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Now, a Student-Run Internet-Based Radio Station`Radio G`

15May By PriyankaNo Comments

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Now, a Student-Run Internet-Based Radio Station`Radio G`

With the launch of its internet-based radio station, Radio G, the G.D. Goenka University has given the students an opportunity to get trained in radio journalism. The first broadcast featured an interview of Dr. Deependra Kumar Jha, Pro Vice Chancellor of the University. Congratulating the School of Communication on the launch, he said, "I am very happy at the launch of Radio G. It will give the students an opportunity to get hands on training." The radio station, which has been set up by the School of Communication, will be run by the students of the Communication School. According to Prof. Sunil Saxena, "Radio G will be used to train undergraduate and post-graduate students to create programmes that can be broadcast live and can be heard across the world. The programmes that the...

ClearTax India’s Leading Income Tax Returns e-filing Website Has Launched 2G App

5May By PriyankaNo Comments

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ClearTax India’s Leading Income Tax Returns e-filing Website Has Launched 2G App

In a world that is increasingly going mobile, ClearTax India's leading Income Tax Returns e-filing website has launched another dimension to the convenience quotient of the Indian consumer by announcing the launch of its mobile app. The newly launched app will carry all the functionalities of the ClearTax web platform, where users can upload their Form 16s and the app automatically prepares their tax returns. The best part about the app is you can file your taxes even in your commute. The app comes with offline sync feature which allows you to enter your tax details even when there is no internet. The details are uploaded to the server as soon as there is internet connectivity. This solves a very primitive problem in India - where internet connection is often not reliable. Speaking ...

Yahoo’s Shortlisted Bidders offered Cash Deal

30Apr By AnkitaNo Comments

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Yahoo’s Shortlisted Bidders offered Cash Deal

Yahoo Inc has shortlisted close to 10 bidders in the auction for its core Internet assets, including Verizon Communications Inc, with most offers involving cash rather than a combination with another company, according to people familiar with the matter. The shortlist comprises mainly large companies and big private equity firms including TPG Capital LP, and excludes many small companies that proposed some kind of combination, such as privately held Yellow Pages owner YP LLC, the people said this week. The sources declined to divulge the full list. Some bidders that did not make the shortlist because their first-round offers were not specific enough are still being kept close to the process by Yahoo's advisers, the people said. One of those bidders is Liberty Media Corp Chairman J...

Sunil Bharti Backed OneWeb To Build 15 Internet Satellites Per Week

21Apr By reutersNo Comments

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Sunil Bharti Backed OneWeb To Build 15 Internet Satellites Per Week

Satellite internet Startup OneWeb Ltd plans to manufacture 15 satellites per week at a planned factory in Florida as part of its push to provide global high-speed internet access, company officials said on Tuesday. Backed by Richard Branson's Virgin Group and other well-known firms, OneWeb aims to supply internet services worldwide through a fleet of 700 or more satellites it expects to have in orbit and operating by the end of 2019. Construction of the Florida factory has not yet begun and OneWeb did not say when manufacturing would start. On Tuesday, it unveiled the factory's location near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two days after Reuters reported it. The first group of 10 satellites are being built at partner Airbus' Toulouse, France facility. Typically, communi...

Expanding India’s Connectivity to the World, Reliance Jio Stretched 8,100 km Cable System in Bay of Bengal

18Apr By AdityaNo Comments

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Expanding India’s Connectivity to the World, Reliance Jio Stretched 8,100 km Cable System in Bay of Bengal

Mumbai, 18 April 2016: Reliance Jio announces the launch of a new, state of the art 8,100 km cable system, the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG). BBG provides direct connectivity to South East Asia and the Middle East, then onward to Europe, Africa and Far East Asia through seamless interconnection with existing cable systems. Reliance Jio owns and operates the strategically important undersea cable landing facility in Chennai, providing a high-speed, high-capacity, low latency route connecting India to the rest of the world.“ “We are excited about the launch of BBG as it offers not just direct connectivity in and out of India through Chennai and Mumbai but also acts as a state-of-the-art 100 Gbps extension of Jio’s 100 Gbps core network,” said Mathew Oommen, President Reliance Jio. “This globa...

BSNL Testing Wi-Fi Technology to Connect 1 Lakh Panchayats in a Year

11Apr By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

INDIA

BSNL Testing Wi-Fi Technology to Connect 1 Lakh Panchayats in a Year

As the government's rural broadband project is facing long delays, telecom PSU BSNL is testing an alternative Wi-Fi-based network to connect about 1 lakh village panchayats in a year with high-speed Internet. "The process of laying fibre network calls for huge amount of physical labour. We have started a pilot to test broadband connectivity to village panchayats using Wi-Fi network. With this we are hopeful of connecting about 1 lakh village panchayats in a year," BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava told PTI. The state-run firm is testing sustainability of technology in three villages in Alwar district of Rajasthan. "We have written to the Department of Telecom about this project and looking for support of USO fund for it. Once we get the approval, we will start...

