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| 27.05.2025 | Quint Digital Ltd Signs Franchise Agreement with Time Out Group to Launch Time Out India | Delhi, India
Quint Digital Limited (QDL), India’s leading media-tech company, is proud to announce that it has signed a franchise agreement with Time Out, the iconic global brand that inspires and enables people to experience the best of th... |
| 31.07.2024 | The Battle Against Movie Piracy: India’s New Frontline | In the vibrant world of Bollywood, where dreams are spun into celluloid, a darker shadow looms. Movie piracy, a relentless thief, steals the fruits of creativity. India, home to a bustling film industry, grapples with this menace. The stake... |
| 29.07.2024 | ‘Indian Police Pinpoint Seat of Movie “Camming” Pirate by Analyzing the Film Angle’ | As the home of Bollywood, India has a thriving movie industry that’s known all around the world.
At the same time, the country also has one of the highest piracy rates, which is seen as a major threat by industry insiders.
Following pressur... |
| 21.03.2023 | Ponzi 2.0: The wild story of an investment into an Estonian startup that doesn’t exist | Last week Hedonova, a Paris-based hedge fund, announced an equity investment of $16 million in Series A funding of an Estonian startup called Carbonomy. Where things get wild is that Carbonomy does not exist, and the funding round never occ... |
| 12.02.2023 | Is Xiaomi’s shine dimming in India? | Xiaomi — the company that originally made its name as “the Apple of China” — broke out of its home market and became a household name in India shortly after its debut in 2014. Its initial, rapid success was with phones, but that gave the Ch... |
| 25.01.2023 | India’s gig economy drivers face bust in the country’s digital boom | Suneeta Kohli, a female Uber driver in New Delhi, had her account suddenly disabled one evening while she was en route to pick up a rider in a southern part of the capital city.
“I was reaching the destination, but it took some time due to ... |
| 14.12.2022 | Ваш путеводитель по миру NLP (обработке естественного языка) | Как машины обрабатывают и понимают человеческий язык
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| 28.10.2022 | India sets up panel with veto power over social media content moderation | India will set up one or more grievance committees to oversee content moderation decisions of social media firms, it said today, moving ahead with a proposal that has rattled Meta, Google and Twitter in the key overseas market.
In an amendm... |
| 27.10.2022 | Byju's allegedly shuts Kerala office, forces employees to resign | Byju’s, the world’s most valued edtech firm backed by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, may have shut its office in Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and asked employees working there to resign. The allegation was ... |
| 05.10.2022 | Menace Of Digital Lending Apps: Another Death Raises Question On Govt Crackdown | Chennai techie hangs himself after continued harassment from illegal digital loan operators
A flurry of incidents have been reported in the recent past involving unauthorised lending apps that have claimed the lives of many
The crackdown by... |
| 28.09.2022 | Zomato Pilots Health Cover For Delivery Partners, Families | The pilot run is currently underway in three cities namely New Delhi, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad
Disbursement claims also soared 5.5X in FY22 compared to FY21: Zomato
Zomato has come under fire for reducing driver margins and increasing work h... |
| 16.09.2022 | Online Gaming Apps Will Be Classified Under Skills Or Luck Based Games | A government panel suggested that India form a regulatory body which would classify online games as based on skill or chance.
Aside from that, the body can introduce rules to block prohibited formats and take a stricter stance on gambling w... |
| 23.08.2022 | Ola Ordered To Pay Rs 95,000 To Customer: He Was Forced To Pay Rs 861 For A Single Trip | Ola Cabs has been directed to pay Rs. 95,000 to a customer in compensation after he was overcharged for an incomplete journey.
This fine has been imposed by the Hyderabad district consumer disputes redressal commission – III.
Ola Cabs Direc... |
| 20.08.2022 | Indian Govt In Talks With Google Play Store To Restrict Lending Apps From Accessing User Data | Some officials want sweeping restrictions on such apps while others believe that the issues can only be tackled on a case-by-case basis: Report
MeitY examining rationale as to why lending apps require access to contact details, media and me... |
| 28.07.2022 | Ordering food on Swiggy? You might have to wait for long | If you are planning to order food via Swiggy, there is a chance that you might have to wait for long to get the food that you ordered. Not your usual 30-40 minutes of wait within which most orders are delivered or under extremely rare circu... |
| 24.06.2022 | India’s Government Amps Up Facial Recognition Deployment, Claims The Only People Affected Are Criminals | Prime Minister Nahendra Mohdi’s government has apparently peered over the Great Wall of China (to pedants: figuratively, of course) and liked what it was seeing. China is the world leader in pervasive surveillance — something the government... |
| 14.06.2022 | Patanjali’s Partner Stops All Ayurveda Product Ads After Complaint Over Misleading Claims | Patanjali’s Partner Stops All Ayurveda Product Ads After Complaint Over Misleading Claims
Indian multinational conglomerate holding company, Patanjali Ayurved has withdrawn its advertisements after a complaint by a doctor in Kerala.
