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The new ‘Data Protection Bill’ formulated by Narendra Modi’s led BJP government seeks to snatch away privacy, anonymity, and discretion from Indian citizens and companies operating in India. Mozilla, an active advocate of privacy protection, strongly criticized the new reforms made in the Data Protection Law, introduced in the Indian Parliament, earlier today. The reforms […]
India is pushing hard to minimize the number of pollution-emitting vehicles on roads, according to a report by Reuters, and the Indian government has ordered cab-aggregators like Ola and Uber to electrify at least 40% of their fleet by 2026. The government wants the cab companies to start the process of adding electric vehicles to […]
Following the ban on the popular app TikTok by the Madras court, the Indian government has suggested that it will continue to maintain ban in the country, further asking Google and Apple to pull down the app from their respective app stores. The decision to maintain its stance is by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), which is expected […]
The Indian Government has yet again defended its decision to let government agencies conduct surveillance of computers under the IT act, 2000. Interception of messages by these agencies has been legalized under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. Reported by Gadgets 360, the center defended its decision stating various security concerns including an increase in radicalization, […]
With a focus on AI in India, the Indian Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal has announced National Artificial Intelligence Portal in India, while presenting the Union Budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. The Finance Minister has suggested that a total of nine priority areas have been decided to focus on the AI sector in the country. The […]
The Indian Government has suggested that amendments to the Information Technology (IT) Act should be made to curb the spreading of fake news in the country. As per a report by The Times Of India, the government plans to make changes to the IT rules to charge penalty and pull down websites, causing the dissemination […]
The company seems to have ceded to authorities’ demands Amazon, one of the largest ecommerce companies in the world, has stated that they could begin to share payment data from its users with the authorities and law enforcement agencies of the Government of India, as reported by specialists in ethical hacking from the International Institute of Cyber […]
Short Bytes: In a step that will boost open source adoption in India in a big manner, the Indian government plans to launch its own open source collaboration platform. Just like GitHub and SourceForge, people would be able to visit this platform and share their code with others. The government also plans to use it […]