Cost of New Mobile Connection Could be Zero Using Aadhaar eKYC

10Apr By AdityaNo Comments

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Cost of New Mobile Connection Could be Zero Using Aadhaar eKYC

Trai Chairman R S Sharma Friday said cost of activation of a new mobile connection can virtually come down to zero if electronic KYC of Aadhaar is implemented as authentication will be done digitally. He said transaction costs are reduced substantially when Aadhaar is used as an authentication tool. "If you are taking a mobile connection, currently the cost of activation of a mobile customer is Rs 150 because you have to fill a customer acquisition form (CAF), you have to give paper documents... if you use digital identity authentication, you can fill the customer form, digitally sign it and get your electronic KYC. So, essentially the cost is equal to zero," Sharma said at the annual growth Net summit in New Delhi. Sharma has made recommendations to the Department of Tele...

Google Pulls Taliban App After It Was on Play For Two Days

5Apr By PriyankaNo Comments

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Google Pulls Taliban App After It Was on Play For Two Days

Internet giant Google has removed a propaganda app created by Taliban militants over hate speech concerns. The App called "Pashto Afghan News- Alemara," that was initially accepted on the Play store, reportedly featured videos and statements from the groups main website. The app, which allowed users to access the groups Pashto website, is part of a growing digital campaign by the Taliban to grow its audience. "We dont allow apps that advocate against groups of people based on their race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, nationality, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity," a Google spokesperson said. The company removed an app created by the Taliban from its Play Store on Saturday. The app was reportedly published to Google Play on April 1, 20...

21Mar By AdityaNo Comments

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Baxi App to Now Work Without Internet

NEW DELHI: Gurgaon-based Baxi will roll out a new feature to help users book rides on the app without using Internet. The bike-taxi hailing app, which offers services in Gurgaon and Faridabad, will make the feature available to its 30,000 users from next week. "All customers that have an Android smartphone without a data connection can now use the new Baxi app. Customers can also use the app even when their Internet connection isn't working," Baxi co-founder and CTO Manu Rana told said. This feature will help the company reach out to a larger number of customers as they will not have to rely on or spend money on data packs. Upon opening the app, the user has to press the BOOK button to get the nearest Baxi. If the app is offline, it uses an SMS to send the user's loc...

ISRO Developing ‘Front-End Chip’ for Satellite Navigation System

12Mar By AnkitaNo Comments

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ISRO Developing ‘Front-End Chip’ for Satellite Navigation System

IANS- The Indian space agency is in the process of getting ready the radio frequency chips for its satellite navigation system, a top official said on Thursday. "We are in the process of developing the front-end chip. The initial version is expected to be ready this year," A.S. Kiran Kumar, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chairman, told IANS in Sriharikota. Named as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), the system consists of a constellation of seven satellites of which the sixth was put into orbit on Thursday. He said the seventh navigation satellite will be launched next month. Kumar said the signals from the fifth navigation satellite-IRNSS-1E- launched last month is being received. He said the information received from the orbiting navigation...

6Mar By AdityaNo Comments

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China Shuts Down 28,000 Websites in National Crackdown

Fifteen million illegal publications were confiscated and 28,000 websites deemed pornographic or featuring other illegal content were shut down in China in 2015. It's not only Chinese websites that are being targeted, China is banning access to certain websites on the internet in the same way that Google currently does to websites they believe to infringe on copyright laws, these include websites like sexfreehd xxx that are pornographic but are still completely legal in the USA and many other countries around the globe, however, China deems them to be inappropriate and have therefore banned access to them on the Chinese internet. The figures were announced by the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications on Friday, reviewing its achievements. The campaign against...

Times Internet To Acquire Cricket Broadcaster Willow TV

4Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Times Internet To Acquire Cricket Broadcaster Willow TV

NEW DELHI: Times Internet, the digital venture of the Times of India group, will acquire US-based cricket broadcaster Willow TV International in a USD 100 million (around Rs 673 crore) deal. "Times (Internet) has committed USD 100 million to the purchase of Willow and our primary investment into the business - for rights acquisitions, marketing, and to grow cricket in the US market," Times Internet Director Satyan Gajwani said in a statement. For Times Internet, Willow would complement its own online cricket platform Cricbuzz. "Willow is complimentary to our existing audience and presence with cricbuzz.com, in a market with high-value, affluent consumers with a propensity to pay for content," he added. Named after English willow tree from which cricket bats are made, Willow is ...