The doc... |
| 09.06.2022 | Recycled plastic collected by waste pickers now featured on garments sold worldwide - catalysing inclusive circularity | Recycled plastic collected by waste pickers now featured on garments sold worldwide - catalysing inclusive circularity
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BENGALURU, June 9, 2022 – Together with an ecosystem of partners the non-... |
| 05.06.2022 | Infosys Justifies Stopping Ex-Employees From Working For Competitors; Case Transferred To State Govt | Infosys Justifies Stopping Ex-Employees From Working For Competitors; Case Transferred To State Govt
Infosys defended its position on the no-compete rule it puts in its offer letters, saying that it is a “common and standard business practi... |
| 01.06.2022 | 70,000 Petrol Dealers Stopped Working On May 31; Refused To Buy Petrol/Diesel For This Reason | Around 70,000 outlets participated in this protest.
Petrol pump dealers across 24 states will not be purchasing diesel and petrol from oil companies as a sign of protest against dealers’ commission which has not been revised since a long ti... |
| 27.05.2022 | Penalty Imposed On This Restaurant For Forcing Customers To Pay Service Charges: This Is What Rules State | Penalty Imposed On This Restaurant For Forcing Customers To Pay Service Charges: This Is What Rules State
Oftentimes, on going to restaurants, the bill comprises a 5% service charge, besides 2.5% GST charges. This service charge, according ... |
| 26.05.2022 | The fish prasadam remedy: Annual Festival where thousands swallow live fish to cure asthma | In Hyderabad, fish prasadam is administered to people with asthma every year during the first week of June.
A herbal paste is placed in a live murrel (snakehead) fingerling fish, which is then slipped into the mouth of the patient and swall... |
| 20.05.2022 | Uber hikes fare across the country, starts showing destination and payment mode to drivers before they accept the trip | Uber has announced a slew of measures aimed at making its drivers happy.
The measures include increased fares, notifications for destination and mode of payment and more.
The company has also announced that drivers who frequently cancel the... |
| 21.04.2022 | Nitin Gadkari Asks EV Companies To Recall Defective Vehicles | Amid a series of reported mishaps with two-wheeler electric vehicles (EVs), Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on April 21 advised companies to take “advance action to recall all defective batches of vehicles immediately”.
In a series of tweets, ... |
| 24.12.2021 | Government issues advisory on edtech; asks parents not to sign up for loans, do research on ads | In a significant move, the Government on December 23 issued a detailed advisory cautioning students and parents to be careful while opting for online education offered by edtech companies.
This comes at a time when the edtech sector in Indi... |
| 12.12.2021 | 5% GST On Every Auto Ride On Ola, Uber From This Date! Less Earnings For Auto Drivers? | The Union government has decided to levy a 5% GST on all rides purchased online and this is going to happen from January 1, 2022.
Now you have to pay 5% GST on all rides purchased online!
The Union government has decided to levy a 5% GST on... |
| 02.12.2021 | UIDAI working with World Bank, UN to build Aadhaar-like global identity models | Shouvik Das 2 Dec, 2021
As queries from a large number of countries thronged to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to build Aadhaar-like identity solution, the Indian government body is working with the World Bank and Unit... |
| 16.08.2021 | Bombay HC Stops Centre From Imposing IT Laws For Code Of Ethics, Self-Regulation | In order for a democracy to work there must be checks and balances.
Bombay High Court stayed certain provisions in IT Rules 2021- Rules 9(1) and 9(3).
The 2021 IT Rules applied to digital media which must adhere to a Code of Ethics.
Content... |
| 13.08.2021 | Twitter India head moves to a different role | Manish Maheshwari, the head of Twitter India, has taken a new role at the company and is relocating to the U.S., the latest in a series of developments for the American social giant after a tense stand-off with New Delhi this year.
