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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicData storage

Topic: Data storage

Sealing wax in Aadhaar foundation won’t work. Cracks need to be ‘acknowledged & fixed’

Modi govt's welfare measures rest on Aadhaar. But last month, a news website gave an alarming account of how scams are being carried out by exploiting Aadhaar-based payment networks.

Days of free unlimited phone storage are numbered. Here are some ways to curb the problem

You can save money by opting for external hard drives, extra memory in the form of a MicroSD card or regularly backing your smartphone up to your computer.

IIT-Mandi team develops magnetic RAM to enable higher data storage, faster computation

The team claims that the STT-based nano spintronic devices will also put an end to computer data loss due to interruptions of power supply.

Storing data locally can hurt both Indian businesses and consumers

When governments build barriers to protect companies, then consumers suffer, growth stagnates, and the entire country falls behind the rest of the world.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.