Digital India

The government has set a target to cross 1 crore job-mark in the next 2 years in three main segments of digital economy - electronics, startups and IT, and IT-enabled services, minister for IT and Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw said today.

The RBI will begin testing the digital rupee CBDC for retail uses starting December 1. The announcement was made by the RBI on Tuesday, November 29. As part of the trials, the CBDC will be given to the testers in a digital wallet, backed by national banks participating in these trials.

Israel is the latest nation to join the list of countries that have accelerated their efforts around regulating the digital assets sector. Soon after, Israel may also get a committee, dedicated towards regulating the formations and operations of decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs).

India will officially assume the G20 presidency from the current chair Indonesia on December 1.

Gautam Adani is ready to unveil his much-hyped super-app, made by an in-house startup he wants to be "the Ferrari of the digital world."

Crypto industry experts, in conversation with Gadgets 360, have highlighted that CBDCs are different from crypto and hence, India did not have to delay its digital rupee trials amid the current market downturn. Once the CBDC is rolled out widely, it will not be affected by any crypto-related volatility and hence, experts have suggested Indians to u...

"Credit growth remained broad-based: all population groups and bank groups recorded double digit annual growth," the Reserve Bank said while releasing 'Quarterly Statistics on Deposits and Credit of SCBs: September 2022'.

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that the government is making efforts to collect legal glossaries published in regional languages, digitise them and make them available to the public in a searchable format.

Automative lubricants maker Castrol India Limited (CIL) today said it will acquire a 7.09 per cent stake in TVS Automobile Solutions' digital subsidiary Ki Mobility Solutions with a planned investment of Rs 487.5 crore in an all-cash deal.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has said the Centre is working on a bill to regulate digital media.

India's previous attempt at framing a law on personal-data protection had made 21 references to "privacy," starting by acknowledging it as a fundamental right.

The Centre has been promoting the use of digital life certificates for pensioners through the latest face recognition technology to ensure transparency and 'ease of usage', Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday.

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is in talks with the Reserve Bank on implementation of its proposed December 31 deadline for limiting the volume cap of players to 30 per cent.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will also hold the government liable in case of a data breach, a government source said on Saturday.

In order to promote the Digital India initiative, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi is initiating all-digital payments starting April 2023, at all counters, said AIIMS in a statement.

The government has set a target to cross 1 crore job-mark in the next 2 years in three main segments of digital economy - electronics, startups and IT, and IT-enabled services, minister for IT and Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw said today.

The RBI will begin testing the digital rupee CBDC for retail uses starting December 1. The announcement was made by the RBI on Tuesday, November 29. As part of the trials, the CBDC will be given to the testers in a digital wallet, backed by national banks participating in these trials.

Israel is the latest nation to join the list of countries that have accelerated their efforts around regulating the digital assets sector. Soon after, Israel may also get a committee, dedicated towards regulating the formations and operations of decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs).

India will officially assume the G20 presidency from the current chair Indonesia on December 1.

Gautam Adani is ready to unveil his much-hyped super-app, made by an in-house startup he wants to be "the Ferrari of the digital world."

Crypto industry experts, in conversation with Gadgets 360, have highlighted that CBDCs are different from crypto and hence, India did not have to delay its digital rupee trials amid the current market downturn. Once the CBDC is rolled out widely, it will not be affected by any crypto-related volatility and hence, experts have suggested Indians to u...

"Credit growth remained broad-based: all population groups and bank groups recorded double digit annual growth," the Reserve Bank said while releasing 'Quarterly Statistics on Deposits and Credit of SCBs: September 2022'.

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that the government is making efforts to collect legal glossaries published in regional languages, digitise them and make them available to the public in a searchable format.

Automative lubricants maker Castrol India Limited (CIL) today said it will acquire a 7.09 per cent stake in TVS Automobile Solutions' digital subsidiary Ki Mobility Solutions with a planned investment of Rs 487.5 crore in an all-cash deal.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has said the Centre is working on a bill to regulate digital media.

India's previous attempt at framing a law on personal-data protection had made 21 references to "privacy," starting by acknowledging it as a fundamental right.

The Centre has been promoting the use of digital life certificates for pensioners through the latest face recognition technology to ensure transparency and 'ease of usage', Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday.

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is in talks with the Reserve Bank on implementation of its proposed December 31 deadline for limiting the volume cap of players to 30 per cent.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will also hold the government liable in case of a data breach, a government source said on Saturday.

In order to promote the Digital India initiative, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi is initiating all-digital payments starting April 2023, at all counters, said AIIMS in a statement.