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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
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.
Imagine fighting a persistent toothache with an axe. That’s what the government of India ended up doing—or at least intended to—with the Sanchar Saathi app drama that played out this past week. On Monday, the Department of Telecommunications put out a directive instructing smartphone manufacturers and importers to preload its Sanchar Saathi app on every device under the Telecom Cyber Security provisions. The directives required companies to take three specific actions:
A churn in venture capital collides with the fear of missing the AI wave, while the Ajay Singh-led airline’s recurring crises raise deeper questions.
