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96 Per Cent Of WhatsApp Users In India Receive Daily Spam Messages, Survey Flags Rising Privacy Concerns: Report
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (301+ words) Feb 04, 2026 | Updated 01:05 PM GMT+5:30 A new survey has revealed that spam and promotional messages have become an unavoidable daily nuisance for nearly all WhatsApp users in India, raising concerns about user privacy and data misuse. The LocalCircles survey, which gathered…...
iPhone 16 Crowned India's Best-Selling Smartphone In Historic 2025 Market Shift
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (311+ words) Jan 31, 2026 | Updated 11:39 AM GMT+5:30 India's smartphone market witnessed a dramatic shift in 2025 as Apple's iPhone 16 base variant emerged as the country's best-selling handset by volume. The device captured four per cent of the overall smartphone market, selling roughly 6.16 million units…...
No Signal On The Highway: NHAI Pushes DoT And TRAI To Fix Mobile Network Connectivity Gaps On Key Routes
4+ week, 1+ day ago (267+ words) Jan 06, 2026 | Updated 03:14 PM GMT+5:30 The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has raised serious concerns over persistent mobile network gaps along several stretches of the country's highway network, urging the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of…...
Uttar Pradesh Plans Eight Data Centre Parks, Aims 900 MW Capacity And Rs 30,000 Crore Investment
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (328+ words) Jan 02, 2026 | Updated 11:49 AM GMT+5:30 Uttar Pradesh is set to establish eight data centre parks with a total capacity of 900 megawatts as part of efforts to strengthen digital infrastructure and attract large-scale investment, the Hindustan Times reported, citing the state government....
BSNL Rolls Out Voice Over WiFi Services Nationwide On New Year
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (256+ words) Jan 01, 2026 | Updated 02:50 PM GMT+5:30 State-run telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) services across all telecom circles in the country, marking a major step in its network modernisation drive. The nationwide rollout was…...
India Begins Overhaul Of Legacy Official E-Mail Setup, Selects Zoho To Deploy Cloud-Based, Secure And Scalable System
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (354+ words) Dec 05, 2025, 04:59 PM | Updated 04:59 PM IST The Union government has said that India's official email system is being upgraded and migrated to a cloud-based platform operated by Zoho Corporation Ltd., a move aimed at improving scalability, security, and reliability of government…...
DoT Withdraws Mandatory Sanchar Saathi Preloading Order Amid Privacy, Surveillance Concerns
2+ mon, 22+ hour ago (326+ words) Dec 03, 2025, 05:37 PM | Updated 05:37 PM IST "Given Sanchar Saathi's increasing acceptance, Government has decided not to make the pre-installation mandatory for mobile manufacturers," the Ministry of Communications said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the Indian Express, the earlier order,…...
'Big Boss Surveillance', Opposition Slams Centre’s Order Making Sanchar Saathi Mandatory On All Phones
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (362+ words) Dec 02, 2025, 12:29 PM | Updated 12:29 PM IST A major political uproar has broken out over the Centre's directive requiring mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on every handset sold in India. Opposition parties have alleged that the order is…...
Major Internet Outage Disrupts 'Twitter', ChatGPT, And Dozens Of Popular Websites
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (140+ words) Nov 18, 2025, 09:14 PM | Updated 09:14 PM IST The outage began around 4:30 PM IST, according to Downdetector, when problems with Cloudflare's support portal provider quickly escalated into broader service failures. The disruption had a cascading effect across the internet due to Cloudflare's critical…...
Maharashtra Becomes First State To Partner With Elon Musk's Starlink To Deliver Satellite Internet In Remote Areas
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (265+ words) Nov 06, 2025, 09:48 AM | Updated 09:47 AM IST In a landmark move to bridge the state's digital divide, the Maharashtra government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Starlink Satellite Communications Private Limited to provide satellite-based internet connectivity across remote and underserved…...