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Emerging middle-power countries like South Africa, India and Brazil face growing inequalities. At the same time, everyday lives are becoming more and more digital – from paying bills and reading news to contacting companies and services. Ways need to be found to include everyone in the online world, regardless of…

Tech companies including Apple and Google made it clear they would not comply due to privacy concerns

Jimmy* is 19, studying at a government college in Nagpur, dealing with Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) disease, a degenerative nerve disorder that weakens the limbs. On campus, there’s a buggy service meant for disabled students. But it either arrives late, or not at all. 

India’s telecoms ministry has rolled back its order for smartphone manufacturers to preinstall a government-run cybersecurity app on new devices

As Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi on Thursday for the 23rd India–Russia annual summit, the visit comes at a moment when continuity and change sit side by side in the relationship. 

Earlier this week, the Department of Telecommunications issued a sweeping directive to all smartphone manufacturers to preinstall the Sanchar Saathi app on new mobile handsets from March 2026 under the Telecom Cyber Security Rules, 2024. Manufacturers have been asked to submit a compliance report to the department within 120 days. 

Several people were arrested from a protest held at Delhi’s India Gate organised by student and climate groups

Regulator opens probe into oversight failure involving an Airbus A320 previously flown by Vistara

Vladimir Putin is in India this week for a summit focused on strengthening economic, defense and energy ties

Sonodyne is an Indian audio manufacturer that's outstanding, and it now has a soundbar: meet the Sama 5000.

Known as Trump’s ‘favourite field marshal’, Munir’s power now extends over all the armed forces, along with lifelong immunity from prosecution, thanks to a constitutional amendment