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Signal sees surge in demand in the US and India

While a larger number of Indians reacted to WhatsApp's new privacy rule, the blocking of apps in the United States following the violent attack on the Capitol is days to be the main reason. Messaging platform Signal announced late Saturday...

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India’s parliamentary committee summons Facebook and Twitter

The committee has previously summoned Facebook over the issue of political bias on the platform.  India’s parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology has summoned Facebook and Twitter officials on January 21 over the misuse of social media.  The official agenda...

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Bengaluru fastest growing mature tech ecosystem: Report

Investment in the south Indian city grew 5.4 times from $1.3 billion in 2016 to $7.2 billion in 2020  The technology capital of India, Bengaluru, has been named the world’s fastest-growing mature tech ecosystem since 2016 as per a new...

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Google invests in Indian start-ups Glance and Daily Hunt

Google's investment in Indian video content mobile applications comes in an environment where local-language content market is still underserved. American multinational Google invested in two Indian short-video platforms, Glance and Daily Hunt on Tuesday. Both the platforms offer content in...

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Amazon to launch Future Engineer Program in India

The US e-commerce giant has stated plans to start its computer science program in India.  The e-commerce giant Amazon is planning to launch its computer science education program in India.  The program, called Future Engineer Program, aims to fund computer...

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Pfizer vaccine faces hiccup, co requests Indian authorities for more time

American pharmaceuticals company Pfizer’s efforts to market their Covid-19 vaccine to India have been beset with practical issues of storage temperature and distribution infrastructure.  The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) in India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) met on Wednesday...

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Britain emergency-approves Oxford vaccine, to be produced in India

Serum Institute of India, Pune, to manufacture Astra-Oxford vaccine. Britain today became the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca. Famous Pharmaceutical AstraZeneca today announced that the Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for emergence...

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Tech-support scamsters shut down in US, India

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation assisted DOJ in shutting down an online tech-support fraud that impersonated Microsoft and other reputed companies.  US-based online tech-support fraud that scammed numerous elderly Americans using call center operators in India. The alleged scamster firms...

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IIT Alumni Council confers Distinguished Fellowships to four eminent researchers

PanIIT honors four for their original contribution to the development of key platform technologies. Our BureauNew Delhi IIT Alumni Council announced institutional strengthening of PanIIT Institute—an independent and autonomous partner alumni organization engaged in the development of an end-to-end deeptech...