Maheshwa... |
| 12.08.2021 | Unvaccinated Citizens Can’t Buy Alcohol In This State! RT-PCR Test or Vaccines Mandatory Now | Unvaccinated Citizens Can’t Buy Alcohol In This State! RT-PCR Test or Vaccines Mandatory Now
If you haven’t received any vaccine shot for Coronavirus, or if you don’t have a negative RT-PCR test report, then you won’t be able to buy liquor ... |
| 11.08.2021 | Twitter locks account of India’s largest opposition party | Twitter has locked the account of Indian National Congress, the South Asian nation’s largest opposition party, for violating its rules.
The Indian National Congress wrote about the Twitter episode on Facebook Thursday.
“When our leaders wer... |
| 10.08.2021 | Twitter now in compliance with India’s new IT rules, government says | Twitter is now complying with India’s new IT rules, New Delhi told a court Tuesday, in a move that is expected to ease months-long tension between the American social media network and the government of the key overseas market.
A lawyer rep... |
| 09.08.2021 | Indian Railways Ordered To Pay Rs 17.5 Lakh To Passenger For Stolen Luggage: Is Railways Responsible? | The consumer commission observed that the railway authorities did not look properly into the suspects pointed out by the complainant.
The South Central Railway has been directed to pay a compensation worth Rs 17.5 lakh to a passenger travel... |
| 11.07.2021 | Why linking Aadhaar with voter ID is a dangerous idea | Written by Vibhav Mariwala and Prakhar Misra
Last month, the Election Commission of India (ECI), reminded the Law Ministry to approve a slew of pending electoral reforms. Among these was hastening the linking of voter ID cards (EPIC databas... |
| 09.07.2021 | TCS Earned Rs 100 Crore/Day In Last 90 Days; Crosses 5 Lakh Employees! | The total number of employees now stands at 5,09,058 with the highest-ever quarterly net addition of 20,409 people.
TCS said that it received a 28.5% hike in profits amounting to Rs 9,008 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2021.
The... |
| 30.06.2021 | Google’s latest telecom play is to provide last-mile 5G | The news: Google has partnered with Ericsson to provide cloud computing services and 5G connectivity for time-sensitive applications like robotics and VR, per Bloomberg. Early tests have started in conjunction with Italy's Telecom Italia.
M... |
| 30.06.2021 | Meet Bhavna Suresh — a serial entrepreneur who just raised $40 million in seed funding for her startup 10club | 10club has closed its seed funding round at $40 million, which is one of the largest seed financing rounds in the South Asian market.
India currently has only 285 startups led or co-led by women entrepreneurs, according to an industry repor... |
| 29.06.2021 | Swiggy Delivery Man Beaten For Not Giving Free Food; Gets Rs 2 Lakh From Netizens | Swiggy Delivery Man Beaten For Not Giving Free Food; Gets Rs 2 Lakh From Netizens
Kindness towards others is the glue which connects individual happiness with wider community and societal well being.
One such example is here, the story of K... |
| 25.06.2021 | Time To End India’s War on Sedition | What do a 22-year-old climate activist, a journalist reporting on a gang rape case and a politician supporting a farmers’ protest have in common? They have all recently been charged with sedition as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go... |
| 24.05.2021 | Police in India visited Twitter offices over ‘manipulated media’ label | Delhi police, controlled by India’s central government, on Monday evening visited two offices of Twitter — in the national capital state of Delhi and Gurgaon, in the neighboring state of Haryana — to seek more information about Twitter’s ra... |
| 23.05.2021 | Zomato, Swiggy Shuts Down Services In Hyderabad; Seeks Clarity From Govt | Lately, the city of Hyderabad has been witnessing how Hyderabad police has been rounding up the delivery executives of Food aggregators Swiggy and Zomato, seizing their vehicles and slapping fines on them and hence they have declared to hav... |
| 21.05.2021 | India objects to ‘manipulated’ label on politicians tweets; asks removal of reference to ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus | The Indian government has expressed strong objection to Twitter for classifying tweets by Indian politicians as “manipulated media,” and separately asked social media firms to remove posts that refers to an “Indian variant” of the coronavir... |
| 03.04.2021 | Base Fare Of Ola, Uber Hiked Up to Rs 150 For 1st 4 Kms In Bengaluru; Up to Rs 54/Km Thereafter | On Thursday, the minimum fares for all app-hailed cab services like Uber and Ola have been increased to a minimum of Rs 75 by the Karnataka government. This applies for all cab services like Uber and Ola running in Bengaluru and rest of the... |
| 02.04.2021 | Bengaluru Cab Driver’s Death Shows Ola, Uber Have More To Fix Than Profits | The financial distress that has befallen India’s cab drivers after the arrival of Ola and Uber saw 32-year-old Pratap, a cab driver with the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC), die by self-immolation on Tuesday near the... |
| 29.03.2021 | UPI Apps Like Paytm, PhonePe & Others Won’t Be Allowed More Than 30% Share; NPCI Issues Guidelines | NPCI has limited third-party application providers to 30% of market share of all transactions processed via UPI.
