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“e-wallet Scheme” launched by IRCTC

The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) launched e-Wallet Scheme to make payment process fast and to reduce transaction failures due to bank payment related problems. (IRCTC...

February 27, 2014

“Patna” – World's Longest Free Wi-Fi Zone in India

The Chief Minister of Bihar, Mr. Nitish Kumar unveiled the world’s longest free Wi-Fi zone at the e-Bihar summit in Patna.  The free Wi-Fi zone stretched nearly 20...

February 27, 2014

“Email Miles”- Tracks how far our email has traveled

Email miles is a new GPS based system that tells us how far our email has travelled. This new technology uses Global Positioning System (GPS) and internet tracking to...

February 25, 2014

Acenture study: India ranked 8th in demand for digital governance

As per new comparative study by Accenture, India ranked eighth in the list of ten countries in terms of digital governance. Singapore topped the list, followed by Norway...

February 16, 2014

NRIs set up first NaMo tea stall in Silicon valley, USA

The Indian-American professionals from many IT companies viz. Microsoft, Cisco, Apple, eBay, Oracle, etc. set up the first NaMo tea stall in Silicon valley, USA. Objective: To extend...

February 16, 2014

RBI released draft Report on Enabling PKI in Payment System Applications

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released draft report on enabling Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in payment system applications. Public Key Infrastructure enabled electronic payment systems that has...

February 12, 2014

Chip-and-PIN cards

With an aim to minimize frauds, RBI has mandated that Banks must adopt Aadhaar as additional authentication or move to EMV (Euro pay MasterCard Visa) chip and pin...

February 9, 2014

Apple India re-launched production of iPhone 4

Apple India re-launched the production of iPhone 4 in India, Indonesia and Brazil. This is the first time that the American technology giant Apple has resumed the production...

February 9, 2014

‘NACH-ready payments services’ hub for India, launched by Polaris Financial Technology

Polaris Financial Technology announced the launch of its NACH-ready India payments solution. With the emergence of NACH, a high rate of adoption is anticipated to make it imperative...

February 9, 2014

Govt. launched ‘National Cloud’ Under ‘MeghRaj’

Govt. launched the National Cloud under ‘MeghRaj’ initiative. National Information Centre (NIC) is providing Cloud services under the umbrella of ‘MeghRaj’.  About MeghRaj In order to utilize and...

February 9, 2014

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