Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming has finally crossed a major milestone: after months of signals in the service code and scattered tests, cloud stacks tied to Xbox Cloud Gaming have been spotted and activated inside Microsoft’s Indian Azure regions — and public access is now rolling out for Indian...
India’s digital backbone is more dependent on US-controlled software, platforms and cloud services than most citizens realize — and that dependence now reads as a strategic vulnerability in the eyes of national security analysts and independent researchers.
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Independence Day 2025 will be different this year for people who prefer to send bespoke wishes instead of forwarding the same old WhatsApp sticker packs: free AI tools now let you create custom GIFs, images and short videos in minutes — and the quick how‑to that ran on Digit.in summarises the...
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The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has quietly but deliberately escalated a long-running policy debate: can India build its own global-calibre advisory giants to challenge the entrenched dominance of the international Big Four — Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG — and, if so, what structural reforms are...
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In recent years, the evolving landscape of affordable computing in India has been defined by increasingly powerful and versatile laptops retailing under ₹35,000. What was once a segment fraught with sluggish performance, dated components, and uninspired design has blossomed into a marketplace...
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A simmering debate over access to education for India’s historically marginalized communities has come to a boil, as concerns mount about implicit and explicit threats to the constitutional guarantees made to Dalits, tribals, and OBCs. The issue was brought into sharp focus during the latest...
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A quiet residential morning in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar soon spiraled into a harrowing episode etched into the city’s collective memory—a case whose raw edges now threaten to blur the boundaries between victim and perpetrator in India’s ever-evolving discourse on live-in relationships, domestic...
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India’s ongoing transformation into a global digital powerhouse marks a new chapter with the recent strategic partnership between Microsoft and Yotta Data Services, a move set to supercharge the nation’s ambitions in artificial intelligence. This collaboration, announced in May 2025, is more...
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India's ascent as a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) was prominently showcased at the Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) Pinnacle Summit 2025, held at the Hyderabad campus. This annual event, now in its third year, convened Microsoft leaders, IDC teams, prominent customers...
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Microsoft has shifted gears again, unveiling a fresh lineup of leadership to turbocharge its business ambitions in India and the wider South Asian market. As the behemoth from Redmond eyes continued digital transformation (a phrase they adore almost as much as “cloud-first”), it’s placing bets...
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Elon Musk's latest maneuver has the air of a Bollywood drama—full of hope, suspense, and the occasional cliffhanger. As the serial entrepreneur sets his sights, once again, on India’s electric vehicle market, the stakes are stratospheric not just for Tesla and its enigmatic leader, but for a...
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It was in the early hours before dawn that chaos gripped a quiet suburb northeast of New Delhi—a neighborhood brimming with the anonymous ambitions of India’s millions of migrant workers—when a four-storey residential building, still under construction, collapsed with a violence so abrupt, it...
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While many Windows users keep a close eye on Windows 11 updates and Microsoft security patches to safeguard their systems, there's transformative news unfolding across a different kind of infrastructure—rural water supply in India. Over the past five years, the Indian government’s Jal Jeevan...
India’s ambitious target to scale up to 600 GW of non-fossil-fuel capacity by 2030 is sparking renewed energy debates and signaling a transformative shift for the nation’s power grid. A newly launched study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) at a national dialogue on...
India’s tea exports have steeped themselves into the limelight, reaching a ten-year high of 255 million kilograms in 2024—a record that comes as a breath of fresh air (or, dare we say, a refreshing cup of chai) amid simmering global uncertainties. While the original report from Lokmat Times...
Samsung is making waves in India with the launch of its Galaxy Book5 series laptops—a move that underscores the growing appetite for premium Windows-based devices in one of the world’s fastest-growing tech markets. While details are still emerging, early reports from Deccan Herald indicate that...
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The battle lines are drawn in Dubai as India and New Zealand prepare to face off in the ICC Champions Trophy final. With the final scheduled for March 9, the anticipation extends far beyond the cricket pitch—this high-stakes match has even sparked a technological debate among some of the world’s...
In a surprising twist that could reshape how many of us think about productivity, Microsoft has quietly launched an ad-supported version of its desktop Office suite for Windows. This new offering—covering familiar apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint—comes without the monthly subscription fee...
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When it comes to bold moves (and billion-dollar expenditures), Microsoft seems to have taken a page straight out of the "go big or go home" playbook. The tech giant has just unveiled plans for a seismic $3 billion investment in India, aiming to supercharge its artificial intelligence (AI) and...