Digital data protection bill reflects India’s commitment to safeguarding users: Centre

New Delhi: Amid the changing landscape where cyber-criminals use novel methods to steal personal data, the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 upholds individuals’ rights to safeguard their data, incorporating established principles for its protection, the government has said. According to Ministry of Electronics & IT, these principles include obtaining consent for lawful and … Read more

Arvind Kejriwal being treated as ‘political prisoner’, efforts being made to scare him: AAP

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is being treated as a “political prisoner”, AAP alleged on Friday as it stressed that the party supremo’s sugar levels had declined to 50 nearly 34 times between June 3 and July 7. Addressing a press conference, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak alleged that Kejriwal was a … Read more

What you need to know as India issues an alert

Fruit bats seen hanging on tree branches in daylight. Bats are believed to be one of the carriers of Nipah virus, a zoonotic disease that spreads from animals to humans. Eyepix Group | Future Publishing | Getty Images Health authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala are on high alert following the latest flare-up of the … Read more

Took centre 5 decades, says MP HC

Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that it took the Centre nearly five decades to realise that an “internationally renowned” organisation like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was wrongly placed on the list of organisations banned for government employees. The HC’s remark came on Thursday while a bench of Justices Sushruta Arvind Dharmadhikari and Gajendra … Read more

Indian GenAI startup Devnagri raises new funds led by Inflection Point Ventures

New Delhi: Homegrown Generative AI (GenAI) startup Devnagri on Thursday said it has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-Series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The B2B-focused Indian language translation startup said new funds will be allocated to marketing, sales, technology scaling, R&D, infrastructure, and administrative expenses. Devnagri offers personalised business communication to … Read more

TN CM announces cash relief to families of deceased lorry drivers

Stalin Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday expressed anguish over the death of two lorry drivers from the state who were killed in a landslide and flood in Karnataka recently. He also announced Rs three lakh each to the families of lorry drivers Chinnannan and Murugan, hailing from villages in Namakkal … Read more

BMW launches CE 04 electric scooter in India at Rs 14.90 lakh

BMW Motorrad India has introduced its first electric scooter, the BMW CE 04, marking the debut of India’s first premium electric two-wheeler. The scooter is priced at INR 14,90,000 (ex-showroom). Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the … Read more

Bihar Appropriation Bill passed in assembly by voice vote

Bihar Assembly- IANS Patna: The Bihar Appropriation Bill, 2024 was passed in the state assembly on Thursday, clearing the deck for expenditure of Rs 47,512 crore from the treasury for the 2024-25 fiscal. The bill, tabled by the state’s Finance Minister Samrat Choudhary, was passed by voice vote. “An amount of Rs 47,512.11 crore will … Read more

Oppn walks out of RS over ‘neglect’ of states in budget; FM hits back

New Delhi: The INDIA opposition bloc parties, led by the Congress, staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, July 24, in protest against all states except two being “ignored” in the budget, an allegation termed “outrageous” by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamanm, who said all the states never found a mention in any of … Read more

Google Maps to alert about road widths, flyovers, EV charging stations in India

New Delhi: Google on Thursday announced several new features to enable more efficient and sustainable journeys via Maps in India, powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and local partners. The company said it is introducing a new feature for Maps users in India designed to reduce the use of narrow roads when driving four-wheelers. It starts … Read more