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WhatsApp Pay set for phased roll out in India; granted NPCI permission

NPCI nod for phased launch comes 2 years after trial run

Virginia Rometty steps down, IBM elevates Arvind Krishna as CEO

Krishna will take charge on April 6, while Rometty, who has been at the helm since 2012, will continue as executive chairman until the end of the year

Govt messed up control mechanisms: B N Srikrishna on Data Protection Bill

Former Supreme Court judge and the prime architect of India's privacy bill, Justice B N Srikrishna, flayed the government for the changes made to the Personal Data Protection Bill

RS panel calls for breaking encryption to track distribution of child porn

The ad hoc committee has called for broadening of POSCO Act and mandatory policing on apps to regulate access to child pornography

Parliamentary panel invites suggestions on Personal Data Protection Bill

'It has been decided to seek views and suggestions on the Bill from individuals/associations/bodies concerned,' it said

Paytm Payments Bank submits list of 3,500 fraud phone numbers to Trai

Paytm also suggested that telecom operators who sell bulk SMS services should follow stringent KYB process

Banks association asks NPCI to scrap MDR on UPI, RuPay card transactions

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said in the last Budget that no charge would be levied on UPI and Rupay transactions

HCL Technologies CEO C Vijayakumar to chair WEF Governors community

The Forum's IT Governors community convenes CEOs of the world's top information technology (IT) companies in order to help them responsibly shape the future of their industry

After scorching start, Oyo looks to get its business basics right

The firm is said to be firing 2,400 employees, or 20 per cent of its workforce in India, mainly in sales and business development

HCL Tech reports 16.3% rise in net income in Q3FY20 to Rs 3,037 cr

HCL Tech reported a 15.5 per cent rise in annual revenue in constant currency to Rs 18,135 crore

Investors, trade bodies decry Piyush Goyal's statement on Amazon

Goyal said Amazon was not doing any favours by deciding to invest an additional $1 billion into India

Amazon not doing India a favour by investing billion dollars: Piyush Goyal

Minister's remarks come a day after Bezos announced $1 billion investment

Amazon 'SMBhav': Bezos charms sellers as Murthy cuts speech to 5 min

Keynote speaker Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy, who has business relations with Amazon, was clearly upset with the event starting late

Jeff Bezos bets on 'Indian century', gives MSMEs $1-billion push

Commits to exporting $10 billion India-made goods by 2025

Fresh round of layoffs at Oyo, 100-150 staff likely to be impacted

The bulk of this fresh round of layoffs will be from its cloud kitchen business, which has about 200-300 employees in India

Experts hail SC judgement on internet access in Jammu and Kashmir

The court had held that complete suspension of services should be considered only if "necessary" and "unavoidable"

Consulting to tech firms, brands are busy swatting away online crusaders

Rage and fulmination are the norm and brands are vulnerable as they define their online identities, said several experts

India lost over $1.3 billion to internet shutdowns last year, says study

Study pegs global loss at $8 billion, says India third-most impacted country

RBI approves Aadhaar-based video authentication as alternative to e-KYC

Video KYC will have to be verified through Aadhaar

PIN-verification to RideCheck: Uber India announces new safety features

Uber will also be experimenting with audio recording as a safety feature in the Indian market this year