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has limited third-party application providers (TPAPs) to 30% of market share of a... |
| 28.03.2021 | 45% Of All Smartphones Sold In India Are Via Online Portals; Flipkart, Xiaomi #1 Choice In India | India’s online smartphone market reached its highest-ever share of 45 per cent in a pandemic-hit year.
According to a new survey, India’s online smartphone market reached its highest-ever share of 45 per cent in 2020, recording a seven per ... |
| 28.03.2021 | 47% Indians Will Work From Home This Year; 87% Firms Want Hybrid Work Model For All | According to a Boston Consulting Group (BCG)-Zoom survey report, over a third of employees of businesses surveyed (a high 47% for India) will work remotely. Also, according to the report, increased use of technology has become a norm as hal... |
| 28.03.2021 | Google Report: ‘Work From Home Jobs” Searches Rise 140%; “Online Doctor Consultation” Has 300% Growth | According to new data from a Google report which was revealed on Thursday, shows that as compared to 2019 there was 140% growth in “work from home jobs” searches from across India in 2020. People Increasingly Doing More Things Online
Due to... |
| 27.03.2021 | Steamy business: An African spirit in Fort Kochi saves the puttu from crumbling | When the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama disembarked near Calicut in 1498, he inaugurated a new phase in history. The sea routes were opened up, and the Dutch, French, Danes, and British soon followed. The coastal enclaves which they foun... |
| 06.03.2021 | Govt Says No Censorship For Netflix, Prime & Other OTTs; No Govt Registration Required | The government has proposed Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules 2021.
Prakash Javadekar, the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, said on Thursday that his ministry would work with the industry to improve the au... |
| 05.03.2021 | 1.6 Lakh Cognizant Employees Will Get Surprise Bonus; Salary Hike Every 3 Months Now! | 1.6 Lakh Cognizant Employees Will Get Surprise Bonus; Salary Hike Every 3 Months Now!
On Thursday, IT major Cognizant announced that it was rewarding its employees with merit raises, promotions as well as pay-outs. As compared to 2019, thes... |
| 25.02.2021 | Twitter 'stood up' to Trump but was 'bullied' in India, says a journalist who was caught up in the platform's standoff with Modi | Farmers throw flower petals while blocking a railway track to stop train services at Modi Nagar railway station as part of protests against farm laws, in Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, February 18, REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
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| 25.02.2021 | Twitter ‘stood up’ to Trump but was ‘bullied’ in India, says a journalist who was caught up in the platform’s standoff with Modi | Farmers throw flower petals while blocking a railway track to stop train services at Modi Nagar railway station as part of protests against farm laws, in Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, February 18, REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Twitter said i... |
| 15.02.2021 | 21-Year-Old Indian Activist Arrested Over a Protest Toolkit Shared by Greta Thunberg | The Delhi police arrested Disha Ravi, a 21-year-old climate activist from her residence in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru on Feb. 13 for allegedly editing a protest toolkit used by Greta Thunberg to support India's ongoing farmers’ p... |
| 08.02.2021 | Dailyhunt’s parent VerSe raises USD 200 million in two months for its short video app | Dailyhunt’s parent VerSe is on a funding streak. Barely one-and-a-half months after completing a USD 100 million-plus funding round from AlphaWave, Google, and Microsoft, at a valuation of over USD 1 billion, the holding company of the loca... |
| 04.02.2021 | Fraud Alert! Fake Paytm, Google Pay Apps Being Used To Fool Businesses: How It Works? | Eight men accused of cheating shopkeepers by using fake versions of the PayTM and Google Pay applications on mobile phones have been arrested by the Hyderabad police on Wednesday.
