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On his 96th birth anniversary: A look at 5 key steps undertaken by former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee that radically transformed India
25 December 2020 marks 96th birth anniversary of one of the most admired politicians in history of independent India — Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Sweden joins other European countries to ban China’s Huawei, ZTE from upcoming 5G networks, calls China biggest threat
Sweden has become the latest country to ban Chinese telecom groups Huawei and ZTE from its 5G mobile networks.
Tech-giant Google to invest 4.5 billion USD in Reliance Jio, to jointly develop operating system for affordable, entry-level 4G/5G smartphones
Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of RIL on Wednesday confirmed that Google will invest over Rs 33,737 crore for a 7.7 per cent stake in Jio Platforms taking the string of investments well over Rs 1,52,000 crore.
US telecom regulator designates Chinese firms Huawei, ZTE as national security threats
The US telecommunications regulator issued the declaration and proposed requiring rural carriers to remove and replace equipment from the two Chinese companies from existing US networks.
US Secretary of State lists Jio as a “Clean Telco” for not using Chinese tech, something Mukesh Ambani had told Trump in February
Mike Pompeo said that tide is turning toward trusted 5G vendors and away from Huawei as Clean Telcos like Jio not using Chinese Tech
Spy network using illegal VOIP exchange to gather information on Indian Army’s movement busted in Mumbai
Calls from Pakistan were converted to local calls and diverted to Kashmir and Ladakh using spy network's illegal VOIP exchange
Trump administration moves to cut Huawei off from global chip suppliers, bars it and its suppliers from using American equipment and technologies
The US administration on Friday decided to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei from major global chipmakers
Is China using Zoom teleconferencing to spy on us?
While Zoom was headquartered in the United States, and listed on the NASDAQ, the mainline Zoom app appears to be developed by three companies in China
Bharti Airtel shells out ₹10,000 crore towards outstanding AGR dues after Supreme Court’s contempt order
The company had previously announced that it would make the payment of ₹10,000 crores by February 20 and the remaining by March 17.
Supreme Court issues contempt proceedings against telcos for failing to clear outstanding AGR dues
Anguished by how the Supreme Court's directive was flouted, Justice Mishra stated, "This cannot happen in this country. We cannot function in this fashion. Let’s wind up the Supreme Court."
