Author: News Desk

WhatsApp banned more than 2.2 million Indian accounts in June after users reported abusive content. According to market data firm Statista, there are more than 487 million WhatsApp users in India. WhatsApp has to publish a monthly report to follow India’s Information Technology Rules, 2021. It banned more than 1.9 million accounts in May. And over 1.6 million in April WhatsApp said its grievance officer received 632 complaints in June 2022. It has banned 64 accounts after the review of the complaints.

India’s startup ecosystem faces more layoffs. This time agritech startup DeHaat fired employees. That too after securing $115 million less than a year ago. That was the largest funding round for an Indian agritech startup. Reports say that 500 people were sacked. But, DeHaat says the number is not in the triple digits. It was a corrective measure around performance, says DeHaat. DeHaat has over 2,000 employees. It offers end-to-end agricultural services to farmers.

NITI Aayog starts the second round of startup incubation centres. NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission launched the second phase Atal Incubation Centres and Atal Community Innovation Centres will be set up as part of this. The programmes intend to support the innovation ecosystem in the country. This will be done via world-class institutions. So far, there are 68 Atal Incubation Centres across 18 states and 3 Union Territories. They have supported more than 2,700 startups.

Dubai is getting ready for a makeover. The Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum aims to generate 40,000 job opportunities and bring $400 cr to the economy through a metaverse strategy. For that, Dubai would invite crypto companies and use emerging technologies. In March, Dubai passed a law related to virtual assets regulations. Moreover, Dubai has also allowed licenses for crypto exchanges to work there. Sheikh Hamdan said that to support new talents, the country will set up a metaverse community coordinating developers, content creators and digital technology. It has been reported by the official news…

Reliance Jio became the top bidder in India’s 5G spectrum auction. It acquired spectrum in 700MHz, 800MHz, 1800MHz, 3300MHz, and 26GHz bands. The spectrum bands are obtained at the cost of Rs88,078 crore. It is for a period of 20 years. The acquisition will let Jio build the world’s most advanced 5G network. It will strengthen India’s global leadership in wireless broadband connectivity. The 5G network will further allow the next generation of digital solutions. It will accelerate India’s goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy.

Usain Bolt’s startup ‘Bolt Mobility’ stops operations in the US. Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt is its co-founder. Bolt Mobility abruptly disappeared from several US markets. Such as Portland, Oregon, Burlington, Vermont, and California. The startup is not responding to queries, too. In May, it raised an undisclosed amount from Ram Charan Company. Ram Charan Company is a Chennai-based firm. Bolt Mobility was present in over 50 markets across the US. Nobody knows the reason for this sudden disappearance.

As India is gearing up for the launch of 5G, people are quite excited about the features of the fifth-generation mobile networks. How is it going it change your life? Here are a few pointers.  Of course, the highlight of 5G is its higher speed. With 5G, you can download up to 10 GB per second. This is much faster than the current speed of 4G in India. For instance, a 5 GB movie can be downloaded in 35 seconds using 5G. If you are using 4G, it will take 40 minutes. The higher speed also ensures live video broadcasts in 4K quality, better and higher quality video calling.…

India needs more EV charging stationsBy 2030, there should be 46,000 EV charging stationsOnly then India will hit the global benchmarkReported a white paper by Alvarez and MarsalThe paper was launched at The EVConIndia 2022Currently, India’s EV charger ratio is 135That means, one charger for 135 EVsThe ratio is 6 for China and the NetherlandsEV adoption faces some challenges, tooSome are affordability, range anxiety, supply chain, and product safety & quality

Elon Musk plans to build a private airport in TexasThe airfield will be east of Austin, near BastropMusk is yet to confirm itMusk’s several companies are based in TexasThey include SpaceX and the Boring CompanyAlso, in December, Musk shifted his Tesla HQ from Silicon Valley to TexasThe airport could be useful to these companies

Oppo will invest $60 million (approx  ₹ 476 crore) in SMEs and MSMEs in India. It will help “strengthen” the “local supply chain” network for smartphones. Through the project Vihaan oppo is planning to make investments in phases  over a period of five years.