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21 arrested from fake international call centre in Naraina for duping hundreds of UK citizens: The Delhi Police has busted a fake international call centre in West Delhi’s Naraina and arrested 21 people for allegedly cheating hundreds of UK citizens by posing as income tax officers. Each victim was cheated of 400-500 pounds in the name of tax fraud.

Honey-trap gang of five including two women arrested in Noida: The Noida Police has arrested five people including two women of a honey trap gang and recovered Rs 25,000. They were arrested from Som Bazar Sadarpur by the personnel of Noida Sector 39 police station.

Cognizant assigns Rajesh Nambiar as President of Digital Business and Technology: The IT service company, Cognizant has assigned India head Rajesh Nambiar as the President of Digital Business and Technology. He will replace Malcolm Frank, who retires on September 1.

SoftBank to invest in Flipkart: According to reports, SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks with Flipkart to invest $700 million. The proposed investment in Flipkart from SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 is part of a $1.2-1.5 billion funding round. The transaction is expected to value Flipkart at $28 billion, one of the people said, adding that the deal is expected to close in 3-4 months.

Facebook names Marne Levine as its first Chief Business Officer: Levine has been appointed by Facebook Inc. as the social media platform’s first Chief Business Officer. Before this she held the position of Vice President of Global Partnerships.

NEC Opens Service Design Academy for Promoting Digital Transformation: NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced the opening of the

Avnet empowers the Artificial Intelligence ecosystem with its partners: Leading global technology distributor and solutions provider Avnet Asia will host the

UPI AutoPay debuts into MFI segment with Satin Creditcare Network: Satin Creditcare Network Limited (SCNL) (NSE: SATIN, BSE: 539404), one of the leading microfinance institutions in the country, continues to digitize its payment landscape. In an effort to drive financial inclusion and boost cashless transactions in the country, SCNL has made loan EMI payments more seamless for

Nucleus Software experiences a ransomware demand after a breach on its servers: Nucleus Software Exports has received a ransomware demand after a breach on its servers, and it has initiated steps to address the issue. The company counts a number of banks and financial institutions among its customers. It has also emphasised that since no financial data of any customer is available/stored with the company, there was no leak or loss of client data.

Tesla Cybertruck to get patent plans to travel 980 kms on single charge: Tesla Cybertruck could well have a per-charge range to outlast most other electric vehicles on global roads. This after a new patent filing by Tesla has revealed that the upcoming Cybertruck could travel a maximum of 610 miles (around 980 kms) before requiring a charge.

India Government orders WhatsApp to withdraw its new policy terms in seven days: The Ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) has issued a seven days’ notice to Facebook-owned company to withdraw its new Privacy Policy, which came on effect from May 15. Failure to do so, the ministry warned, will prompt lawful measures.

SAP Labs India announces to onboard around 1,600 people in 2021: SAP Labs in India has announced a ₹500 crore investment to speed up India's digital agenda and support its customers' transformation in the cloud. In an interview, Sindhu Gangadharan, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, SAP Labs India, talks about the company's hiring plans, the India growth strategy, and key business drivers.

Indian data center sector to require $3.7 billion of investment by 2023: JLL: India’s data center sector will require investment of $3.7 billion over the next three years in order to fulfill the 6 million sq. ft greenfield development opportunity for the industry, a JLL report titled ‘2020 India Data Center Market Update’ stated.

Government nods for production of oxygen concentrators by IIT K-incubated Startup: The production of oxygen concentrators by IIT Kanpur-incubated Indeema Fibres has received a nod from the Department of Science and Technology. The startup along with its sister concern ChemDist Membrane Systems will come up with its first batch of concentrators by May 25. The concentrators are for COVID-19 patients whose oxygen saturation levels have dipped to between 80%-90%.

Twitter to roll out new service 'Twitter Blue' @ $2.99 per user: According to news reports, Twitter Blue may soon roll out as a paid subscription for the microblogging site with exclusive features such as “undo tweet”. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong who often tests and tweets about upcoming features of popular apps, said the paid service may also get a new “Collections” section that will allow users to save and organise their tweets. The Twitter Blue subscription is said to cost $2.99 (roughly Rs. 220) per month. Twitter in February announced a “Super Follows” feature that will allow creators to charge their followers for exclusive content.

HARMAN comes up with end-to-end 5G Testing Lab: Samsung Electronics’ subsidiary, HARMAN announced the introduction of a new end-to-end 5G Testing Lab for 5G CP devices. This will equip technology providers like device manufactures, chipmakers, Telcos and more with the ability to execute a variety of protocol and functional tests, along with validating and examining applications in a real 5G radio environment.

Amazon unveils miniTV, a free video streaming service: Amazon has launched a new video streaming service, called miniTV. The service offers users “professionally” created and curated content across web series, comedy shows, tech news, food, beauty, fashion and more. It is free of cost, but users will witness ads. It is available within the Amazon shopping app.

Realme unveils Realme 8, 5G Smartphone at Rs 13,999: Realme has launched Realme 8 5G, the cheapest 5G smartphone in India at a price of Rs 13,999. The Company has launched Realme 8 5G 4GB+ 64GB variant in India. Earlier the smartphone was available in two variants of 4GB RAM +128 GB Storage and 8GB RAM +128 Storage. The new variant will be available for sale from May 18 (12pm) via online on Flipkart and Realme.com.

ASUS India stands with the Nation : ASUS, a Taiwan-head-quartered, multinational computer hardware as well as consumer electronics, has postponed the launch of new ASUS smartphones in India due to the recent surge in COVID 19 cases in the country. Standing in solidarity with the nation during these testing times, ASUS India has delayed the launch that was originally slated during May, until the current situation improves.

Google Pay users in the US can now directly send money to India: Google Pay users in India and Singapore can now receive money from users in the USA. With this, the company has expanded its Google Pay features to now include remittance services. Google has partnered with Western Union and Wise (formerly known as TransferWise). Thanks to this, Google Pay users in the US will be able to send money directly to Google Pay users in India and Singapore. At the time of sending, they can choose either of the two options available – Western Union or Wise.