UPI-like digital healthcare interface to go live this week

'United Health Interface is in line with UPI. UPI is a language of money transfer, similarly, UHI is a set of protocols, which is going to create a language of health service delivery' IMAGE:......

Social media firms to help EC take down flagged poll content

Intermediary platforms would take down content that violates the code of conduct in 'real time', once they receive a legal notice from the EC officers tasked with looking at content violations,......

Fake news dangerous, need self regulation: Javadekar

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said fake news is more dangerous than paid news and called for self regulation while publishing digital content to curb the......

EC to meet web sites about social media posts

The Election Commission has called for a meeting with websites on November 18 to discuss the use of social media by political parties and candidates in the ongoing five-state elections. Rahul......

Ajit Balakrishnan is IAMAI Chairman Emeritus

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has named Ajit Balakrishnan as its Chairman Emeritus. Balakrishnan is the founder, chairman and managing director of Rediff.com. In his capacity......

Karnataka likely to levy 1-2% fee on digital apps

The Karnataka government is planning to levy a fee of 1-2 per cent on aggregator platforms like Swiggy, Zomato, Flipkart, Amazon, Uber, etc., a government source said on Friday, adding that an......

Tech, startup groups push back against OTT licensing

Tech and startup industry bodies have again pushed back against calls by telecom operators to bring over-the-top (OTT) services under a licensing regime similar to telcos, and open them up to......

Gig workers Bill: Unease among startups

A group comprising top tech startups and unicorns has raised several “serious concerns” over a platform-based gig workers Bill proposed by the Karnataka government, saying it would hurt......