Bengaluru contributes 75 percent of cyber crimes across cities. Police suggests locking social media profiles for enhanced security. Recently, a case has been registered in the city where a man edited photos of his female friends and later blackmailed them, said B. Dayananda, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru. He was addressing a press conference at the […]
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Eight years since Digital India, residents of Kumbalgodu, Nallakhamba, Gollahali, Devagere and Gangasandra are still waiting for optical fiber internet connection. Kumbalgodu, Nallakhamba, Gollahali, Devagere, Gangasandra and nearby areas in Kengeri hobli are lacking stable optical fiber internet connectivity. Mobile internet connectivity is also very poor and often internet speed is so slow that even […]
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Number of internet shutdowns in India from 2012 to 2022 By Yogada Sharma India has seen the highest number of Internet shutdowns for four years till 2022 in the world. Of the 106 shutdowns, 85 were found in Jammu and Kashmir alone. Countries with highest non-internet users By Navya Sruthi India is the country with […]
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With the upcoming Mysore Dasara Festival, here is a data showing the number of tourists in Mysore every year during Dasara, on the day of Vijaydashami. By Anuja Parashar Data showing percentage of households with improved sanitation facility in different states. By Taniva Singha Roy Data showing percentage of women using hygienic methods of protection […]
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The Kerala Fibre Optic Network (KFON), which aims to provide quality internet at reasonable rates to the poor and free internet to BPL families, will take longer to complete due to Covid-19. Kerala: Kerala government’s ‘revolutionary’ KFON initiative, which was supposed to provide free internet to 20 lakh citizens by December 2020, has been delayed […]
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Black magicians in Karnataka use the Internet to approach clients and encash on their weakness. By Manasi Pawar Bengaluru, March 26, 2019 The Information Technology (IT) hub of the country has advanced the black magicians to reach out to more people through the Internet. With more and more black magicians shifting their jobs from doing […]
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Smart homes can only be smart if their owners are too. Bengaluru, March 7, 2019. The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) has created a new paradigm in the field of automation. These IoT devices have changed each and every aspect of human living. Things once imagined in science fiction movies have become a […]
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Internet addiction is increasingly becoming prevalent in India. Psychiatrists say that it affects adolescents and young people the most. T.S Jaisoorya, psychiatrist at the National Institute of Mental Health and Sciences (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru believes that males are most likely to get addicted to the Internet. Elaborating on the demographic most likely to be affected, […]
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