Based on on four cases filed in different police stations in... |
| 31.01.2021 | This State Govt Orders Upto 30% Reduction In Tuition Fees For All Students In 2021 | Karnataka government has ordered schools to reduce the tuition fees.
In the light of COVID-19, Karnataka government on Friday ordered schools to reduce the tuition fees for the current academic year by 30%. These orders are given to all sch... |
| 29.01.2021 | Professor Parents Arrested After ‘Sacrificing’ Their Kids | Police have arrested a couple in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh for allegedly killing their two daughters as part of an occult ritual.
According to news reports, the police found Padmaja and Purushottam Naidu in their home at a... |
| 27.01.2021 | Sasikala returns in an election year — a woman who has won and lost it all one too many times has another shot at power | Sasikala has been an important part of Tamil Nadu politics for over three decades, functioning as the woman ‘next in power’ after the late Jayalalithaa.
“I believe she would want to correct the perception that Jayalalithaa was the good pers... |
| 22.01.2021 | Train To Bengaluru Airport Runs Empty Despite Rs 10 Ticket; Officials Are Shocked! | Despite the fanfare and buzz, it has been “no show” for the train and the reason eludes the officials
On January 4 amid all the fanfare and social media buzz, the suburban train was launched which would facilitate Bengalureans to commute an... |
| 15.01.2021 | India is Witnessing a Crisis of Trust in its COVID Vaccines | Last month, a former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh tweeted an efficacy comparison between UK’s Moderna vaccine, and the two vaccines being rolled out in India (developed by AstraZeneca-Oxford and Bharat Biotech). Moderna was placed at 94... |
| 13.01.2021 | India’s central bank to monitor digital lending, says recent spurt of lending apps has raised serious concerns | The Reserve Bank of India has set up a working group to monitor digital lending in the country.
The group will study the scope of digital lending in India, identify risks in the sector “posed by unregulated digital lending”.
The group will ... |
| 13.01.2021 | Tesla Registers Company In Bengaluru! Talking With These 5 States To Launch Operations | The initiation of Tesla in India is in full swing. As co- founder Elon Musk had promised the entrance in 2021, the American electric carmaker is geared up for setting up the operations on Indian soil. The news was also confirmed by Union Mi... |
| 11.01.2021 | Underutilisation of Environmental Relief Fund defeats the “Polluter Pays” principle | Written by Tarika Jain
It was recently reported that a massive amount of over Rs 800 crore meant for environmental restoration and compensating victims of hazardous substances is lying unutilised in the Environmental Relief Fund (ERF). Give... |
| 23.12.2020 | India’s central bank warns people against unauthorized digital lending apps that promise quick loans | Reserve Bank of India has sent out a note of caution about unauthorized digital lending platforms and apps, which promise quick loans.
With the coronavirus pandemic, people have been turning more and more to digital apps which offer hassle-... |
| 22.12.2020 | VergeSense raises $12 million to bring workplace analytics to physical spaces | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 22.12.2020 | VergeSense raises $12 million to bring workplace analytics to physical spaces | VergeSense, a company that develops hardware and software to capture key data from across the physical workplace, has raised $12 million in a series B round of funding.
The raise comes as a slew of smart building sensor platforms capitalize... |
| 18.12.2020 | If investigators find Wistron management guilty, here's what is at stake for the company | Wistron, one of Apple’s manufacturers for the iPhone in India, is facing trouble with the Indian government over the non-payment and delay in payment of wages.
According to lawyers, allegations against the company are in violation of three ... |
| 04.12.2020 | Rajinikanth, One of India’s Most Famous Actors, Is Launching a ‘Spiritual’ Political Party | Indian megastar Rajinikanth announced on Thursday, Dec. 3 that he was launching a political party. The actor’s promised party will contest in the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections to be held in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu ... |
| 03.12.2020 | World’s Largest Vaccine Maker Sues Trial Volunteer Who Alleged Side Effects | The world's largest vaccine producer, Serum Institute of India, has sued a COVID-19 vaccine trial participant who alleged that the trial caused him “serious side effects”.
In filing a INR 1 billion ($13.5 million) defamation case, the firm ... |
| 27.11.2020 | Uber, Ola hit a speed bump as Indian government caps surge pricing and issues new guidelines | The Union Road Transport Ministry has issued new guidelines for motor vehicle aggregators.
