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Hughes to empower 5,000 India villages with net services
Satellite internet is finally coming of age with several service providers in the fray now with a constellation of lightweight satellites hovering much closer to earth in the lower orbit
1 min read14 Oct 2020Coronavirus: Internet service firms in a race to keep up as web traffic swells
India has over 630 million mobile (3G/4G) users compared with around 19 million fixed broadband usersUsers who so far used their basic phone internet connection for content streaming have begun using it for work
3 min read24 Mar 2020South Korea starts super high-speed internet service for every citizen
The move makes the country the eighth in the world to offer universal high-speed Internet to all citizensThe latest move will address the Internet dead spots issue, and effectively end the 'data divide'
1 min read6 Jan 2020Opinion | Internet snap-off rules, please
The end of Kargil’s web blackout is especially ironic at this moment, given that as many as 21 districts in Uttar Pradesh were similarly left netless on Friday
1 min read27 Dec 2019Citizenship Act protest: Internet suspended in 5 districts of West Bengal
Internet services in Malda, Murshidabad, Howrah, North 24 Parganas and parts of South 24 Parganas to has been temporarily suspend to prevent rumour-mongering and fake news, said a senior govt official
1 min read15 Dec 2019Google employees go public to protest against China project
Human rights group Amnesty International also launched a public petition on Tuesday calling on Google to cancel Dragonfly
2 min read28 Nov 2018Indian internet services to grow to $124 billion by 2022: IAMAI
The internet services sector in India is valued at $33.8 billion and is expected to reach $76.4 billion by 2022
2 min read23 Oct 2018Maharashtra bandh today: Internet services suspended in Pune district
SP Sandip Patil says the Internet services were temporarily suspended in Baramati, Shirur, Khed, Junnar, Maval, Bhor and Daund rural tehsils of the Pune district
1 min read9 Aug 2018Shillong violence: Curfew continues for 2nd day, Army conducts flag march
Curfew continued in parts of Shillong for the second day today as the Army conducted flag marches in its disturbed areas and rescued around 500 people following night-long violence and arson
2 min read2 Jun 2018Elon Musk’s SpaceX wants to be America’s next broadband provider
Elon Musk's broadband project is to get an early test component on 17 Feb, when SpaceX slated to launch a pair of demonstration satellites to test a broadband antenna to be included in the proposed constellation
3 min read15 Feb 2018Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared