Census 2027 houselisting visits begin in six states and UTs
→Census teams must complete first houselisting visits by May 30
Cloud & Data
9 briefs
Planet Labs restricts satellite imagery of Iran
→Access limited to case-by-case approval
WTO members activate digital trade rules among consenting countries
→Plurilateral pact takes effect without full consensus
CISPE files EU antitrust complaint against Broadcom over VMware partner restrictions
→Complaint seeks reopening of cloud partner programme
Cloudflare appeals €14.2 million fine under Italy's Piracy Shield regime
→Legal challenge targets mandatory DNS blocking rules
UK’s Ofcom extends Openreach regulation and expands broadband price caps
→Wholesale pricing restricted up to 80 Mbps tier
Drone strikes damage AWS data centres in UAE and Bahrain
→Cloud infrastructure disruption impacts regional availability
Amazon commits €18 billion to expand data centres and AI in Spain
→Investment expands cloud and AI infrastructure capacity
India blocks Supabase under IT Act
→Developers lose access to backend platform within India