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Spectrum auction likely in March-April, no cut in 5G pricing : The Digital Communications Commission (DCC) on Friday gave its green signal for the ₹5.22-lakh-crore spectrum auction plan involving 8300 MHz of airwaves across 22 circles. The spectrum sale is likely to take place in March-April. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Economy slid towards destruction 5 years ago, NDA government turned it around : In recent days the GDP growth has reduced to six-year low and in line with that Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said the economy has headed towards destruction five to six years ago but his NDA government turned it around with “discipline and positivity”. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

India should maintain fiscal deficit and revenue mobilisation: Gopinath : At the 92nd Annual Convention of FICCI, IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath said that India needs to keep its fiscal deficit target, which would require expenditure rationalisation and increased revenue mobilisation. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Biggest data breaches of 2019 that took India by storm : Data is becoming so valuable that crooks consider it an easy route to make a quick buck. But interestingly, not every data breach is a result of hackers. In most cases it is because of ‘loopholes’ and unprotected servers that bad actors get access VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Facebook cuts its dependency on Apple and Google by building its own OS : To decrease its future dependencies on popular rivals operating systems (OS) offered by Apple and Google, Facebook is coming up with its own OS. It will focus on future products, such as augmented-reality glasses. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

GST Council fixes 28% uniform tax on state & private lotteries through voting : The GST Council for the first time took recourse to voting to decide on the issue as it fixed a uniform tax rate of 28 percent on both state and private lotteries. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA Infor’s enterprise AI predictions for 2020 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Moving to “Intellectual Digital Assistants.” To meet growing enterprise user expectations, AI Digital Assistants will evolve into “Intellectual Digital Assistants.” Users no longer are satisfied with just telling Digital Assistants what to do and having them automatically execute certain tasks or basic configurations. 2020 will be the year when these digital assistants, using AI and machine learning (ML), start to understand the context of what users are doing, recommend potential next steps (based on completed actions), identify mistakes and auto-correct inputs, and start to engage with users in dynamic, on-the-fly conversations... seemore

Amidst CAA protests, Kejriwal rolls out free WiFi scheme in Delhi : On the day when internet services were shut down by authorities in some parts of Delhi due to protests against the amended Citizenship Act, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a free WiFi scheme on Thursday in the city. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Top 20 predictions for 2020 by RSA Security : If the past decade has taught us anything, it’s that change is a constant.   Fuelled by technological innovation and digital transformation, our world is evolving and changing more quickly than ever—and that includes unprecedented digital risk. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE