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Adani forays into data centre business, sets up 50:50 JV with EdgeConnex

In addition to full-scale data centres, AdaniConneX will also develop a portfolio of Edge data centres strategically located across the country to address the need for more proximate capacity

Govt launches National Urban Digital Mission for creating digital infra

The Central government Tuesday launched National Urban Digital Mission' to create a digital infrastructure for cities in the country, a statement stated

Will Budget 2021 slow down the digital tsunami?

The govt has been responsive to the needs and asks of industry and keenly focused on Ease of Doing Business. We hope that answers to some of the ambiguities find their way into the upcoming budget

Digital Evolution Scorecard 2020: India ranks 4th in 'Break Out Economies'

Successful "Break Out Economies" are those that have prioritised improving mobile internet access, affordability, and quality to foster more widespread adoption

RBI constructs index to capture digital payments penetration in country

RBI has constructed a composite digital payments index (DPI) with March 2018 as the base period to capture the extent of digitisation of payments across the country

Digital adoption helped small businesses survive pandemic: Survey

Adoption of digital means for sales helped a majority of small businesses survive the pandemic, a Crisil survey said

Amazon enables digitisation of over 1 million small businesses in India

This includes sellers, delivery and logistics partners, neighbourhood stores, enterprises, developers, content creators and authors working with Amazon in India

Razorpay eyes $50 billion digital payment volume by December 2021

Fintech major Razorpay also launched new products

NPCI adds reloadable wallet feature in RuPay cards for offline transactions

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital payments in India

Consumerisation has changed the way digital is adopted, says Nilekani

Nilekani spoke at the Infosys Media Day 2020 event on Tuesday

Facebook doubles down on India's digital growth, helps SMBs

Facebook on Tuesday said that it is committed to help India quickly recover economically and socially in 2021 from the pandemic-hit year

Can the digital health ID programme help spur India's struggling economy?

India is Asia's third-largest economy but its total spending on health care is only about 3.5% of gross domestic product -- among the lowest rates in the world

India Stack fights 'tomorrow's battle' for making innovators self-reliant

The threat of 'digital colonisation' what some people are now talking about, is real, said Lalitesh Katragadda, a key volunteer of India Stack initiative

SBI Card: Analysts see more upside given distribution network, biz model

As SBI Card is the largest pure credit-card issuer in India, analysts expect the company to grow faster than the sector average

Is Digital India faltering? Targets still in search of finding a connect

After two years, only 6 per cent of the target has been achieved with 306,000 hot spots in the country, according to the DigiAnalysis data, updated till August 2019

WFH, e-learning fuel demand for big investments in digital infra: Trai head

Sharma said that creation of robust telecom infrastructure - a capital-intensive sector -- will play a key role in seamless connectivity, which is essence of true digitisation

Covid-19 and the 'techtonic' shift in India Inc's journey towards digital

The pandemic has changed the way businesses across the spectrum look at technology adoption--it no longer fascinates simply because it has become a necessity

Solve for India, sell to the world: Digital India Foundation's Arvind Gupta

Gupta said India is a trustworthy software destination and will play a significant role in 5G's adoption

Razorpay launches Payment Buttons for SMEs - No Developer Support Needed

Empowering Startups to accept payments on their own website, Razorpay, the leading full-stack financial services company, on Tuesday launched Payment Buttons

Telecom firms evolving into digital networks a positive sign: Trai chairman

Large telecom companies are using artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning in a significant way already to improve services and optimise resources, R S Sharma said