Even though Europe remains one of the most networked regions of the world, with 12 economies ranked among the top 20 best performers, China and India leapfrogged another 9 and 11 places to 37th and 43rd, respectively.
Data science isn't just about acquiring skills; it's also about comprehending the business context in which data science is applied.
Eminent economist and United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Nitin Desai has been appointed as Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Adviser for the World Summit on Information Society in December.
Indian tech firms like TCS, Wipro and Infosys have seen slower recruitment since the first quarter of 2008.
This will be exacerbated by the falling number of masters and PhD holders in science and engineering, restrictions on cross-border movement of IT professionals and the US H-1B visa programme.
Emotional infidelity can break up even the strongest relationships, warns Sybil Shiddell.
Tiger Ramesh, CEO of CSS Corp, talks about his life as a serial entrepreneur, how he progressed in his long career, his success mantras, dos and don'ts for start-ups, why he sold out of his wildlife resorts venture and why he chose to head CSS instead of joining one of the top three Indian IT behemoths at senior management level.
The Railway Board has decided to wind up the ambitious Rs 5,000-crore One ICT plan and the transformation cell
"What we have been able to gather is that Newsclick stands accused of offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), for purportedly carrying Chinese propaganda on its website. All devices, laptops, gadgets, phones, etc have been seized in the past. All emails and communications have been analysed under the microscope," the statement by NewsClick read.
Back home, the Nifty IT index - a gauge of the performance of the IT stocks on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) that has closely mirrored the performance of NASDAQ over the past few years - has lost nearly 2 per cent in CY23.
The statements on Joshimath are creating confusion not only among affected residents but also among citizens of the country.
The software giant will also help build last-mile capacity among educators.
A day after announcing withdrawal from its chip-making JV with Indian conglomerate Vedanta, Foxconn on Tuesday said it is working on plans to apply for incentives under semiconductor and display fab programme, as the contract manufacturer pledged its commitment to India. The Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant said it has been actively reviewing landscape for optimal partners. The comment assumes significance as Foxconn has pulled out from the $19.5 billion semiconductor JV with Vedanta.
In a press statement, the foreign ministry here said 10 Nepali nationals lost their lives in the recent attack by Hamas in Israel.
Aiming at improving the quality of rural education, OneWorld South Asia, in collaboration with British Telecom and Cisco, has launched a pilot project in West Bengal last week for assisting rural teachers in addressing the needs of the children more effectively through information and communications technology tools. OneWorld South Asia is a non profit organisation that works for poverty alleviation and promoting sustainable development.
Naveen Patnaik is known as an "absentee landlord" who needs bureaucrats like Pandian to run his government.
The five-millimetre-a-side 'GiFi', unveiled at the Melbourne University-based national information and communications technology research centre, can transmit data through a wireless connection at a breakthrough rate of five gigabits per second over distances of up to 10 metres.
NASSCOM Foundation and DataWind Corporation, have started a pilot project to provide internet connectivity in the rural areas.
It feels worsening economic downturn will dent the internet economy. The only silver lining for the IT sector, which generates about $50 billion for Indian IT services companies, is the likely growth in the services and software sectors 'along with new internet and communications-related products and infrastructure, as they are an essential part of spending and partly recession-proof,' the OECD report said.
India has told the United Nations that governance of cyber space should be democratic and transparent and cannot be managed as a "private property".
Karnataka Minister for Information Technology and Biotechnology Priyank Kharge on Monday lodged a complaint against Bharatiya Janata Party national president J P Nadda, BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya and BJP Chandigarh president Arun Sood for malicious posts against Rahul Gandhi, particularly an animated video that allegedly features altered versions of the Congress leader's speeches.
The Indian Navy on Monday unveiled a 15-year plan to boost maritime infrastructure even as Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar said the force is working with the Army and the IAF to ensure tri-services jointness and integration to meet future challenges.
These concrete steps should include measures to address any number of pressing concerns, including prohibitively high tariffs and discriminatory forced localization requirements that are blocking US exports of a wide range of products.
Reliance Telecom and Bharti Airtel have entered the second round of qualifying process for a GSM-based mobile license in Qatar that the Gulf country plans to award by October this year.
India needs to make use of this opportunity to significantly enhance its exports especially in information and communications technology and the automotive sector.
In a statement issued from Doha, The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology, Qatar's telecom regulator, has said that Vodafone/Qatar Foundation Consortium will pay a fee of 7.716 billion Qatar rials (about $2.1 billion) for the second mobile licence in the country.
With major IT markets in US, Europe and Japan expecting to witness a slowdown, Indian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is now turning to South Africa and West Asian markets in a bigger way.
The presence of the Egyptian company in India would not be in national interest as the entity could gain access to "our ICT assets and enhance the capabilities of our adversaries in gathering intelligence", said the report.
Dubai Internet City, Middle East's biggest information and communications technology cluster built inside a free trade zone, is seriously considering setting up a Smart City in Hyderabad.
Three takeaways for individuals living in a global society today, where misinformation and disinformation are rife.
Investing the time and resources needed to acquire new skill sets and sharpen existing ones will enable you to stay relevant and make you more employable, says Ankit Aggarwal, founder and CEO of Unstop.
According to the police, one of the accused had made IEDs and later tested them at several places in Delhi, Rajasthan and Haldwani in Uttarakhand.
As the world celebrated International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) on December 3, corporate India has kept up with efforts to make workplaces more inclusive and accessible. Organisations across sectors are taking initiatives such as equipping offices with practical work tools like Braille-friendly and voice-enabled lifts and screen readers. While inclusion has gained pace, only 11.3 per cent (or 3.4 million out of 30 million) Indians with disabilities have jobs.
Modi said dithering to take action against terrorists and their supporters will be like encouraging terrorism.
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