NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s parliament on Tuesday approved a controversial law that would allow children to work for family businesses, despite widespread concern by the United Nations and other rights advocates that it will push more children into labor.
In yet another horrific case of child pornography, a Chennai couple has been arrested for operating a child porn website and also trying to sell videos and porn images to clients who registered with them.Based on a tip-off, the Tamil Nadu cyber crime wing of the CB-CID arrested accused Siddharth Velu and his wife Priscilla,…
“India still requires 5,000 or more cyber security professionals to handle crimes ruining our economy,” said National Cyber Security Coordinator, PMO, New Delhi, Gulshan Rai. He was addressing a gathering of young engineering students and academicians at the end of Cyber Security Research and Innovation contests conducted by US Consulate, Chennai and implemented by Learning…
In June, officials in Jammu, India, shut down mobile internet in advance of a traditional wrestling tournament. Of course, the half-naked competitors weren’t planning to grapple with their devices in hand, but organizers were fearful of repeating what happened in 2014. That year, riots had broken out because the site of the tournament was staged…
This presentation is organised around three keywords: Surveillance, Power and Communication. Another keyword is algorithm. This keyword was omitted from my original title – perhaps there was a worry that this talk would be very technical. It won’t be.
If you are a frequent business traveler and spend most of your time away from the safe internet boundaries of your office or home, be warned. Public Wi-Fi networks — at the hotel lobby, in the spa, at the poolside or inside a shopping mall — are not at all secure for official work, sensitive…
As per an official estimate, there has been an almost 40 percent year-over-year increase in cyber crimes registered in India during the past two-three years. With the aim of eradicating child pornography and keep online trolling in check, the Home Ministry is setting up a new cyber-control hub. The Rs 400-crore state-of-the-art center, Indian Cyber…
Three men were arrested on Monday for spoofing film producer Ronnie Screwvala’s email and siphoning off Rs 34 lakh from the accounts of Swades, an NGO that he and his wife Zarine run. With the arrests made from Malad and Nallasopara, cops believe, they have busted an inter-state gang involved in spoof emailing. The investigating…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday admitted that rate of conviction of those accused of committing cyber crimes is low, but said it is taking steps to fight the threat posed by such offences to national security.
Ahmedabad: Gujarat high court has said that on the ground of religious freedom and sentiment, freedom of expression cannot be curtailed.