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Digital Skills University to be opened in Jharkhand soon: CM Hemant

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday announced that a Digital Skills University will be opened in the state where job-oriented education will be provided to the less educated youth. Addressing the students at the 2nd Convocation of Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Ranchi, Soren said that the university would come up at cost of about Rs 300- 400 crore. "We have been conducting skill development programmes. Recently, government has decided to open a digital skills university in a bid to provide technical education to the less educated youth so that they could be provided jobs," Soren said. The CM said, "This is the age of technology. There has been expansion in the field of education in which institutes like IIT-ISM, BIT Mesra, IIM, XLRI and NIT were opened. In the same way, IIIT was also opened in Ranchi. He said that youth from Jharkhand have created their own niche in the field of education in the country and abroad.

India poised to be at forefront of digital innovation: US Ambassador

India with its vast population, thriving digital economy and technology use is poised to leverage transformative power of 5G, and in future 6G, to catapult itself to the forefront of digital innovation, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said on Tuesday. Terming trust an "absolute necessity" when it comes to 5G, Garcetti said India and the US are committed to collaborating towards this. India with its G20 presidency this year cannot only drive deployment of trusted solutions and architecture among developing nations but, in the developed world too, become a vital part of supply chain to derisk the world. Speaking at inaugural ceremony of US-India 5G and next generation networks workshop, Garcetti said the two nations through their shared values recognise that technology is not only about faster speeds or better connectivity, but also a gateway to progress, and reflection of development. "India, with its vast population, its thriving digital economy, the use of technology that in .

Important to de-risk global economy in era of volatility, uncertainty: EAM

In the era of volatility and uncertainty, it's important to de-risk the global economy and yet to ensure that there is very responsible growth, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. His remarks came following the first meeting of the India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) held here on Tuesday. The meeting, co-chaired on the Indian side by Jaishankar, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Communications, Electronics and IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, covered key focus areas of strategic technologies, digital governance and green energy technologies. Jaishankar described it as a "very good meeting". "It's been a very strong start. And there is a context to what we are doing. In this era of volatility and uncertainty, it's important to de-risk the global economy and yet to ensure that there is very responsible growth," Jaishankar told the media. "So a lot of what we discussed related to resilient and reliable supply chains, to trust and transparency in th

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MeitY holds a meeting with state IT secys on Digital India initiatives

The meeting chaired by MeitY Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma focused on announcements made during the union budget FY2023-24

India has built a world-class digital public infrastructure, says IMF

The IMF paper said that a set of enabling policies in the financial and telecommunications sector also supported the uptake of India Stack

It's a high-volume, low-margin game: PAs eye the online payments boom

Of the 28 new players, 19 have been granted in-principle authorisation by the central bank; the applications for the rest are under consideration

Trai set to soon come out with suggestions on AI, digital inclusion

A consultation paper to further strengthen digital inclusion looks at three key aspects - devices, connectivity and literacy. It is being given finishing touches by TRAI

Digital competition law panel to hold first meeting on February 22

The MCA secretary is also expected to nominate certain members to take part in the committee discussions including technology experts

G20-DIA: A worldwide initiative to integrate, accelerate digital start-ups

India's innovation capabilities have increased exponentially, putting the country at the 46th rank, according to the Global Innovation Index rank of world economies

From AI to digital infrastructure, making high-tech work for India

The Budget's thrust on AI, 5G and data embassies promises to usher in a wider, data-driven digital infrastructure

Budget 2023: Railways makes digital push to end passenger reservation woes

Minister says backend overhaul to increase ticket and enquiry capacity tenfold

Digital public infra to contribute 30-50 bps to medium-term growth

The government expects the platform to significantly boost the ease of doing business with secure, paperless, and hassle-free contracts

Govt likely to launch social media grievance portal within a week

The idea is to create avenues for redressing user grievances against online platforms apart from courts

Delisting of lending apps will be an ongoing process on Google Play Store

Verification involves manual interventions that can be quite complex

Banks jump on the ONDC bandwagon to draw synergy from the network

Nine banks have picked up stake in the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) network

45 data centres spanning around 13 million sq ft to come up by 2025

Over 69% of new IT capacity of 1,015 Mw will come up in Mumbai and Chennai, with 51% in Mumbai alone

Looking at duty-free access for ODOP products in FTAs: Piyush Goyal

The minister also called for integration of One District One Product initiative with ONDC

ONDC can become next UPI, says Union IT minster Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday exuded confidence that Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) can become the next UPI, one of India's most successful digital products

Zetwerk buys Pinaka Aerospace to expand defence manufacturing business

Zetwerk has made two other acquisitions and the total value of all three deals is approximately Rs 100 crore