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India to shift to ‘smartphone era’ for cars embracing 5G, advanced AI in 2025: Report
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Govt to refresh IT Act, but initial focus on PDP Bill: IT Secretary
Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney, however said the government’s immediate focus is on putting in place the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill.
India to come out with space transportation policy, onboard
According to the Department of Space (DoS), globally, the participation of private agencies in providing launch services has increased and some of them have become significant players in the commercial market for launch services.
India is also witnessing the emergence of a ”New Space” wherein the private players in the space sector aim to tap the commercial potential of small satellite launch services by developing small satellite launchers for the global market, it said.
UK Court of Appeal confirms Deliveroo riders are self employed
Employment models across the “gig economy” have been challenged in courts around the world by unions and workers.
India’s digital database for farmers stirs fears about privacy, exclusion
AgriStack will create “a unified platform for farmers to provide them end to end services across the agriculture food value chain,” authorities have said, amid a broader push to digitise data in India, from land titles to medical records. But the project is being rolled out without consultations with farmers, and with no legal framework to protect their personal data, according to more than 50 farmers’ groups and digital rights organisations that have criticised the proposal.
Bezos’ 2021 Space Odyssey a risk too far for insurers
There is a nearly $500 million market to insure satellites, rockets and unmanned space flight, but no legal requirement for an operator such as Blue Origin, which Bezos founded, to insure passengers for injury or death or for space tourists to have life cover, brokers and insurers said.
“We’re not aware of a case where anybody is insured against passenger liability,” Neil Stevens, senior vice president, aviation and space at Marsh, the world’s biggest insurance broker, told Reuters.
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.