Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday forecast that the digital economy will contribute more than 20 per cent of the country's GDP in 2026.... Addressing the' G20 Digital Innovation Alliance Summit' here, he said India is a preeminent nation that adopted technology very fast and has started offering solutions to the world.... According to him, India adopted technology not just for innovation in a broader sense, but to deliver real s

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday said the Digital Personal Data Protection Act( DPDP Act) passed by Parliament recently will make digital companies handle the data of Indian citizens under absolute legal obligation.... The minister claimed that the law would put brakes on the practice of misuse and exploitation of personal data by some companies.... Also Read Usage and ground rules: New Digital Personal Data Protection framewor

THE valuation of Meesho, the Indian e-commerce rival of retail giant Amazon, more than doubled last year to US$ 5bil( RM22bil), after marquee investors such as SoftBank and Fidelity pumped in hundreds of millions of dollars. They aimed to ride a boom in India’s tech startups, which raised a record US$ 35bil( RM154bil) in new funds in 2021, but the tide has since turned, as corporate governance concerns loom large for investors facing a new uncertainty in global markets.“ We haven’t seen a slowdo