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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
A vague circular puts pressure on parents and schools to fall in line, unmindful of the law and concerns around the privacy of students.
On 8 April, M was startled on seeing a notice shared by their child’s school. Uploaded on the Karnataka-based private school’s online portal, the notice asked parents to provide their children’s Aadhaar numbers during the upcoming parent-teacher meet “without fail”.
The notice also said that “as per the Education Department (Government of Karnataka) directive, the Aadhaar number of the students has to be updated in the Student Achievement Tracking System” and that it was “mandatory as per the government directive”. SATS is a software that helps keep track of students’ academic performance and attendance, among other things.
The deadline to …
Co-founders Alakh Pandey and Prateek Maheshwari made Physics Wallah the company it is today by keeping their focus on the digital media, test-prep business. With fresh funds at its disposal after the IPO, it is making the mistake of believing it is an education company.
In one of its worst years yet, India’s largest winemaker is facing headwinds on all fronts and has little by way of a plan.
Even though the government of India did a U-turn on the mandatory pre-installation of the anti-fraud app on all mobile phones sold or imported in the country, the larger problem of petty cybercrime remains grim.
