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  JioPlus Postpaid Family Plans launched from Rs 399 onwards

  Technology | March 15, 2023 16:45 IST

  Reliance Jio, has introduced JioPostpaid Plus Family plans that allow customers to share data among family members at a low cost, with four different plans ranging from Rs. 399 to Rs. 999 and perks such as unlimited voice calls, SMS, internet rollover, and free access to premium OTT applications.

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  'People consuming 30 GB for almost nothing': Bharti Airtel chairman says tariff rates to go up

  Business | February 28, 2023 15:42 IST

  Speaking at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Sunil Bharti Mittal said, ""It (tariff hike) will happen across the board," which means the cost will go up across all plans.

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  Apple launches new education and awareness efforts on Data Privacy Day

  Technology | January 25, 2023 9:45 IST

  Apple unveiled a new set of educational resources which has been designed to help users take control of their data. The tech giant believes that every user should have clear insights into how their data is used and tools to decide when to share their data and who to share it with.

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  Indian Railways data hacked, being sold on dark web

  Technology | December 29, 2022 13:55 IST

  The Indian Railway's data was put on sale on a forum which has been run by cyber criminals and has user data, and invoices for the latest month.

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  It may hit investment in Data centres: Global technology industry body IT on new data law

  Business | December 27, 2022 12:35 IST

  Digital Personal Data Protection bill 2022: Top global technology industry body raised concerns over a government-proposed bill asserting the new law may block investment opportunities in data centres.

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  WhatsApp phone numbers of nearly 500 million users stolen, put on sale, claims report

  Technology | November 28, 2022 8:18 IST

  WhatsApp data comprised: According to Cybernews, the dataset allegedly contains WhatsApp user data from 84 countries and phone numbers of over 32 million users from the US, 11 million from the UK, and 10 million from Russia.

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  Black Friday sale: How companies are gearing up to prevent cybersecurity fraud this season

  Technology | November 24, 2022 15:18 IST

  As the Black Friday sale is hours away, people will have to know that they have to pull up for the new threats, which are set to lead to growing cyberattacks. Here are a few companies to help you safeguard against digital fraud during the sale.

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  COVID-19 vaccines offer significant protection against reinfection: Study

  Health | November 23, 2022 13:47 IST

  COVID-19 vaccine: Data on vaccinations and infections from all Danish registrations were analysed for the study, which was published in the journal PLOS Medicine.

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  Twitter lied about data safety, has major security problems, says ex-security chief

  Technology | August 23, 2022 20:45 IST

  Zatko alleged that Twitter's leadership "has misled its own board and government regulators about its security vulnerabilities, including some that could allegedly open the door to foreign spying or manipulation, hacking and disinformation campaigns".

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  IRCTC plans to sell user data, seeks Rs 1,000 crore in revenue, floats tender

  Business | August 19, 2022 17:03 IST

  IRCTC Data Monetisation Tender: IRCTC wishes to engage a consulting firm to help in identification, design, and development and roll-out of data monetisation opportunities, it said in the tender.

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  Government to release data on June retail inflation today

  Business | July 12, 2022 14:34 IST

  Business news: The retail inflation has remained above 6 per cent since January this year forcing the central bank to go for two back-to-back hikes in policy rates (repo).

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  Airtel is giving 1GB complementary data to limited prepaid users: How to avail the offer

  Technology | May 31, 2022 18:17 IST

  Airtel is offering 1GB of data which will be valid for 3 days, and after 3 days it will be expired automatically if it remains unclaimed.  

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  11 per cent jump in cyber crime in 2020, NCRB data in Home Panel report

  Crime | February 11, 2022 14:29 IST

  The data for 2020 has been obtained from the report "Crime in India, 2020 of the NCRB. A total of 50,035 cases in 2020 were registered under cyber crimes, showing an increase of 11.8 per cent in registration over 2019 (44,735 cases).

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  Over 1.146 million undocumented refugees returned to Afghanistan in 2021: Report

  World | November 27, 2021 11:21 IST

  The emigration ramped up after the Taliban's forceful take of the country, reported Khaama Press. Over half a million people in Afghanistan have been displaced this year, owing to conflicts and insecurities, says a report by United Nations' International Organization for Migration.

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  Facebook plans to shut down its face recognition system, delete data

  Technology | November 03, 2021 9:26 IST

  As part of this change, people who have opted for our Face Recognition setting will no longer be automatically recognized in photos and videos, and we will delete the facial recognition template used to identify them."Face Recognition was introduced by Facebook in the year 2010. 

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  Despite quick submission of data, WHO denies approval to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin

  India | October 29, 2021 13:33 IST

  Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, which has developed Covaxin, had submitted EOI to WHO on April 19 for the vaccine's Emergency Use Listing.

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  Saudi Arabia approves law to protect personal data

  World | September 15, 2021 7:35 IST

  President of Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA) Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi said in a statement that the law would help accelerate the process of digital transformation and create an information-based society.

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  New China law tightens control over companies’ data on users

  World | August 20, 2021 12:25 IST

  China is tightening control over data gathered by companies about the public under a law approved Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 by its ceremonial legislature, expanding the ruling Communist Party's crackdown on internet industries. The data protection law follows anti-monopoly and other enforcement actions.

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  Data, demographic dividend present huge opportunity; this decade to be ‘India's techade’: PM Modi

  India | July 01, 2021 13:20 IST

  Speaking at a virtual event to mark the completion of six years of Digital India, Modi said India is also conscious of its responsibilities as a data powerhouse and noted that work is underway on all aspects of data protection.

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  CoWIN not hacked, 15 cr Indians' data safe: Researcher

  Business | June 10, 2021 23:52 IST

  A hacker group that goes by the name of "Dark Leak Market" claimed, via a tweet, that they have the database of about 15 crore Indians who registered themselves on the CoWIN portal and are reselling it for $800 since they are not the "original leakers" of the data.