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Telecom: With 3 years’ target surpassed in 6 months, India to expand 5-G services

March 1, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: In a rare feat, as the Indian telecommunication companies have surpassed the three-year 5-G rollout target given to them within six months, the government is all set to enhance the adoption of 5-G applications across various key segments in India. According to the media reports, quoting VL Kantha Rao, Additional […]

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G-20 FMM: A two-day meeting begins in New Delhi

March 1, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The capital of India is hosting from Wednesday evening an important meeting of foreign ministers of the member-states of the Group of 20 (G-20) economies in the backdrop of the recent conclave of these countries’ finance ministers and central bank chiefs in Bengaluru which ended without a consensus, or a […]

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Roving Periscope: Unable to tame protesting women, Iranians ‘poison’ schoolgirls!

February 27, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Is Iran set to create its own Taliban in an ultra-conservative Shia-majority country, suffering under an “Islamic Revolution” since 1979? Since September 2022, the regressive Iranian government has been cracking down on thousands of anti-hijab women when, in their first-ever mass protests, they publicly chopped their hair and challenged the […]

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UK invites 2400 Indians to apply for visas under Young Professional Scheme

February 22, 2023 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, February 22: The United Kingdom’s government announced an invitation for Indians to apply for a visa under the “Young Professional Scheme” on Tuesday. According to the information shared by the British High Commission in India, applicants who are between 18 to 30 years old and meet the other selection criteria can apply for […]

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Technology: Google sacks 450-plus in India, and appoints Ind-Am Neal Mohan as YouTube’s CEO

February 17, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In a curious sequence, search engine behemoth Google sacked over 450 employees in India late on Thursday—simultaneously as it appointed Indian-American Neal Mohan as CEO of YouTube! According to the media reports on Friday, the technology giant sacked 453 employees from various departments in India late on Thursday night. Google […]

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Roving Periscope: Pakistan to impose fresh PKR 170 billion in taxes, cries for IMF’s $1.1 billion installment

February 16, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Reeling under a collapsing economy, severe hardships, and a massive foreign debt burden of over USD 130 billion, cash-strapped Pakistan late on Wednesday introduced a money bill in Parliament to raise PKR 170 billion in fresh taxes (“mini-Budget”) by June this year as part of the strictest terms and conditions of […]

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Tech babies: With 1,300 added last year, India now has 27,000 active startups

February 15, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  India, the third largest technology startup ecosystem worldwide after the US and China, added more than 1,300 active startups in 2022, taking the total tally to nearly 27,000. With 23 unicorns in 2022, the South Asian nation also added the second-highest number of unicorns in the world, the National Association […]

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Technology: Worried, Google invests $400 mn in ChatGPT’s rival

February 4, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Concerned that ChatGPT, the new kid on the technology block, might dislodge it from its leadership position in the search engine ecosystem, Google has invested nearly USD 400 million in the challenger’s rival, Anthropic. Within weeks of its launch on November 30, 2022, ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-training Transformer) has taken […]

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Roving Periscope: ‘One percent of Indians own over 40% of the country’s wealth’

January 16, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The wealthiest one percent of people in India now own more than 40 percent of the country’s total wealth, while the bottom half of the population together share just 3 percent of the wealth, the media reported on Monday. Releasing the India supplement of its annual inequality report on the […]

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Roving Periscope: FM Nirmala asks Pravasi Bharatiyas to use Indian products, services

January 10, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday exhorted the Indian diaspora to increase their use of India-made products and services to give a fillip to the economic progress of their motherland. Speaking at the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Sammelan at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, she said the Indian diaspora is the country’s […]

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