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As the year 2018 comes to a close, Reliance Jio has announced a ‘ Happy New Year 2019 Offer ’ for its customers on Friday. The new offer is somewhat similar to what the telco has offered in the past and Jio users will get to avail 100 percent cashback when they recharge their connection with the Rs 399 plan in the form of coupons that can be availed on e-commerce portal AJIO. “Jio in partnership with AJIO has introduced its Jio Happy New Year Offer . The offer provides 100 per cent cashback in form of AJIO coupon. Customers performing recharge of Rs 399 will get 100 per cent cashback in form of AJIO coupon. AIO coupon worth Rs 399 will be credited in ‘MyCoupons’ section of MyJio,” Jio said in a statement. It should be noted that the telco is offering Ajio coupons worth the recharge value (Rs 399) under the new offer, which will be credited to their coupons section, in the MyJio account. One will get to avail the benefits of the new offer between December 28, 2018, and January 31,...

Nokia to deploy FTTH network across Nepal with Vianet : Nokia and Vianet, a leading Internet Service Provider in Nepal, will deploy a Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) network across Nepal to help connect more than 200,000 customers with ultra-broadband access by 2019. The multi-year project includes deploying over 100,000 of Nokia’s GPON Optical Network Terminals (ONT). VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

U.S. judge dismisses suit versus Google over facial recognition software : A lawsuit filed against Google by consumers who claimed the search engine’s photo sharing and storage service violated their privacy was dismissed on Saturday by a U.S. judge who cited a lack of “concrete injuries.” report says. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Pensioners in Rajasthan log complaints of Buying High-Premium SBI Life Insurance Policies : Pensioners from Udaipur, Rajasthan have loged complaints against SBI Life Insurance Company Limited, of Buying High-Premium Life Insurance Policies worth lakhs of rupees. They allege company’s officials assured them the policies work like a fixed deposit schemes but ensure higher returns, concealing payment of the premiums. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Facial Recognition Technology - Pioneering the Evolved Security : Today Safety and Security are biggest challenges for everybody .Let it be your Home, colony, city, region or Country, We always want a safe & secure environment. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Balsubramanian Narayanan, Enterprise IT Applications Governance Support Security & Digital Disruption Professional, CLOUDNINE GROUP OF HOSPITALS at 9th SIITF 2018 : 'Earlier people used to talk off  IT as a cost center, but now IT will became a proft center': Balsubramanian Narayanan, Enterprise IT Applications Governance Support Security & Digital Disruption Professional, CLOUDNINE GROUP OF HOSPITALS at 9th SIITF 2018 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Ajay Bakshi, Chief Digital Officer & SVP, AEGIS BPO & KPO at 9th SIITF 2018 : Chatbot and RPA are the flavor of the season: Ajay Bakshi, Chief Digital Officer & SVP, AEGIS BPO & KPO at 9th SIITF 2018 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Heighten norms for e-commerce companies, make traders happy - Indian e-commerce enforcement : The government Wednesday took a host of steps and barred e-commerce firms from selling products of the companies in which they have equity stakes or management control. The commerce and industry ministry also prohibited e-commerce companies from entering into an agreement for exclusive sale of products. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Internet Access In India Has Crossed 50-Crore Milestone - TRAI : With the target fixed by Modi Govt. within three years the number of Internet connection has grown by 65% from March 2016 to cross the 50 crore mark in 2018, as per the last report submitted by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) by the end of September 2018 and there were 56 crore narrow-band and broadband connections in India. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cabinet approves death penalty for sexual crimes against children - Child Sexual Abuse : The Modi Govt. has approved the proposal for the Amendment to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 to provide the option of stringent punishment, including the death penalty, for sexual crimes against children on Friday. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Instagram accidentally roll out new scrolling update to surprise users : The social media platform Instagram surprised users with a sudden change with a feed that scrolled from left to right rather than its traditional vertical format on Thursday, December 27. On a report The social It said that the update was 'supposed to be a very small test but we went broader than we anticipated.” VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Indian IT Services Industry has a stable outlook - ICRA : ICRA has a stable outlook on Indian IT Services industry. The credit profile of Indian IT Services companies remains stable underpinned by its ability to sustain free cash flows despite pressure on revenue growth and margins. With aggregate operating margins of ICRA sample set at 22.5% for FY2018 coupled with moderate capex (organic as well as inorganic) and working capital requirements, the free cash flows have remained robust historically. Despite pressures on growth and margins over the medium term, these factors are unlikely to impact the free cash flow generation ability of Indian IT Services companies though there could be moderation in the quantum of such cash flows. The credit profile is also supported by net cash position with significant liquidity in the form of surplus investments generated out of past cash flows. Our sample set (13 leading Indian companies) reported surplus liquidity (net of debt) of approximately Rs...

Staqu launches AI app TRINETRA for UP Police : In this Era of Incredible & Virtual Intelligence Technology platform, Staqu Technologies a Gurugram-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up on Thursday announced the launch of TRINETRA, an AI-based application for the Uttar Pradesh Police Department. The application executes the digitization and searching of records using AI and carries records of criminals, assisting police forces at ground zero with real-time information retrieval during investigations, regular checks, verification, and at police checkpoints. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Tech Mahindra Launches First Enterprise Edition Open Source AI Platform - GAiA : Powered by Acumos : Tech Mahindra Ltd. the pioneer of digital transformation, today announced the launch of AI Platform GAiA - the first enterprise edition of open source Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform powered by Acumos - A project developed by Linux Foundation. GAiA will enable enterprises across industry verticals to build, share and rapidly deploy AI-driven services and applications to solve business critical problems. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Apple Shares Users Data to the Indian Government on Request : On a request from Govt of India, Apple have provided device information in connection to the 27 devices and 18 accounts, during the period of January-June 2018 for an iTunes Gift Card fraud investigation. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

West Bengal Districts To Use Blockchain For Issuing Birth Certificates - The Indian Era of Blockchain : Divit Biyani, a month-old baby from Kolkata became the first one to receive a blockchain secured birth certificate in the state of West Bengal. The hi-tech birth certificate issued by the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA), was received by Divit’s father, who owns a start-up named Super Procure. Now, two other Municipal Corporations in Bengal – Bankura and Durgapur, have also embraced the new technology to issue birth certificates, states media reports. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Sony unveils Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones WH-CH700N : Sony India has expanded its noise-cancellation headphones lineup with the launch of WH-CH700N. The all-new Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones are specially designed for long hours of listening on the move. One can listen to music without wires and block out unwanted background noise with digital noise cancellation. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Krishna M S, Head - IT, Toradex Systems (India) at 9th SIITF 2018 : 'Chatbot and RPA are the flavor of the season': Krishna M S, Head - IT, Toradex Systems (India) at 9th SIITF 2018 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Ganesh Ramachandra, General Manager, UST Software (India) at 9th SIITF 2018 : 'Without emerging technologies there is no scope of growth': Ganesh Ramachandra, General Manager, UST Software (India) at 9th SIITF 2018 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Girish Kulkarni, Jt. Secretary, Governing Body, CIO Klub at 9th SIITF 2018 : 'Almost all the industries will be automated as AI and ML is growing upto the intelligence of human nature': Girish Kulkarni, Jt. Secretary, Governing Body, CIO Klub at 9th SIITF 2018 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE