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Starlink customers in India will be able to use Aadhaar for e-KYC verification
August 21, 2025 1:04 pm
The UIDAI onboarding of Starlink comes over a month after the satcom operator received the last remaining regulatory clearance from the Indian government.
Top 10 countries with the highest number of internet users: Where does India rank in the global digital map?
August 20, 2025 6:33 pm
Top 10 countries with the highest number of internet users in the world: Alongside Brazil, Russia, and India, China helps make up a massive share of global connectivity; together these BRIC nations alone account for more than two billion users.
AOL is ending its dial-up internet service: What is it and why is it being shut down?
August 14, 2025 8:15 am
AOL’s move marks the end of an era for millions in the US who once relied on dial-up internet to get online.
Erratic internet may lead to mass exodus of foreign businesses from Pak: industry leaders warns
August 17, 2024 7:57 pm
The warnings by the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) and the Pakistan Software Houses Association (PSHA) came months after some of the top companies, including Uber, Pfizer, Shell, Eli Elly (USA), Sanofi (France), Telenor (Norway), Lotto Chemical (South Korea) sold either their entire or partial holdings to local companies.
Centre extends internet suspension in select areas of Punjab till Feb 24, more regions hit
February 19, 2024 8:01 am
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann had requested the Centre to revoke the internet suspension. However, the new orders have expanded the suspension to 20 police station areas in seven districts.
Kerala launches KFON to offer high-speed internet connectivity for all households in state
June 06, 2023 10:17 am
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Kerala is the only state in the country which has made the right to access the internet a basic right.
Indians are overpaying for internet, nation ranks 44th in global index much ahead of neighbours: Surfshark
January 31, 2023 3:10 pm
Surfshark has released its Global Internet Value index (IVi), which is calculated by dividing each country’s internet speed by internet affordability to figure out which countries are overpaying for their internet.
66% Indian schools lack internet access, digital gap among various states, says U-DISE report
November 30, 2022 4:54 pm
Less than 50 per cent of the schools surveyed had functional computers; accessible functional mobile phones for teaching purposes at 20 per cent.
‘106 net shutdowns in India in 2021’
April 29, 2022 1:32 am
There were at least 182 documented internet shutdowns during 2021in 34 countries, as against 159 documented across 29 nations in 2020, as per the report.
World Bank collaborates with 11,000 teachers, T4 Education to provide internet access to schools in India, abroad
April 10, 2022 5:37 pm
The communiqué, issued after the Teacher Tech Summit 2022, also called for EdTech to be designed in collaboration with teachers and harnessed to reduce educational inequalities.
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