Kerala is expected to be declared the first digital State in the country shortly, on the strength of its digital infrastructure and e-governance initiatives. Discussions are on to get Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the declaration, Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson said here on Thursday. Delivering the inaugural address at the Knowledge Sharing Summit organised…
Since June 2014, the most significant dips in online freedom occurred in Libya, Ukraine and France. China occupies the top spot as the worst abuser of internet freedom, with Google being almost completely blocked in the country and repressive laws governing online behaviour being enforced with greater gusto. Globally, surveillance has increased and if there’s…
India is set to overtake the US in internet user base by the end of this calendar year, making it the second largest base for internet users in the world. In an interview to Bloomberg TV India , Google’s VP and MD for South-East Asia & India, Rajan Anandan, explains the matrix of the internet…
Ipsos MORI conducted a survey in which they polled 25,000 people in 33 countries and found that while people “over-estimate what we worry about”, a lot of major issues are underestimated. Based on the findings of the survey, Ipsos ranked nations on their “ignorance” level. The “ignorance” level was determined by a survey posing questions…
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to examine if social networking sites like Facebook and WhatsApp can be prosecuted for use of their platforms to circulate offensive and vulgar material but turned down a plea to block the sites. A social justice bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit asked…
The Centre is committed to addressing the country’s digital divide, and a multi-pronged strategy comprising expansion of internet infrastructure, and training and capacity building, is on to take e-governance to the grassroots. This was observed by Sanjiv Mittal, Joint Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, during an interview with The Assam…
In a bid to come out ahead in the digital revolution race, the state government plans to put in place an egovernance structure by 2020. Speaking at Infocom on Saturday, state finance, IT, commerce & industries minister Amit Mitra said that as the first step, the state government is rolling out the optical fibre network…
The Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India has started the delivery of public services through mobile platform since July 2011. The following steps have been taken to implement Mobile Governance so far: DeitY has developed and notified the framework for Mobile Governance in February, 2012. DeitY is implementing Mobile Seva project…
Corporate spend on cyber security is set to rise with improving awareness of cyber crime and data protection. Research firm Ernst and Young in its global information security survey 2015 has estimated a 25 per cent increase in funding by the companies to protect their organisation in line with the management’s risk tolerance policy. The…
Over 500 actors, models and artistes in Mumbai including Bollywood Badshah and superstar Salman Khan have endorsed their support for the “Stop Child Abuse in India” campaign on social media, even as an over-zealous Facebook blocked and suspended model Arshi Khan’s official user account on the popular social networking site for sharing the page “Stop…