Bandana Preyashi, IAS, on Friday presented the Gaya model of electronic public distribution system (e-PDS) at a conference of experts in best innovative practices in e-governance at Ahmedabad. The conference was organized at Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel Institute of Public Administration, Ahmedabad. Preyashi was selected for the presentation for her work during her tenure as…
Taking up a new cause, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the net neutrality debate is a “trial balloon” floated by the government to hand over internet space to corporates. He also vowed to oppose it tooth and nail. “I want to ask a question. If you [the government] have to protect net…
The FBI ruse that uncovered an illegal gambling ring late last year and led to the arrest of a high-profile Malaysian businessman was unconstitutional and violated the man’s Fourth Amendment rights, a federal judge ruled on Friday. Suspecting that three Caesars Palace villas in Las Vegas were hosting an illicit World Cup gambling ring last…
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi persisted with his bid to brand the Centre as “pro-industry” with a second intervention in Parliament in just three days, this time claiming that net neutrality is being sacrificed in order to hand over internet space to the industry. On Wednesday, he charged the Narendra Modi government of trying to hand…
The government’s decision to block the accounts of environmental organisation Greenpeace India seems appears to be an attempt to signal that opposition to its developmental policies will not be accepted ‒ “even when these are proving to be ecologically unsustainable and socially unjust”. That is the gist of a letter submitted to Home Minister Rajnath…
Twitter on Tuesday began implementing a new policy aimed at curbing use of the social network to incite violence, and to crack down on abuse and harassment on the service. The new rules are the latest implemented by social networks aiming to stem violence and harassment while attempting to safeguard freedom of online speech. Read…
Members of civil society came together to condemn the NDA government’s recent crackdown on organisations like Greenpeace India. Releasing a protest letter that over 180 organisations and citizens have today sent to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the statement declared the crackdown as ‘shameful’ in a country that has a history of standing up for…
AAP dissident leader Prashant Bhushan on Monday hit back at the party leadership over the show-cause notice issued to him by the National Disciplinary Committee (NDC), accusing its members Pankaj Gupta of accepting donations from dubious companies and Ashish Khetan of doing a “paid news” story, favouring a company. In his response to the notice…
Google has a new sheriff keeping watch over the wilds of the Internet.
Austrian-born Gerhard Eschelbeck has ranged the British city of Oxford; cavorted at notorious Def Con hacker conclaves, wrangled a herd of startups, and camped out in Silicon Valley.
He now holds the reins of security and privacy for all-things Google.
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The city police will soon have a full-fledged Computer Emergency Response Team (CRET) unit to tackle cyber attacks. Currently, there is no office of the CERT-India in Mumbai and for blocking web site or face book pages, the city police has to request the CERT.
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