Companies are taking consumer satisfaction to a whole new level. But using Hypnosis is certainly taking it to a whole new level. Samsung launched “Unspoil Me” which is a website accessible in Sweden with tall claims that it can “make you forget”, thanks to hypnosis, of a ‘TV show’ that may have watched and would like […]
Indian government took major steps with regards to the data breach storm which has engulfed Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. On 23rd March 2018, it issued a detailed press note telling the citizens what it thinks and what it is doing to ensure the privacy of the populace. Take a look at the statement: There have […]
ISRO has entered into a Technology Transfer Agreement (TTA) with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), which is one of the country’s leading PSUs, to transfer the technology for the manufacture of space grade Li-Ion cells. The TTA was signed at ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru yesterday in the presence of Dr. K. Sivan, Chairman, ISRO and Mr. […]
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology today announced that the much awaited Smart India Hackathon 2018 – is scheduled to be held on Mar 30 & 31, 2018 simultaneously at 28 different nodal centers across India. With 27 union Ministries and Departments and 17 State Governments having joined this grand initiative, SIH2018 is much bigger […]
In a historic decision yesterday, the University Grants Commission or UGC has granted autonomy to sixty Higher Educational Institutions which have maintained high academic standards. This was announced by the Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar at a media briefing in New Delhi yesterday. Javadekar said that the Government is striving to introduce a […]
Is blockchain technology a threat to India? The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the 24th All-India Forensic Science Conference in Ahmedabad on 10th February 2018. Here said that the Government has decided to establish a Cyber Crime Reporting Portal to report Cyber Crimes Against Women. We will also establish […]
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) Expansion Programme is making good progress and a nation-wide roll-out is scheduled beginning April 2018. Government is hoping and believes that once the proposed expansion is completed, IPPB will be providing the largest financial inclusion network in the country, covering both urban as well as rural hinterland with an ability […]
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found Google to have abused its dominant position in online general web search and web search advertising services in India. The order was passed in response to informations filed by Matrimony.com Limited and Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) in 2012. The CCI in its order noted that the allegations […]
Minister of Electronics & IT and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad on 8th February 2018 called upon National Informatics Centre (NIC) to support efforts aimed at making India low-cost cyber security hub. He also spoke about the need for the officers of NIC to get exposed to technology like the blockchain. He said that efforts […]
The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley launched CriSidEx , India’s first sentiment index for micro and small enterprises ( MSEs) developed jointly by CRISIL & SIDBI in New Delhi on 3rd February 2018. CriSidEx is a composite index based on a diffusion index of 8 parameters and measures MSE business sentiment […]
