Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party has expressed dismay over the UN’s decision to delay a report on the human rights situation in the country describing it as “justice delayed is justice denied”. Denouncing the decision by the UN to defer its report by six months, Tamil National Alliance’s (TNA) northern provincial councillor M K Shivajilingam…
An Egyptian court sentenced a prominent activist to five years in jail on Monday for violating limits on demonstrations, amid one of the toughest crackdowns on dissent in Egypt’s history. After the verdict was read, chants of “Down, down with military rule!” rang out in the crowded courtroom from supporters of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a…
The United States Department of State on Monday named its first-ever special envoy to advocate globally for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Randy Berry, an openly gay senior diplomat, has served as U.S. Consul General in Amsterdam since 2012. His earlier foreign service postings included Nepal, Bangladesh, Egypt, Uganda,…
President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said Digital India programme would prepare the country for technology-based transformation. “My government has envisioned an ambitious umbrella programme, Digital India, to prepare the country for technology-based transformation and citizen centric transparent governance with service orientation,” he said, addressing a joint session of both the houses of parliament on the first day…
Gopal Vittal, who runs India’s biggest phone company, said the government is offering too little of the 3G spectrum that’s badly needed to support surging data growth at next month’s auction of airwaves. Making more of the highspeed frequencies available will act as a big boost for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India project, said…
Aggrieved investors will no longer have to track their complaints physically as the government is launching a revamped online investor grievance mechanism, which will be connected to the offices of registrar of companies (RoC) across the country. This will allow a complainant to check the status of his complaint using a grievance ID.
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Last weekend, on Valentines’ Day, The New York Times reported on revelations made by a prominent Russian Security firm about an organized cybercrime ring, dubbed the “Carbanak cybergang,” who they claim conducted a sophisticated long-term cyber-heist involving over 100 banks and financial institutions in over 30 countries, with a haul estimated to be anywhere in the range…
As many as eight customers of a nationalised bank in the city have lodged police complaints about fraudulent transactions through their Automated Teller Machine (ATM) debit cards over the last two days. Police sources said the customers – Ashokan, Shanthi, Bhuvaneshwari, Vijayakumar and Arul Das who have savings bank account with the Pakkamudayanpet branch of…
Cyberabad police commissioner CV Anand warned his field staff on Monday to end the age-old practice of ‘road master and mamool’ (bribe) collection or else be prepared to face disciplinary action. Incidentally, this is the first time that police admitted that such a system had official sanction.
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Government offices the world over are notoriously porous. Even those which boast of a high standard of physical security sometimes do not have a matching ability to protect their information systems. WikiLeaks is a striking example of how even one of the most technologically advanced nations like the United States can be found wanting in…