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Sanya Malhotra captivates fans with her fierce energy in the BTS of Diljit Dosanjh’s Charmer, showcasing effortless grace, raw power, and unfiltered joy as she masters every move with confidence.

Over 80% of schools in Bihar and West Bengal don’t have access to the internet

While over half of the schools across the country had access to the internet, Bihar had 18.5 percent of schools with internet facilities, while West Bengal had just 17.5 percent of schools with the internet.

Elon Musk and friends are smothering the internet’s truth seekers

Targeting groups studying disinformation is bad news for democracy

Women’s digital access has witnessed significant jump post pandemic: MC Analysis

The number of women with access to mobile phones with an active sim rose to 78.7 percent in 2022-23 from 56.7 percent during the pandemic period

Bharat is logging in! 95% villages have internet connectivity, shows govt data

Under the two phases of BharatNet, 2.13 lakh Gram Panchayats are now ready to be brought online.

Karnataka Gig Workers' Bill could impact ease of business in the state, warns IAMAI

In a letter to the state labour department, Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) claimed that the draft bill could impose a financial burden on aggregators, many of whom are already operating at a loss

Internet usage jumps in informal sector companies: Govt data

Internet usage by the informal sector for taking and placing orders, using UPI increased by almost 50% in 2022-23

Vodafone Idea management on Rs 18,000 crore FPO which opens for subscription from 18-22 April

Telecom operator Vodafone Idea’s board has approved a Follow-on Public Offering (FPO) of equity shares of up to Rs 18,000 crore. The floor price for the mega offer has been set at Rs 10 and the cap at Rs 11 per equity share. This is at a discount of about 26% compared to recently approved preferential issue price to the promoter entity at Rs 14.87 and a discount of about 15% compared to last closing price.

No smartphone or internet? No problem; AI-backed phone has the answers

The service, launched by Canada-based Viamo in Nigeria last month, allows anyone even in the middle of nowhere without the internet - to access AI technology.

MC Interview: No better job than Flipkart CEO in the world, says Kalyan Krishnamurthy

After seven years at the helm, e-commerce chieftain talks about steering the internet behemoth through changes in India's retail sector, changing ownership of the company, and ongoing AI disruption. Krishnamurthy believes the next phase in e-commerce growth lies in fixing the gap between people who buy monthly and those who buy once a year.

Neuralink 'Telepathy' Implant: Elon, please keep the Internet out of our brains

Some of the benefits of the device named as 'Telepathy' – like helping paralysed persons sounds great, so long as the device doesn’t plug people’s brains into the time-sucking matrix of distraction that we call the internet. Far from enhancing our lives, that could prove a step too far in being “connected.”

China introduces 'world's fastest internet', network can transfer 150 HD films in 1 second

According to industry predictions, a super-fast internet network such as this would have emerged only around 2025. China beat the deadline to launch their network last week.

China launches world's fastest internet with 1,200 gigabites per second speed

China launched the world's first ultra-high-speed next-generation internet backbone with a bandwidth of 1,200G bits per second. An internet backbone refers to one of the principal data routes between large, strategically interconnected networks and core routers on the internet. The ultra-high-speed next-generation internet backbone, jointly developed by Tsinghua University, China Mobile, Huawei and CERNET Corporation. To know all about how the internet works watch this video

Govt allows sharing of cable TV infrastructure with broadband service providers

The amended rules for MSO registration also enable the sharing of infrastructure by cable operators with broadband service providers to promote internet penetration to the last mile.

Google's rivals get day in court as momentous US antitrust trial begins

The United States will argue Google didn’t play by the rules in its efforts to dominate online search in a trial seen as a battle for the soul of the Internet.

Why India should encourage Online Dispute Resolution

With the colossal amount of loans written off, ODR offers a pathway to reshape the commercial transaction landscape. By embracing a widescale implementation, India stands poised not only to champion UPI but also to serve as a global paradigm for successful ODR adoption

Telcos revenue share from voice calls dip 80%, SMS 94%, with OTT growth in 10 years

"In India, composition of the revenue basket of wireless access service providers has undergone a sea-change in the period from the year 2013 to 2022," the TRAI said in its consultation paper on Regulatory Mechanism for Over-The-Top (OTT) Communication Services, and Selective Banning of OTT Services.

Digital India Act and the challenge of tackling online harms, especially emerging ones

The critical ingredient in stemming the growth of old and emerging online harms is to categorise them. Emerging harms include addictive tech, algorithm bias or content that promotes suicide and self-harm. Different categories of harms require different sets of responses, but the same regulatory body cannot form mechanisms to address all harms

Reddit’s Chief says he wants it to ‘Grow Up.’ Will its community let it?

As the social media site matures, its users and moderators have made their displeasure about corporate changes known, putting the company into a bind.

Surging Indian internet stocks trounce China peers

An equal-weighted custom index of India’s five flagship Internet stocks including Paytm parent One 97 Communications Ltd. and Zomato Ltd. has risen more than 20% in 2023, bolstered by the firms’ focus on profitability and a buzzing economy.

Indonesia, SpaceX launch satellite to boost internet connectivity

Roughly two-thirds of Indonesia's 280 million population already use the internet, but connectivity is limited in far-flung, underdeveloped eastern islands of the Southeast Asian country.

India's internet economy gross merchandise value to grow 6X to hit $1 trillion by 2030: Report

The joint report by Google, Temasek, and Bain pegs the size of India's internet economy at $155-175 billion in 2022

Census unlikely before LS polls; citizens to be asked about smartphones, Internet, cereals

Access to smartphones, Internet, laptops, computers, cars, two-wheelers, main cereal consumed are some of the 31 questions to be asked in the Census, whenever it is held.

Sambalpur violence: Govt extends suspension of internet services till April 22

A fresh order issued by the state Home Department said internet services will remain suspended till 10 am on April 22.

Multilingual, inclusive Internet must for bringing on board next 1 billion users: Experts

Two global organisations The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) have been working to make the Internet more unified that supports a broad range of languages and scripts, they said.