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Digital India: India leads in Digital Payments
The UK based payments system company ACI recently released a report on digital payments. According to the report, India has the highest number of real-time online transactions in 2020. Key Findings of the Report The Digital payment market of India ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
7 Current Affairs Notes on Echo and Bifrost
Facebook has planned to put two undersea Internet cables to connect Southeast Asia to North America, to increase data capacity and improve the internet authenticity. The Two Cables are named as “Echo” and “Bifrost”. The cables will connect Singapore, Indonesia ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Nokia to Develop New 5G Radio Solutions
The Finnish telecom equipment maker, Nokia, announced on March 16 that it has partnered with the Microsoft, Amazon web services and Google so as to develop a new cloud-based 5G radio solution. This solution will be developed with its radio ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Google Launched “Women Will” Web Platform
Google has launched a new web platform ‘Women Will’ on March 8, 2021 on the occasion of “International Women’s Day”. This platform will provide its support to 1 million rural women in India in order for them to become entrepreneurs ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Australia passed “News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code”
The parliament of Australia has passed the landmark legislation called the “News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code” on February 25, 2021. Highlights This legislation mandates the global digital platforms to pay for publishing the Australian news content on ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Why Facebook restricted new contents in Australia?
The tech-giant Facebook has recently blocked the Australian users from reading and sharing any local and international news. Facebook has initiated this move in the backdrop of the dispute over new media payment law that Australia has initiated. Highlights The ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
What is Alpha Global Union?
Recently, the Google workers from all around the globe have formed an international union called the “Alpha Global”. The new union has been named after Google’s parent company Alphabet. The union was formed in coordination with UNI Global Union. About ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Alphabet Workers Union
More than two hundred engineers and workers have formed the Alphabet Workers Union capping years of growing activism in the company. What is the main objective of Alphabet Workers Union? The Alphabet Workers Union will strengthen the growing labour movement ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
What is DigiBoxx?
DigiBoxx is a storage platform. It is a file sharing and cloud storage platform. DigiBoxx was announced by the NITI Aayog CEO Aitabh Kant. The announcement was made a few weeks after Google announced that it will not offer unlimited ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act
The Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act are two recent landmark legislations from the European Union. The draft legislation gives specific regulations to limit the powers of global internet companies like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon in the European ..