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Drone startup Skye Air Mobility initiates trials for delivery of medicines in Kerala
The New Delhi-based drone startup along with Aster DM Healthcare will conduct the deliveries between Kozhikode and Mallapuram districts
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Drone startup Garuda Aerospace all set to close $30 million Series A funding
The drone startup's CEO Agnishwar Jayaprakash says the company will be looking to venture into North American market
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Explained: Why government has proposed amendments to the IT Rules 2021
Under the drafts, a Grievance Appellate Committee has been proposed which will have the power to override decisions made by grievance officers of intermediaries
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Amendments to IT Rules 2021 will ensure rights of users are not contravened by Big Tech: MeitY
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has published draft amendments to the Information Technology Rules 2021 and is inviting comments from public and all stakeholders for the next 30 days
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VPN service providers Surfshark, Windscribe, and NordVPN may follow ExpressVPN in moving servers out of India
Last week ExpressVPN removed its Indian servers citing that the CERT-In directions are 'incompatible with purpose of VPNs'
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Body representing Microsoft, AWS, IBM and others urges MeitY to pause implementation of CERT-In directions
The Software Alliance (BSA) said that the CERT-In directions could hurt “commercial operations, investments and R&D activities” of businesses.
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Eight times when former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg found herself in troubled waters
From Cambridge Analytica to the 2016 US Presidential Elections Facebook files, Sandberg has seen her share of controversies that have thrown shade on her career
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ICMR releases guidelines for drone usage in healthcare, to pilot blood bag delivery
Drones will mainly be used for medical supplies in far-flung areas.If the project is successful, it would help in formulating a standard operating procedure that states can follow. The project is currently in a conceptualisation phase, and a location has not been decided yet.
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MeitY moots committee to override decisions of social media platforms regarding user, account suspensions
MeitY said the committee will provide an alternative to a user to file an appeal against the decision of the Grievance Officer rather than directly going to the court of law
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ExpressVPN rejects CERT-In directions, removes its India servers
This decision by ExpressVPN comes after several virtual private network (VPN) service providers criticised CERT-In's recent directions
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New York-based startup Daloopa lays off over 40 employees from its Noida office
Some of the personnel who were laid off recently were hired in April and May, according to sources
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Explained: How will the National Data Governance Framework Policy work?
A platform will be designed which will process requests and provide access to non-personal and/or anonymised datasets to Indian researchers and start-ups; there is no provision for monetisation of such data
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RTI: MeitY refuses details on consultation process of CERT-In directions citing national security
This development comes even as several industry associations and lobbying groups urged CERT-In to launch a larger consultation process regarding the directions for public reply
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Lobby groups write to govt, say CERT-In directions will make it difficult for companies to do business in India
The lobby groups and industry associations express concerns regarding the mandatory reporting of cybersecurity incidents within a six-hour timeline and the definition of reportable cybersecurity incidents.
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4 times when drones did not work: What India learnt from the Medicine from the Sky project of 2021
World Economic Forum’s Vignesh Santhanam says that there is a need to ‘measure what needs to be improvised’
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RattanIndia acquires majority stake in Bengaluru-based drone startup Throttle Aerospace
In the future, RattanIndia Enterprises said it will target global markets for drone products and services.
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We are unbiased in use of data and nobody is surveilled without consent: KTR on facial recognition in Hyderabad
There have been widespread concerns regarding the usage of facial recognition in Hyderabad in governance and for surveillance.
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Drone manufacturers upset over long authorisation process for exports
Industry stakeholders raised the issue during a recent meeting with Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia
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TRAI's caller ID plan not a competition but catalyst for growth: Truecaller CEO
Alan Mamedi was reacting to reports that The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India was looking to develop a caller name display system based on KYC records
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Drones saving cost of land mapping for government by at least 75%, says Aarav Unmanned Systems CEO
There is a massive demand and supply gap in the Indian market for drones, due to the shortage of chipsets, among other factors, said AUS CEO Vipul Singh
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What CERT-In clarifications mean and how they can affect you
Concerns on VPN requirements remain despite CERT-In clarifications. Experts also see problems with mandate to override contractual obligations for reporting cybersecurity incidents
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Exclusive: Surfshark in discussion with Indian lawyers, may challenge validity of CERT-In directions
The development comes a day after the government warned service providers that they are free to terminate their businesses in the country, if they are non-compliant to new directions.
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Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace successfully test fires engine of Vikram-1 rocket
The startup says it is the largest rocket designed, manufactured and tested completely in the private sector in India
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar's requirements ‘impossible’, VPN providers vow to uphold privacy
VPN service providers have locked horns with the Indian government regarding a recent CERT-In directive that mandated service providers to maintain customer logs for five years
