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Last month, Star Health had sent a legal notice to Telegram,...
US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust case
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SpiceXpress, Delhivery join hands for commercial drone delivery
Drone delivery is the future of logistics and both companies have joined hands to experiment with drone technology to provide state-of-the-art services and make it more popular in the coming years.
The technology will be tested for several commercial applications like emergency services, delivery of goods, critical medical services and environmental monitoring. Delhivery will provide the necessary on-ground support to ensure speedy and reliable first-mile and last-mile logistics.
Azentio Software acquires insurance digitalisation specialist Candela Labs
This is Azentio’s first acquisition as an independent company following its carve out from 3i Infotech in 2020.The acquisition is an important building block in Azentio’s growth plans as it looks to become the preeminent BFSI led technology products company in the high-growth APAC and MEA markets.
European Commission plans cyber unit to tackle online crime in EU
“Today, we can no longer distinguish between online and offline threats. We need to pool all our resources to defeat cyber risks and enhance our operational capacity,” Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said in a statement.
Google expands Jio partnership with Indian smartphone, cloud tie-ups
India is the world’s second-biggest mobile market with about 530 million smartphone users, but more than 300 million people still use legacy feature phones, Hong Kong-based tech consultancy Counterpoint Research says.
“This (the smartphone) is a testimony to a global technology giant and a national technology champion working together to make truly a breakthrough product that can be first introduced in India and then taken to the rest of the world,” Ambani said.
He did not specify a price but promised it will be the most affordable smartphone “not just in India, but globally”.
Reliance to set up 100 GW solar power plant, to invest Rs 75k in clean energy business
Reliance will set up 100 GW of solar power generating capacity.
`We plan to build four Giga Factories to manufacture and integrate all critical components of new energy ecosystem solar photovoltaic module factory, energy storage battery factory, electrolyser factory, fuel cell factory,” Ambani said.
These four factories will involve an investment of Rs 60,000 crore.
India’s antitrust watchdog orders probe into Google in smart TVs suit
The case will be Google’s third ongoing antitrust investigation in India, where it faces a probe into its payments app and Android mobile operating system. Reuters reported last week that an investigation into the smart TV case was likely soon.
HC refuses to stay CCI notice to Facebook, WhatsApp in privacy policy matter
The case relates to the appeals of Facebook and WhatsApp against a single judge order dismissing their pleas against the probe CCI ordered into the instant messaging app’s new privacy policy.
Karnataka to set up system at dams to get real-time water data, to prevent floods
This system, once set up in Karnataka’s Almatti and Narayanpur dams, will help the officials of both the states overcome the possibility of floods. In case Maharashtra has to release water from its dams as a precautionary measure, it will inform the Karnataka officials who would accordingly lower their water level in Almatti and Narayanpur dams. This alleged lack of communication in 2019 had resulted into Maharashtra releasing lakhs of cusecs water into river beds that flooded the villages on the banks.
Gujarat govt announces policy to promote electric vehicles
The state government will provide a subsidy up to Rs 20,000 on the purchase of an electric two-wheeler, Rs 50,000 for three-wheeler and Rs 1,50,000 on the purchase of a four-wheeler, he said.
As per a rough estimate, the new policy will help in saving fuel worth Rs 5 crore every year, Rupani said, adding that carbon dioxide emission will be reduced by six lakh tonnes annually.
India’s electric vehicle sales to grow at 26% in FY21-23: Fitch Solutions
In the overall Asia region, EV market will continue to grow at a fast pace as more countries look to support EV uptake, reduce emissions and attract EV related manufacturing investment.