Business Gadgetry News Apple clocks record shipments for India-made iPhones, India sales at all-time high In a shift from its heavy reliance on China, Apple has made… Praneetha BandaruNovember 2, 20232 minute read
China Culture & Policy News Security India acts against China’s Vivo over alleged visa violations, illegal foreign transfer worth $13Bn The Indian government has taken into custody a Chinese employee of the… Praneetha BandaruOctober 12, 20232 minute read
Business News ‘Make in India’ initiative yields 2 billion domestically assembled phone shipments during 2014-22 In the pursuit of self-sufficiency in mobile phone assembly, India has witnessed… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 14, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Indian govt. brings back data protection bill, tabled in lower house amid strong Opposition India’s Union Communications, Electronics, and Information Technology Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, introduced the… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 3, 20233 minute read
Business News AMD to invest $400Mn in India, set up its largest design center in Bengaluru India’s ambitions to carve a greater piece of the semiconductor got another… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 28, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News India to produce first semiconductors by the end of 2024 through Micron plant India, according to a report from Financial Times, could embark on a… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 5, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News India will “regulate AI in same way as other emerging tech”, says Union IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar In a press conference today that highlighted India’s progress in terms of… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 9, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News India imposes stricter regulations on streaming platforms with mandatory anti-tobacco warnings India’s Health Ministry has stepped onto the virtual set with a captivating… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 1, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News NPCI says no charge on normal UPI transactions, 1.1% charge on PPI merchant transactions Come April 1, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will charge… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 30, 20232 minute read
Crypto News India adds cryptocurrencies and virtual assets within existing money laundering provisions The Indian government has taken a significant step to tighten regulations around… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 9, 20232 minute read
Apps China Culture & Policy News India to ban over 230 betting and loan apps, with several of them being China-origin With an overwhelming rise in notorious betting and online “quick loan” apps… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 6, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Gaming News India not considering to limit online gaming time In a response to a question in the Indian Parliament’s lower house,… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 16, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy Gaming News All real-money online games to have federal oversight in India, regulations to encompass games of skill and chance both A new Reuters report – which cites a government document and three… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 5, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy E-commerce News India to issue guidelines to combat fake reviews on online platforms The current e-commerce age has highlighted a great drawback that comes with… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 21, 20223 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Govt notifies changes to IT Rules, grievance appellate committees to be formed, social media platforms mandated to comply Last year, the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code)… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 29, 20223 minute read
Gadgetry News Apple and telecom major Airtel meet this week to discuss 5G roll-out across iPhones in India We began this month with 5G debuting in the Indian market. And… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 11, 20222 minute read
News Startups TrueFoundry gets seeded with $2.3Mn to help companies speed up ML deployment With machine learning gaining increased prominence in enterprise tech development, specially post… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalSeptember 20, 20222 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News India’s finance minister asks RBI to create a “whitelist” of all legal digital lending apps Recent times has seen India, the world’s second-largest internet market, crack down… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 9, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Indian govt. has withdrawn the controversial Data Protection Bill, a new revamped bill to be introduced soon The controversial Data Protection Bill, that the current Indian government started working… Staff@The Tech PortalAugust 4, 20222 minute read
News Startups Google backs SME financing platform Progcap in latest $40Mn Series C fundraise Despite India’s fintech infrastructure growing by leaps and bounds, credit and financing… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy News Indian govt. bans WhatsApp groups for allegedly spreading misinformation and coordinating protests against Agnipath military reforms Following protests that turned in violent across several parts of the country… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 20, 20222 minute read