Microsoft to open a 4000-employee campus in Uttar Pradesh

The virtual agreement by Microsoft India MD Rajiv Kumar took place in a discussion with the state's MSME minister Sidharth Nath Singh and will soon be followed by a site visit conducted by Microsoft.

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India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, Helo, WeChat

ShareIT, UC browser and shopping app Clubfactory are among other prominent apps which have been banned.

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Oracle launches second data centre in India

The centre is expected to meet increased demand for secure cloud services from existing and new clients, Shailender Kumar, regional managing director, Oracle India told.

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Smartphone, electronics plants face shutdown as components wait for customs clearance

Jaina Group, owner of Karbonn smartphones and licensee of Sansui TV brands, already shut down its plant last Friday.

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Social app Chingari garners 2.5 million downloads

The short video-sharing app reached the milestone from 550,000 downloads in just ten days, the free social platform said in a statement. Prior to this, the app had garnered about 500,000 downloads in just about 72 hours.

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Refurbished phones demand surges amid supply crunch for new devices

“We have been witnessing a sudden increase in demand for refurbished phones in the last two-three days,” said Nakul Kumar, chief operating officer of Cashify. “But fulfilment is becoming an issue since the supply is quickly drying up for us as well."

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NCRB revises tender for facial-recognition system, scraps CCTV camera clause

The revised document does not indicate if there is any discussion on the anvil about the legality of such systems.

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