Day: February 26, 2020

Accenture inaugurates third Innovation Hub in India

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Accenture has opened its third Innovation Hub in India, expanding its innovation capabilities for clients. The Accenture Innovation Hub in Pune provides an immersive environment for clients to co-innovate with Accenture experts in a variety of industries and across a range of advanced technologies, including extended reality, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, blockchain and quantum computing, among others.   Part of Accenture’s global innovation network, the Innovation Hub in Pune will seamlessly integrate with the Innovation Hub in Bengaluru and the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, and will bring best of innovations and capabilities from…

Personal Data Protection Bill(PDP 2019): All one need to know

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The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced by the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on December 11, 2019. The Bill seeks to provide for protection of personal data of individuals and many serious incidents of data breaches in the past year in which their personally identifiable data including names, addresses and bank account numbers were publicly accessible.   Over 3.94 lakh cyber-security incidents were reported in 2019, according to information tracked by the Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-In) and it has also breached as much as 48 websites of central…

Man who opened fire at Delhi police arrested

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North east Delhi is burning into flames. On Monday, February 24 during the clash between pro and anti-CAA protesters, the man who opened fire at the Delhi Police has been identified as Shahrukh. As per reports, Shahrukh has been detained by the Delhi Police and has been charged with firing eight rounds at Northeast Delhi’s violent protests.   A head constable was among the four people killed and at least 50 others including several paramilitary and Delhi Police personnel were injured as violence spiralled over the amended citizenship law in northeast…

Germany’s defense acquisition budget reaches $19.3bn

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Germany will spend US$19.3bn on the acquisition of defense equipment in 2020 in an attempt to combat ongoing issues with fleet readiness and military capabilities, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.   GlobalData’s latest report, ‘Germany – FY 2020 Defense Budget Analysis, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts’, reveals that 35.9% of FY2020’s total defense budget is to be spent on the procurement, research and development (R&D) and upgrading of new platforms and systems across all military domains.   Madeline Wild, Associate Defense Analyst at GlobalData, comments: ‘‘Despite ongoing criticism…