India faces critical policy choices regarding net neutrality and the potential regulation of online apps. At stake is India's opportunity to enter the digital economy, where the internet is leveraged to create inclusive access; and through which India's prodigious intellectual resources are harnessed to drive innovation.A neutral net and vigorous innovation will also provide many of the solutions to address some of India's most critical challenges - education and training, healthcare, citizen services, market and process efficiency, transparency, empowerment, to name a few.India is still in the early stages of the digital age. It has earned a deserved reputation in the field of information technology (IT). It now aspires to the next level of innovation and to make it a key driver of economic growth. Talented Indians have made important contributions to this phenomenon in the West and now, the challenge is to create a similar ecosystem driven by Indians in India. The Telecom Regulatory

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India has helped redraw the world&rsquo;s economic landscape in recent years. Our country is now home to a thriving consumer market and strong skills&rsquo; base. India also accounts for seven of the 91 emerging market multinationals listed on the Fortune Global 500 &mdash; a leading ranking of the world&rsquo;s largest companies. Moreover, our country&rsquo;s reputation has been bolstered by its leadership in the global IT (information technology) and IT-enabled service (ITeS) industries through two decades of robust economic growth.

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 7: BRISKPE, a PayU-backed cross-border payment platform, has introduced a game-changing solution designed specifically to meet the needs of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). This unified platform integrates account-to-account (A2A) transfers, card collections powered by PayU and PayPal, providing exporters, service providers, marketplace sellers and freelancers with unparalleled convenience and efficiency in managing international transactions.

BRISKPE Launches Unified Platform for Cross-Border Payments

New Delhi [India], January 7: TARC Limited has delivered an outstanding operational performance for the third quarter of FY2025, achieving presales of Rs 1,165 crore, maintaining a consistent growth trajectory. For the first nine months of FY2025, the Company registered presales of Rs 2,487 crore, marking an impressive six-fold year-on-year increase.

TARC Limited Reports Strong Presales of Rs 1,165 Crore in Q3 FY2025

New Delhi [India], January 7: Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV), a global technology leader focused on making the future more safe, green and connected, showcases a fleet of software - defined vehicles (SDVs) and associated software tools and solutions at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Aptiv Shows World-Class ADAS, Next-Gen In-Cabin Experience, and Advanced Power Distribution Technologies in Software - Defined Vehicles at CES 2025

New Delhi [India], January 7: Gold Plus Glass Industry Limited ("Gold Plus"), the second-largest float glass manufacturer in India with 22% share of manufacturing capacity for float glass as of September 30, 2023 (Source: CRISIL Report dated January 2024), proudly announces the successful commissioning of its manufacturing facility in Karnataka. With this expansion, Gold Plus has solidified its position and further diversified its product offerings by entering the solar glass segment.

Gold Plus Capacity Expansion and Foray into Solar Glass Manufacturing

New Delhi [India], January 7: In a landmark move to strengthen the fight against Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), SysTools, a leading provider of digital forensics and cybersecurity solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with the CyberPeace Foundation. Today, SysTools signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate with the Foundation in building technological solutions and offering specialized training aimed at supporting law enforcement agencies in India in their efforts to combat CSAM.

SysTools Partners with CyberPeace Foundation as Technology Partner to Combat CSAM in India

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Bangladesh's Election Commission (EC) has decided to investigate irregularities and shortcomings in all previous elections, including the three preceding elections that have been controversial during the Awami League-rule in 2014, 2018 and 2024.
The Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported that following a meeting, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin instructed all 10 regional election officers to examine the reasons behind the decline in the electoral system and submit detailed reports.
The CEC issued written directives, asking regional officials to identify past irregularities and deficiencies and report their findings to the EC secretariat.
The 2014, 2018 and 2024 national elections are widely regarded as some of the most controversial in the country's history.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and allied parties boycotted the 2014 election, resulting in one-sided voting and unopposed election of 153 candidates, an unprecedented ..

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A fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has held up for over a month, even as its terms seem unlikely to be met by the agreed-upon deadline.
The deal struck on November 27 to halt the war required Hezbollah to immediately lay down its arms in southern Lebanon and gave Israel 60 days to withdraw its forces there and hand over control to the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers.
So far, Israel has withdrawn from just two of the dozens of towns it holds in southern Lebanon. And it has continued striking what it says are bases belonging to Hezbollah, which it accuses of attempting to launch rockets and move weapons before they can be confiscated and destroyed.
Hezbollah, which was severely diminished during nearly 14 months of war, has threatened to resume fighting if Israel does not fully withdraw its forces by the 60-day deadline.
Yet despite accusations from both sides about hundreds of ceasefire violations, the truce is likely to hold, analysts say

A political action committee controlled by the world's richest man spent $19.2 million in the final six weeks of the 2024 election to back Republicans in too-close-to-call races around the country

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Malaysian authorities said Saturday that they have turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 people believed to be Muslim Rohingya refugees who were found to have entered the country illegally.
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said that it had information that two more boats were attempting to enter the country after a boatload of 196 Rohingya landed early Friday on a beach on the northeastern resort island of Langkawi. They were all detained by authorities.
The agency said authorities had detected the other two boats later Friday off Langkawi. It said the people on the two boats, also believed to be Rohingya, were reported to be exhausted and lacked sufficient food and water supplies.
Maritime Enforcement Agency chief Mohamad Rosli Abdullah said in a statement that assistance has been provided to the two boats, including food supplies and and drinking water, before they were escorted out of the country to continue their journey. It didn't say where the boats were heading, 

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So far, IIFCL has sanctioned loans worth Rs 2.8 trillion, with disbursements totalling Rs 1.4 trillion, of which 50 per cent has occurred in the last 4-5 years

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Travel booking major OYO has launched a new check-in policy for partner hotels, starting from Meerut, introducing guidelines effective this year whereby unmarried couples will no longer be welcome to check in.
Under the revised policy, all couples will be asked to present valid proof of relationship at the time of check-in, including for bookings made online. OYO has empowered its partner hotels' discretion to decline couple bookings based on their judgment, aligning with local social sensibility, the company said.
OYO has given the directive to its partner hotels in Meerut to ensure this with immediate effect. Based on ground feedback, the company may expand this to more cities, people familiar with the policy change said.
"OYO has received feedback in the past from civil society groups especially in Meerut urging action to address this issue. Additionally, residents from few other cities have petitioned for disallowing unmarried couples to check-in at OYO hotels," they said.
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