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Explained: What Whats App's username feature means for users, privacy, impersonation, and regulation
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (778+ words) Whats App's upcoming username feature is intended to let users connect without sharing their phone numbers, marking one of the biggest changes to the messaging platform in years. While the feature is designed to enhance privacy, it has also sparked…...
Explained: What Whats App's username feature means for users, privacy, impersonation, and regulation
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (802+ words) New usernames aim to hide phone numbers and boost privacy, but raise fresh questions over impersonation, fraud and Meta's accountability to regulators Whats App's upcoming username feature is intended to let users connect without sharing their phone numbers, marking one…...
Kharkhoda plant to be scaled up to 10 lakh units per annum, becoming one of the world's largest car factories: SMC's Toshihiro Suzuki
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (344+ words) Kharkhoda plant to be scaled up to 1 million units per annum, becoming one of the world's largest car factories: SMC's Toshihiro Suzuki Fortune India Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) will double the annual production capacity of its Kharkhoda manufacturing facility in…...
PI Industries to launch India's first indigenously developed pesticide Pioxaniliprole
4+ hour, 25+ min ago (268+ words) Fortune India Gurugram-based agri and health sciences company PI Industries will launch India's first indigenously invented and patented insecticide Pioxaniliprole" in the country soon The company is also looking at United States and Latin American countries as priority markets where…...
India's oil dependence halves in 12 years as EV adoption, renewables curb consumption: SBI Research
6+ hour, 54+ min ago (574+ words) India's dependence on crude oil has declined significantly over the past decade, driven by the growing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), renewable energy, and improved public transport infrastructure, according to a report by SBI Research. The report said India's oil…...
Jaeger-Le Coultre names Omar Sy as its new friend of the house
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (315+ words) Fortune India Luxury's most enduring partnerships are rarely built on fame alone They are founded on shared philosophies, a common pursuit of excellence and an appreciation for craftsmanship that transcends trends Swiss luxury watch brand Jaeger-Le Coultre's appointment of acclaimed…...
Cut dependence on China for EV components, build a domestic manufacturing ecosystem: PMO Advisor Tarun Kapoor
6+ hour, 39+ min ago (750+ words) The proportion of a product's total value created within the domestic economy through local manufacturing, processing, and assembly. Higher domestic value addition reduces import dependency and strengthens industrial competitiveness. It is a key metric used in trade and industrial policy…...
Jio Payments Bank rolls out barrierless tolling on NH-48 under MLFF pilot
8+ hour, 2+ min ago (245+ words) Jio Payments Bank Ltd (JPBL), a subsidiary of Jio Financial Services Ltd, has operationalised Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)-based Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling at the Manoharpura Fee Plaza on National Highway-48 in Rajasthan. JPBL is managing a connected…...
Lightstorm, Microsoft, Singtel, and Tata Communications to build AI-focused subsea cable
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (285+ words) Lightstorm, with consortium partners Microsoft, Singtel and Tata Communications, today announced the official signing of contracts to launch the build of a new submarine cable system connecting India, Malaysia and Singapore. The cable system, named I-2 SEA, is designed from the…...
Delhi EV Policy 2. 0 can become a template for states, boost India's electric mobility ambitions: ASSOCHAM President Nirmal Minda
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (324+ words) Delhi's newly unveiled Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2. 0 has the potential to emerge as a blueprint for other states seeking to accelerate clean mobility adoption, ASSOCHAM President Nirmal Minda said on Thursday, while urging closer collaboration between industry and policymakers to…...