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Category: Digital
Korea teaches us more than Hollywood: Aha co-founder at India Digital Summit
Speaking at the India Digital Summit, Ajit Thakur, co-founder of Aha, a regional OTT platform serving the Tamil and Telugu-speaking diaspora, shared his thoughts
Maha Kumbh 2025: AI tool ‘Bhashini’ breaks language barriers
Bhashini will offer multilingual support in 11 Indian languages, making it easier for people to share and access information at this historic event
Election Commission’s advisory to political parties, ‘Use label if content is AI generated’
The aim of the guidelines was to prevent political parties and their representatives from disrupting a fair playing field by using “deep fakes” or AI-generated distorted content.
Delhivery launches new 2-hour ‘Rapid Commerce’ service for faster deliveries
Designed for Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) brands, retailers, and e-commerce platforms, Rapid Commerce allows businesses to deliver products much faster than traditional e-commerce timelines, which usually take several days.
Indian Railways plans to issue 2.5 Lakh tickets per minute by August 2025
Indian Railways transports 22 million passengers daily and carries 4.2 billion tons of freight
NCLAT to decide Meta’s plea against CCI’s Rs 213.14 cr penalty on Jan 23
Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Mukul Rohatgi appeared for the court appearing, and during its course, they contended that the CCI had overstepped its jurisdiction by ruling on WhatsApp’s privacy policy.
Surge in Indic language adoption leads to 55% increase in rural internet users
Nearly all internet users (98%) accessed content in Indic languages, with Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam emerging as the most popular due to their extensive availability.
Indonesia eyes minimum age requirement for social media users
Proposed regulation follows Australia’s lead in safeguarding children online.
Rural India leads the way in internet news consumption, 90 million more users than urban
Rural India is leading the way when it comes to internet comsumption. Not just that, but news is also being consumed on the highest basis by the rural Indian population.