As part of its sensitisation exercise on introducing new initiatives in urban areas, the Urban Development Ministry will hold a day-long workshop with municipal commissioners from nine northern states here tomorrow. Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister M Venkaiah Naidu will share the government’s concerns about the state of urban governance in these states and…
India’s central bank deputy governor S.S. Mundra urged audit committees at domestic lenders to better monitor potential risks, including in loan assessments and in asset quality, to help improve the health of the banking system. Mundra added recent inspections by the central bank had found recurrences of certain violations such as those related to “know…
India’s central bank deputy governor S.S. Mundra urged audit committees at domestic lenders to better monitor potential risks, including in loan assessments and in asset quality, to help improve the health of the banking system. Mundra added recent inspections by the central bank had found recurrences of certain violations such as those related to “know…
To help prevent petty thefts at the emergency ward of the city civil hospital, an NGO — Ehsas Charitable organization — has donated CCTV cameras to the hospital. Four such cameras were installed inside the emergency, at the reception and in the trauma ward on Thursday. “We keep hearing of petty thefts in the emergency…
Microsoft’s decision to stop support for the Windows 7 operating system will leave nine out of 10 Windows devices in China running with little or no official support in the world’s second-biggest economy. Microsoft suspended “mainstream support” of the product yesterday, meaning neither new features nor free help will be given to Windows 7 users.…
Almost 20,000 websites in France have come under attack from hackers in the aftermath of attacks by jihadist gunmen that killed 17 people last week, the defence ministry said Thursday. Arnaud Coustilliere, head of cyber security for the French military, did not specify who was behind the wave of attacks, but said the culprits were…
The State government will act tough on cyber crimes, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that. Mumbai will get a regional centre of Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) and the cyber crime cell will be granted with additional manpower and other facilities to tackle the menace, he has assured.
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Thursday will propose a legislation that he says would make the state’s data security law the strongest in the country and require “unprecedented safeguards” for the personal data of consumers and workers. The proposal overhauls law enforcement authorities’ power to combat cyber crime and ensure they have appropriate…
Sony Pictures was hacked recently and their internal documents were made public. Corporates seem to be losing the battle against hackers. Why is that happening? First of all, I don’t think that those protecting data are losing the battle against hackers. We hear lots of news about successful hacks, but we rarely have reports about…
The United States and the UK will stage cyber “war games” together, starting this year, to boost both countries’ resistance to cyberattacks, Britain’s government said Thursday. The two Western powers have also agreed to launch a joint “cyber cell” to share information on cyberthreats, as both countries seek to ramp up their cyberdefenses in the…