
RedAlpha, which is allegedly backed by the Chinese government, had spoofed login pages of India’s National Informatics Centre (NIC), which manages wider IT infrastructure and services for the Indian government.
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Skye Air Mobility to take up long distance medicine delivery for Flipkart Health+ in Kolkata and suburbs
In this ongoing trial, Skye Air Mobility has been delivering medicines from Flipkart Heath’s warehouse in Baruipur to its over-the-counter (OTC) shops located in and around Kolkata
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Your name, address, password, etc. will be shared by IRCTC to monetise passenger data
A tender floated by IRCTC also talks about studying ‘behavioural data’ such as flow of passengers, class of journey, frequency of journey, tracking passengers’ travel timings, booking timings, payment mode etc in a bid to monetise it
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DRDO develops a facial recognition system that can penetrate masks, disguise
The algorithm-based system can be used by security agencies for robust face searches across large repositories and be deployed in public places to recognise anti-social elements. The Indian Army has also developed facial recognition systems such as Project Seeker and Silent Sentry.
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Drone-based healthcare services launched in Arunachal Pradesh
The drone network will aim to reduce out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for patients, increase immunisation rates and improve welfare gains.
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Aadhaar now part of culture, criticism yesterday’s battle, says Nandan Nilekani
In an interview to Moneycontrol, Nilekani says surveillance concerns around Aadhaar are unfounded and explains how AI is being used to make online authentication more secure
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Self-regulatory board for social media firms won't take up user appeals on hate speech, Section 69A of IT Act, shows draft code
A draft code of the self regulatory board released by Internet Freedom Foundation says the body will not take up user appeals on content of ‘serious and egregious nature'
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India needs legislation to hold platforms liable for online harms: IT for Change
The Bengaluru-based NGO recommended setting up of an independent and autonomous regulatory authority with discretionary powers to oversee social media regulation in India
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Patchy 4G in rural areas casts doubt on safety of drone flights
4G/LTE connectivity helps in expanding the range of drones in areas covered by mobile Internet.
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3.16 crore Baal Aadhaars issued till now: Sources
Sources also said that in the first quarter of FY23 (Apri-June), 52 lakh Baal Aadhaars have been issued till June 30.
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Our policies will prevent market distortion by dominant tech firms: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
All tech policies are geared towards the goal of a trillion dollar digital economy that is open, safe and secure for participants, says the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology
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Drone companies get set for army operations in harsh Himalayan terrains
The Army Design Bureau (ADB) will mentor drone companies and enable field visits for selected participants
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Elon Musk and Twitter fight over India's importance and standoff with govt
In a court filing, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that Twitter initiated litigation against Indian government, without obtaining consent, and placed the firm's 3rd largest market at risk. Twitter denied the claims
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First audit report on intermediaries' compliance with IT Act and rules in September: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
The report will list how many directions by the government haven't been complied with by social media intermediaries. The minister stressed that the government doesn't want intermediaries to ignore legitimate grievances of the digital nagrik.