The driver should receive 80% of the fare applicable on each ride, while 20% will go to the aggregator, while surge pricing has been capped at 1.5 ti... |
| 06.11.2020 | A New Bollywood Movie Plays Into Transphobic Stereotypes, Yet Again | Last year, Naavya Singh went to audition for Laxmii, an upcoming Bollywood film that is slated for a release next week. It’s a comedy-horror by south Indian director Raghava Lawrence, about a man possessed by a ghost of a transgender woman.... |
| 22.10.2020 | Google Maps Platform targets on-demand rides and deliveries with new location and routing tools | Google announced a notable expansion to the Google Maps Platform today, one that will give ride-hailing companies and on-demand delivery services access to more location and navigation smarts.
Food delivery services have seen a particularly... |
| 22.10.2020 | Google Maps Platform targets on-demand rides and deliveries with new location and routing tools | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Google announced a notable expansion to the Google Maps Platform today, one that will give ride-hailing companies and on-demand deliver... |
| 01.10.2020 | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti - Interesting facts about the 'father of the nation' | One of the revered personalities of the world, Mahatma Gandhi, led the freedom movement of India to secure independence from 200 years of oppression and discrimination under British rule. Gandhi's inspiring leadership brought him the name, ... |
| 30.09.2020 | A Sexist Indian YouTuber Just Got Arrested, But the Internet is Still Unsafe for Women | Ravina, a 23-year-old student from the western Indian city of Mumbai was least surprised to see a Facebook livestream of a group of women confronting a YouTuber for his derogatory remarks..
Indian voiceover artist Bhagyalakshmi and activist... |
| 23.09.2020 | Sexual Assault Allegations Against Indian Filmmaker Spark #MeToo Controversy | Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, known for actively criticising India’s ruling government, has been accused of sexual harassment by actor Payal Ghosh.
On September 20, Ghosh said in an interview with a local news channel that Kashyap “force... |
| 15.09.2020 | A Barbershop in India Is Taking on Centuries of Caste Discrimination | For as long as they remember, members of the Chakkiliyan community in the southern Indian state of Kerala either cut their own hair or traveled more than 40 kilometres (24 miles) to neighbouring villages. They were not allowed to access the... |
| 14.09.2020 | В сеть слили данные пользователей более чем 70 сайтов знакомств | Инна Бондарович 14 сентября 2020, 17:35 В сеть слили данные пользователей более чем 70 сайтов знакомств
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| 10.09.2020 | The Arrest of a Bollywood Actor in India Shows All That's Wrong With Media Trials | On September 8, Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty, 28, was arrested on charges of allegedly buying cannabis for her former boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput (SSR). SSR, 34, was found dead on June 14. Initial investigation suggested that he died... |
| 04.09.2020 | Netflix’s Bad Boy Billionaires Investigates India’s Biggest Accused Scammers. Now, Its Subjects Are Trying to Block Its Release. | The upcoming Netflix docuseries Bad Boy Billionaires investigating four Indian businessmen with fraud allegations, namely Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Subrata Roy, and Ramalinga Raju, was stalled after two separate court orders in India.
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| 19.12.2019 | India gets more aggressive with internet shutdowns to curb protests | India, the world’s largest democracy, continues to normalize shutting down internet and suspending mobile communications for tens of millions of citizens in the country to thwart protests.
Days after Narendra Modi -led government shut down ... |
| 28.11.2019 | Google Reveals 500 Indian Users Were Targeted By Government-Backed Hacking Attempt | The VICE Guide to Right NowIsraeli Spyware Used Whatsapp to Hack Over 20 Indian Journalists and Human Rights Activists
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Less than a month after it was uncovered that Indian journalists and activists were the targets of ... |
| 30.09.2019 | As Prime Minister Modi Lands in Chennai, #GoBackModi Starts Trending Again | “Simon, Go Back” was a singular phrase uttered in the revolution against the British rule in India, going from a mere slogan to a full-blown movement. Now, people in Tamil Nadu are drawing inspiration from that movement to protest India’s P... |
| 01.08.2019 | Over 1500 People in Kerala Open Postal Accounts After Fake News Promises Them Money | Over thousands of residents in Munnar, Kerala, have been scammed into opening postal accounts after falling for a WhatsApp message rounds that said those with postal accounts can avail financial benefits up to Rs 15 Lakh as per a “directive... |
| 13.05.2019 | Spotify brings its slimmed-down ‘Lite’ app to India | Spotify has launched a more slimmed-down version of its streaming music app in India, only months after its public debut in the country. The Android-only app, Spotify Lite, is only 11 MB in size compared with 30 MB for the main app — a chan... |
| 20.04.2019 | Paytm and Inox face FIR for charging illegal fees: RBI and MeitY observe violation of regulations | Paytm and multiplex chain major Inox have been facing an FIR in Hyderabad over exorbitant and illegal charges levied by both companies. A social activist Vijay Gopal highlighted that they are charging payment gateway fee on consumer transac... |
| 22.02.2019 | Comment | FreshMenu is a good fit for Oyo but execution needs to be flawless | Sounak Mitra
Budget hotel aggregator Oyo Rooms wants its fingers in one more pie. It is proposing to buy out cloud kitchen startup FreshMenu for $60million, according to an Economic Times report.
