DeitY for adoption of open source software

The department of electronics and information technology (DeitY) has come up with a policy on adoption of open source software (OSS) for government of India. The key objective of the policy is to provide a framework for rapid and effective adoption of OSS; to ensure strategic control in e-governance applications and systems from a long…

Govt offices to go paperless soon

The State government is all set to go paperless with the much talked about e-office project. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is developing the ‘e-office’ software with specifications required for the implementation of the project in the State. Though making government offices go paperless has been in the talks for over a decade, since S…

HAPPY DAYS FOR MARATHI FILMS?

The Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government will soon enact a law that will make it compulsory for every multiplex in the state to reserve one screen for Marathi movies during the 6 pm to 9 pm slot. This was announced by Culture Minister, Vinod Tawde, in the Assembly yesterday in his reply to a debate on…

Criminal defamation to stand SC trial

Within weeks after striking down Section 66A of Information Technology Act, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of Section 499 and 500 of IPC making defamation an offence punishable by up to a two-year jail term. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant asked the Centre to…