Internet Current Affairs, GK & News
What is Project Loon?
Project Loon, a subsidiary of Google recently announced that its balloons have successfully stayed in the stratosphere for almost a year. The balloons are helium filled and cover a distance of 2.1 lakh kilo metres. Project Loon aims to provide internet connectivity to the remote parts of the world. Recently, Loon has created a new ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Balloon • Google • Internet • Project Loon • stratosphere • Weather balloon
What is Public Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI)?
Context in Current Affairs: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently approved the setting up of Wi-Fi Networks all over India. The Public Wi-Fi Access Network Interface is called PM-WANI. The PM-WANI will promote the growth of Wi-Fi networks in the country. This is expected to unleash a massive Wi-Fi revolution in ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Broadband • high-speed internet • Internet • Internet access • PM-WANI • Union Cabinet • Wi-Fi
India-Japan Cooperation in ICT approved by Union Cabinet
On October 29, 2020, the Union Cabinet approved the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed between India and Japan on Cooperation in the field of Information and Communication Technologies. Highlights The Memorandum will strengthen cooperation between the countries in the field of communications. The agreement will also help in cooperation in the field of telecom security, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: 5G • Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan • Block chain • Disaster Relief • ICT • india-japan • Internet • submarine cables • Union Cabinet
For the first time in India: More rural Internet users than Urban
The Internet and Mobile Association of India recently released a report according to which the active internet users in rural India has increased by 10% as compared to that of rural India. According to the report, rural India had 227 million active internet users and urban India had 205 million internet users. This is the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Inclusive Internet • Internet • Internet connectivity • Internet Penetration • Rural Development • Urban development
‘We Think Digital’ program launched in UP
We Think Digital is a global digital literacy program of the technology major Facebook. The program was launched in 2019 with an aim to overcome gender imbalance on the internet space. Recently, Facebook launched ‘We Think Digital’ program in Uttar Pradesh, in association with National Commission for Women (NCW) and Cyber Peace Foundation. The program ..
Topics: Cyber Peace Foundation • Digital literacy • Facebook • Internet • National Commission for Women