Internet Current Affairs, GK & News
What is Doomsday Surfing or Doomsday Scrolling?
People are continuously reading about the pandemic and news related to it. They are even sacrificing their working hours or crucial sleep time in the process. This is being done compulsively. This scenario is called Doomsday Scrolling. What is Doomsday Surfing? It is the tendency to scroll through bad news even though the news is ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: browsing • COVID-19 • doomsday surfing • Internet • Social Surfing
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink satellites
The SpaceX recently launched sixty Starlink Internet Satellites. The satellites were carried by Falcon 9 rocket. It was launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station located in Florida. SpaceX The company has done twelve launches in 2021 alone. The majority of those launches have been its own Starlink satellites. SpaceX has permission to launch ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Falcon 9 • Florida • Internet • Low Earth orbit • SpaceX • Starlink Project
National Internet Exchange of India Initiatives
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology recently launched three new initiatives of National Internet Exchange of India. They were NIXI Academy, IP Guru and NIXI-IP-INDEX. Three Initiatives of NIXI IP Guru: It is also called IPv6 that extends support to all Indian entities that are finding it challenging to adopt IPv6. The IPv6 is ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Companies Act • Internet • Internet Protocol version 6 • Internet protocols • Internet service providers • National Internet Exchange of India
Facebook Inclusive Internet Index
The Economist Intelligence Unit along with Facebook recently released the Inclusive Internet Index. According to the index, India is at the 49th spot when it comes to internet inclusion and gender equality in accessing the internet. The Facebook Inclusive Internet Index looked at 120 countries. These countries represented 96% of global population and 98% of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) • Inclusive Internet Index • Internet • Internet access • Internet connectivity • low income countries • middle income countries
BRICS seminar on Misuse of Internet by Terrorists
The National Investigation Agency recently organised a two-day virtual event with BRICS countries on “Misuse of Internet by terrorists”. India hosted the seminar as it is holding the BRICS chair for the year 2021. About the Seminar The seminar was held on emerging technologies and artificial intelligence, dark web and anonymisers, exploitation of social media ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Events Current Affairs • Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: BRICS • Counter-terrorism • International Groupings • Internet • internet radicalisation • National Investigation Agency • Terrorism • United Nations