If Oyo eventually does buy FreshMenu, it wil... |
| 19.02.2019 | Геннадий Короткевич победил в SnackDown 2019 — крупнейшем конкурсе для программистов в Индии | Александра Кукуть 19 февраля 2019, 16:55 Геннадий Короткевич победил в SnackDown 2019 — крупнейшем конкурсе для программистов в Индии
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| 07.02.2019 | Indian Government Approves Prison Sentences For ‘Cam’ Pirates | While India has a thriving movie market that is loved both at home and overseas, it also has serious problems with piracy.
With around 1,000 films produced every year, most major titles are quickly pirated and distributed on the black marke... |
| 30.01.2019 | Uber forays into speedboat services, pilots UberBOAT in Mumbai | Innovation, creativity, first mover’s advantage are keywords that drive the dynamics and hence, the growth of an enterprise, and Uber realises this fairly well.
The US-based giant’s hunt for new ideas are ambitious and go beyond the scope o... |
| 14.01.2019 | An Indian state led by a communist party has built the country’s biggest home for technology startups | The Integrated Startup Complex is India’s biggest startup hub covering an area of 1.82 lakh sq ft.
Bengaluru currently holds the top position in the country, with the most number of deals.
The state plans to further expand the ecosystem to ... |
| 08.12.2018 | Bizarre Blocking Order Targets ‘Pirate’ Domains Before They’re Registered | Website blocking is without a doubt one of the favorite anti-piracy tools of the entertainment industries.
India is no stranger to this measure either. Over the years, local courts have issued a variety of blocking orders, often to protect ... |
| 08.10.2018 | Mohanlal explains AMMA president cannot punish actor Dileep | Actor Dileep’s inclusion in the AMMA early in August had led to furore among women artistes in the industry and audiences, who protested its decision to include actor Dileep in the film body. The reason being an active investigation against... |
| 17.09.2018 | OnePlus is developing its own smart TV | Smartphone upstart OnePlus’s upcoming 6T flagship promises to bring changes — it’ll see it ditch the headphone jack and sport an in-screen fingerprint reader — but first there’s something else. OnePlus is developing its first smart TV.
CEO ... |
| 17.07.2018 | Troubled Chinese smartphone maker Gionee seeks new investment to restructure | Embattled Chinese phone manufacturer Gionee, best known outside of China for making some of the budget Blu smartphones, announced plans to restructure after a likely investment from a state-owned enterprise (SOE), according to Securities Da... |
| 28.06.2018 | Twitter accelerates crack-down campaign on fake accounts | In March this year, digital platform Twiplomacy conducted a study on Twitter followers and found that Congress President Rahul Gandhi leads with the highest percentage of fake followers at a 69 per cent.
BJP President Amit Shah comes second... |
| 02.06.2018 | Funding in Indian startups this week (28 May-02 June) | This week 13 startups received funding with a total sum of about $233 million. Among them, Pine Labs raised the highest investment of $125 million, followed by Qtrove which raised about $51.5 million. Below is the summary of deals closed th... |
| 04.05.2018 | Only raising a reasonable grievance, says Parvathy on boycotting National Film Awards | The National Film Awards 2018 ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on Thursday. Hours before the event, the winners were informed that only eleven select awardees would receive the honour from President Ram Nath Kovind as he usua... |
| 24.04.2018 | With a movie focused loyalty product, Paytm triggers another assault on BookMyShow | Mobile payment major Paytm has introduced movie ticket loyalty programme called Movie Pass, which allows paying subscribers to watch movies at a discounted rate.
Currently, Paytm’s Movie Pass is available in most of the Indian cities. Entra... |
