Parliament’s IT committee drops 4G in J&K issue from meeting agenda

Parliament’s IT committee drops 4G in J&K issue from meeting agenda

NEW DELHI: Parliament’s Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, has dropped the issue of allowing 4G telecom services in Jammu and Kashmir from the agenda of the panel’s meeting to be held on September 1. This decision has been taken after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla wrote to all committee … Read more

Controversies, virus may not hit Facebook’s advertisement business in India

Controversies, virus may not hit Facebook’s advertisement business in India

New Delhi | Mumbai: Facebook’s advertisement revenues in India could be largely intact despite the social media giant reporting a weakening of its ads business in countries taking aggressive actions to contain Covid-19, and a recent political controversy around a newspaper report, media planners and advertisers said. Facebook and Google continue their duopoly in the … Read more

View: Multilateral cooperation will be the cornerstone of internet economy

View: Multilateral cooperation will be the cornerstone of internet economy

By Pradeep S. Mehta and Abhishek Kumar Globalisation has had its hey days since 1980s. In 2008, the financial crisis sent a rude reminder that all was not well with how people lived and worked. A decade later trade war between world’s two largest economies brought down the euphoria that the world is an ever-integrating … Read more