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Why India is so vulnerable to Cyber Attacks?

Table of Contents1 Communication conundrum2 Butchering the bugs3 Speed thrills, and leaves companies open to breaches4 When process is boring5 Ignoring internal security threats6 Struggling with system maintenance7 Tackling external threats In mid-August, news reports on the Scorpène leak — over 22,000 pages of sensitive data related to India’s Scorpène-class submarines was compromised...

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The demonetisation drive ignores India’s 15m visually impaired people

With some 15 million visually impaired citizens, India has the highest number of blind people in the world. Yet, they have been largely ignored in the demonetisation drive on in the country aimed at curbing black money in the economy. Generally, hard cash, whether its currency notes or coins, have features for the...

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Where are the Indian language Maps?

It’s my hobby to ask Uber drivers which apps they use on a daily basis and what issues they generally face. It’s my opening into the way the world uses technology, which otherwise works perfectly fine for me and for People Like Us. For most drivers, besides network and connectivity issues, the main...

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Everything India’s Geospatial Regulation Bill will kill if it is passed

On April 26, India launched its own satellite-based navigation system called the IRNSS, short for Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. The objective: to provide accurate — better than 20 metres — location information to users in India as well as the region extending 1,500 km from its boundaries. When the IRNSS-1G — the...