New Delhi: The government on Tuesday extended the existing approval system for import of certain IT hardware products, including laptops and tablets, for three months till December 31. The deadline for review of the system is September 30. These imports stood at USD 8.4 billion in 2023-24 against the authorisation of about USD 9.5 billion. … Read more
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday again took a digital tablet wrapped in a traditional ‘bahi-khata’ style pouch as she headed for Parliament to present the full Budget 2024-25 in a paperless format just like the previous years. Draped in a white silk saree with magenta border, she posed for the traditional ‘briefcase’ … Read more
New Delhi: Not-for-profit EPIC Foundation on Tuesday launched the first designed in India, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled, indigenously manufactured education tablet. Designed by VVDN Technologies in collaboration with MediaTek India and CoRover.ai, the tablets come embedded with unique features of repairability and upgradability to address the pressing concerns of the digital divide and the accumulation of … Read more
