• After giving a modest push to developing a homegrown sovereign Artificial Intelligence ecosystem, the government has turned its attention to adopting an indigenous email with a high-profile endorsement of Zoho Mail by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. What followed is the now-familiar social media orchestration led by the party’s top brass, the somewhat infamous party IT cell, and a swarm of enthusiastic acolytes, followed by all and sundry falling in line, announcing its adoption. As a result, besides ministers, party leaders, and over 12 lakh government employees, including those from the PMO, migrated from the government’s NIC to Zoho mail. The company has reported a staggering spike of 150 times, thanks to the government’s munificence.
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