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  India to host first Internet Governance Forum in October

  India | August 10, 2021 7:11 IST

  The Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology on Monday informed that India will host the first Internet Governance Forum in the country.

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  Amazon acquires Facebook's team for its multibillion-dollar project

  Business | July 14, 2021 20:59 IST

  A report said that Facebook's employees "moved to Amazon in April to help the company develop its network of low-orbit satellites by the middle of this decade".

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  Massive global internet outage hits top news, tech websites

  Technology | June 08, 2021 17:34 IST

  In a massive internet outage, several popular websites including leading news portals on Tuesday went off the grid globally, including Reddit, Spotify and more.

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  Massive internet outage hits big media houses; several sites including New York Times, CNN down

  World | June 08, 2021 17:16 IST

  Multiple major websites went offline briefly Tuesday after an apparent outage at the cloud service company Fastly, and there were still reports of sporadic disruptions after the company patched the problem about an hour later.

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  Myanmar coup: one shot as army opens fire on civilians

  News | March 28, 2021 10:20 IST

  More than 90 deaths, including children, were confirmed by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) monitoring group.

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  China harvesting 20% of world's data including from India

  World | March 13, 2021 7:32 IST

  There are 4.57 billion Internet users in the world and 31 per cent of those use a VPN network.

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  Haryana govt extends suspension of mobile internet in 17 districts till January 31

  India | January 30, 2021 22:49 IST

  ​The Haryana government on Saturday extended the suspension of mobile internet services in 17 districts till 5 pm of January 31 "to prevent any disturbance of peace and public order" amid a protest by farmers against three farm laws that witnessed violence earlier this week.  

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  Pakistan to launch 5G internet network in 2022-23: Report

  World | January 24, 2021 13:02 IST

  Pakistan is planning to roll out the most advanced 5G internet in 2022-23 which will accelerate the download speed 10 times to one gigabit per second (Gbps) and widen economic activities in the country, a media report said on Sunday.

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  Internet users can be manipulated into sharing private info: Study

  Technology | December 24, 2020 20:39 IST

  Online users are more likely to reveal private information based on how website forms are structured to elicit data

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  25 years of Internet in India: Major tech events since 1995

  Technology | November 24, 2020 16:40 IST

  It has been 25 years of Internet in India and here are all the major events that took place since 1995.

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  Excitel announces Mega Broadband Sale: Check all details here

  Technology | October 30, 2020 15:35 IST

  Excitel announces Mega Broadband Sale for its customers. Here's what the new plans will get you.

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  High-speed mobile data services restored in JK's Udhampur, Ganderbal on trial

  News | August 17, 2020 9:58 IST

  High-speed mobile data services have been restored on a trial basis in Ganderbal and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir from August 16 for post-paid sim cardholders.

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  4G mobile internet services restored in these two J&K districts

  India | August 16, 2020 22:43 IST

  High speed 4G ​mobile internet services in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have been restored from Sunday night onwards restored on a trial basis in two districts — Ganderbal and Udhampur — one each in Kashmir and Jammu divisions, over a year after the facility was suspended.

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  6 lakh villages to be connected with optical fibre network for high-speed internet in 1000 days: PM

  Good News | August 15, 2020 11:25 IST

  Over 6 lakh villages across India will be connected through a high-speed optical fibre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced from the Red Fort during his Independence Day Speech. The process of connecting the optical fibre network will be completed in the next 1,000 days, PM Modi said.

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  China starts blocking HTTPS connections with encrypted SNI: Report

  Technology | August 09, 2020 16:11 IST

  In an update to its national censorship tool, known as the Great Firewall, China has reportedly started blocking HTTPS connections with Encrypted Server Name Indication.

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  India witnesses 40 per cent increase in peak Internet traffic: Report

  Business | May 09, 2020 12:37 IST

  The Internet peak traffic saw 40 per cent rise in March in India and there was significant spike in downloads and uploads per user, owing to the high volume of work and streaming content across all major cities including tier II markets, says a new report.

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  India witnesses 40% increase in peak Internet traffic: Report

  Technology | May 09, 2020 12:16 IST

  The Internet peak traffic saw 40 per cent rise in March in India and there was significant spike in downloads and uploads per user, owing to the high volume of work and streaming content across all major cities including tier II markets.

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  Here’s how you can maintain a faster internet connection during coronavirus lockdown

  Technology | April 29, 2020 20:38 IST

  Working from home? Here's how you can manage your internet connection during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.

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  Big Fat Indian weddings now taking place on internet

  India | April 29, 2020 15:43 IST

  When the nationwide lockdown loomed over as a threat to the plans, the couple decided to take their vows digitally.

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  Facebook doles out money to help more people access Internet

  Technology | April 24, 2020 10:57 IST

  Facebook aims to help provide people with internet who had the most difficulty getting some amid Coronavirus situation