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Anirban Ghoshal

Anirban Ghoshal

Anirban Ghoshal was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.

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Vietnam may emulate Digital India, seeks cooperation on e-governance

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of telecom at the Indian Express idea exchange in Noida on August 14th 2015. Express photo by Ravi Kanojia.

Published on Mar 28, 2017 05:22 pm IST

Aadhaar payments: How the government’s new Android app works

For a customer, Aadhaar payments will work only if your Aadhaar number is linked needs to be linked to your bank account.(HT file photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2017 05:12 pm IST

Aadhaar payment: Forget debit and credit cards, now pay bills with your thumb

Aadhaar Pay will also eliminate the fee charged by private card companies such as MasterCard and Visa.(PTI file photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2017 09:05 pm IST

Aadhaar data safe, has helped save Rs 49,000 crore, says UIDAI

Personal data of individuals held by UIDAI under Aadhaar is secure and there has been no misuse of biometrics leading to identity theft or financial loss, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said in a statement. (PTI File Photo)

Updated on Mar 06, 2017 12:22 am IST

Govt wants all bank accounts internet-enabled by March 31

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology wants all bank accounts to be internet-enabled by March 31(REUTERS File Photo)

Updated on Mar 01, 2017 11:18 am IST

Open doors for Indian IT professionals: Ravi Shankar Prasad to EU parliamentarians

Union electronics and information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday urged the visiting EU parliamentarians to open bigger doors for the Indian IT professionals.(PTI)

Updated on Feb 24, 2017 12:17 am IST

Microsoft’s Nadella meets IT minister Prasad, discusses H-1B visa, Digigaon plan

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella meets Union IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.(Photo: @RSPrasad)

Updated on Feb 21, 2017 04:35 pm IST

All ration shops to have Aadhaar-based identification, digital payment gateways

Union information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad briefs the media in New Delhi on Friday on the recent developments in the electronics and IT sector.(PTI)

Updated on Feb 10, 2017 06:49 pm IST

Tesla CEO Elon Musk hints at India launch this summer

Updated on Feb 08, 2017 06:00 pm IST

Trump’s immigration ban: Apple’s Tim Cook considers legal action

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook said hundreds of the company’s employees have been affected by Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, and that Apple was considering taking legal action.(Reuters File)

Updated on Feb 01, 2017 08:34 pm IST

Budget 2017: Price of smartphones to go up, govt imposes additional duty on PCBs

As a part of the Union Budget 2017, the government has proposed to levy a special additional duty (SAD) of 2% on a smartphone component which consists of nearly 20-30% of smartphone manufacturing costs.

Updated on May 06, 2017 05:00 pm IST

Budget 2017: Jaitley boosts electronic manufacturing by boosting MSIPS, EDF

As a part of his announcement, Jaitley said that the government was allocating a record Rs 745 crore for such policies for the period of FY18 citing that nearly 40 foreign companies had started manufacturing in the country.

Updated on Feb 01, 2017 02:22 pm IST

Budget 2017: Nearly 1,50,000 gram panchayats to get high-speed Internet by the end of FY18

Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech on Wednesday said that nearly 1,50,000 gram panchayats will get high-speed internet under the BharatNet project by the end of the March 2018.

Updated on Feb 01, 2017 02:25 pm IST

Apple chooses Wistron to ‘make in India’

In what can only be reminiscent of Apple’s move to diversify its supply chain from Foxconn in 2013 and divide it with USA-based Pegatron Corporation, the iPhone-maker has chosen Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron to start assembling iPhones in India.(AP)

Updated on Dec 30, 2016 07:14 pm IST

Whistleblowers, criminals or gold-diggers? Inside a hacker’s world

A hacker group, which calls itself Legion, claims responsibility for the hacks of digital accounts of prominent Indians, including Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, embattled business tycoon Vijay Mallya and senior journalist Barkha Datt.(Thinkstock)

Updated on Dec 26, 2016 11:45 am IST

Cisco to help govt deal with cyberattacks

From left: IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Cisco India president Dinesh Malkani and CERTIn directorgeneral Sanjay Bahl exchanging documents in New Delhi on Wednesday(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 23, 2016 10:59 am IST

Mobile manufacturing falls 40% as note ban spells wrong number for industry

At a time when the government is looking to push digital payments, the production of mobile phones in India is down by at least 40%.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Dec 19, 2016 03:44 pm IST

Uber’s Kalanick rules out merger with Ola, says in for the long haul

Minister of Law and Information and Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad (L) shakes hands with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick before the start of their meeting in New Delhi, India, December 15, 2016.(Reuters Photo)

Updated on Dec 15, 2016 11:07 pm IST

Australia catches the demonetisation bug: May abolish 100 dollar note

Australia is considering abolishing $100 notes in a bid to crack down on the “black economy”, said media reports on Thursday.(Reserve Bank of Australia website)

Updated on Dec 15, 2016 07:19 pm IST

Industry bodies oppose plan to hike ‘Google Tax’, say it’ll hurt startups

Amid reports that the government may hike the equalisation levy, also known as Google Tax, from 6% to 8%, two industry bodies claim the move may hurt startups.(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 14, 2016 11:31 am IST

Flexible display shipments rise as smartphones adopt new tech

As more smartphone manufacturers build designs using flexible display technology, shipments of the displays are expected to reach 139 million units in 2017, an increase of 135% compared to last year, said research and analysis firm IHS in a report.(Shutterstock)

Updated on Dec 13, 2016 01:07 pm IST

Note ban chokes handset, electronics business

The mobile handset business has fallen 50% after demonetisation(HT photo)

Published on Dec 09, 2016 03:37 pm IST

Govt to launch new TV channel named DigiShala, website named Cashless India

The ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) has sent out media invitations saying that the new TV Channel will be launched by Union Minister of Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad and PP Chaudhary, MoS, Electronics & IT at around 3 PM.

Updated on Dec 09, 2016 11:08 am IST

Business not as usual: Auto, IT firms fear disruptions over Jaya death

Supporters gather to pay their respects to late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram as she lies in state ahead of her funeral at Rajaji Hall in Chennai on December 6.(AFP)

Updated on Dec 06, 2016 03:59 pm IST

How smart is my phone? Not much, say feature phone loving Indians

Companies are also looking to tap the pool of the ‘digitally underprivileged’ to grow their cash base, especially in the wake of the government’s demonetisation drive.(Thinkstock)

Updated on Dec 06, 2016 02:28 pm IST

Pixel vs iPhone: Hardware maths equals as well

HT Image

Updated on Nov 23, 2016 12:31 pm IST

Microsoft’s answer to Google Pixel, iPhone 7 to be launched in Feb

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gestures as he speaks during his keynote address in San Francisco, California.((Reuters file photo))

Updated on Nov 23, 2016 11:59 am IST

No dinner, no way to get to work: The day after currency ban

An Indian vehicle driver gives a 1000 rupee note to the Toll Plaza employee at the Nivedita Setu Toll plaza at Rajchandrapur on the outskirts of Kolkata.(AFP Photo)

Updated on Nov 09, 2016 06:02 pm IST

Back to basics? BlackBerry looks at enterprise tie-ups to sell phones

(Reuters)

Updated on Nov 08, 2016 02:59 pm IST

Sales of air purifiers, masks grow with rising pollution levels

Delhi has experienced the worst smog in 17 years in the last two days where PM2.5 levels went upto 836.1 micrograms per cubic meter on Monday and was 645.2 micrograms per cubic meter on Tuesday while the permissible levels of PM2.5 levels in India is 60 micrograms per cubic meters.

Updated on Nov 04, 2016 02:05 pm IST

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