The Uttarakhand government has launched a portal for online registration of people`s complaints and their quick redressal. Launching the portal called "Samadhan" (solution) at his official residence here on the occasion of the Republic Day, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna described it as a step towards providing transparent administration to the people. "I shall mys
“Cyber capabilities would soon assume the proportions of Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and would become points of negotiations between nations,” Dr Kalam said, while delivering 7th R N Kao memorial lecture organised by research and analysis wing (R&AW), here on Thursday. Dr Kalam said that the country should upgrade technology and invest in cyber security to deal
As the public opinion is increasingly getting shaped by discussions through social media, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, former president of India has advised research and analysis wing (R&AW) to use social media for garnering public support and mitigate threats to security emanating from false social media campaigns. "The Technologies underpinning social media should be used
Indian insurance companies` spend on IT products and services is expected to increase by 9 per cent to Rs 10,100 crore in 2013, over the previous year`s Rs 9,250 crore, technology research firm Gartner has said. This forecast includes spending by insurers on internal IT (including personnel), hardware, software, external IT services and telecommunications, it said. IT services h
Google today reported a "steady increase" in government requests to hand over data from Internet users in the second half of 2012. The Web giant`s semiannual "transparency report" showed the most requests came from the the United States, with 8,438 requests for information about 14,868 users. India was second with 2,431 requests for data about 4,106 users, fo
The Congress party would require Rs 100 crore during the next 18 months - till the Lok Sabha elections - to counter the main opposition BJP in the field of social media, telecom minister Kapil Sibal said at the session on emerging political challenges at the party`s Chintan Shivir at Jaipur last Saturday. The BJP, he said, had a hundred people tweeting against the Co
Here is some good news for organisations sceptical about introducing bring your own device (BYOD) policy. According to a global survey of IT decision makers across more than 10 countries, "approximately 70 per cent of companies believe BYOD can improve their work processes and help them work better in the future." In fact, an estimated 59 per cent believed that they would be at a comp
The number of reported cyber attacks has gone over 24,000 in 2012, as against 13,000 in 2011, according to a report yet to be released by the government. Additionally, close to 20,000 websites were defaced last year. The cyber incident numbers stood at 8,266 and 10,315 in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Interestingly, just 450 cases were reported in 2005. The unprecedented in
Union communications and information technology minister Kapil Sibal has released one year agenda for department of electronics and information technology (DeitY). The list of 18 tasks, as stated in the one year agenda, includes attracting an investment of Rs 25,000 crore in electronic manufacturing clusters, national rollout of mobile-based government to citizen services and n
Most of e-governance projects fail due to lack of skilled human resource and programme management approach in the government. Thanks to recommendations of the expert committee headed by Nandan Nilekani on human resoruce policy for e-governance, situation may improve in the days to come. Nilekani, who is the chief of unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) along with
Sam Pitroda, the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation, will deliver a lecture through live webcast on the National Knowledge Network (NKN) on January 23. Also, professor of Harvard University and author of `What `Money Can`t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets` Michael Sandel will deliver
Raising concern over the rapid disappearance of wetlands in North Bengal, conservationists from around the world have started an online petition demanding urgent action to protect the ecologically sensitive region.
Industry-wide efforts are needed to localise broadband technologies to make high-speed Internet networks successful and affordable in the country, a telecom industry official said today.
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel today said it has installed a 100 kw solar power plant in Lucknow, which would help save 26,000 litres of diesel per year consumed to power its major routing centre.
Cyber security is set to be introduced as a subject in universities and technical colleges in keeping with the recommendations of a task force on National Security System.
With the central government encouraging people to enrol under its ambitious UIDAI scheme, a case of delivery of incomplete `Aadhar` cards not bearing the proper address of the holders has come to light. Shiv Sena MLA from Vasai Vivek Pandit on Thursday showed a number of `Aadhar`s cards before mediapersons which had incomplete addresses of the holders. Coming down heavily on the
Brigadier Joshi launched the Aadhaar card drive for soldiers in Pune Sub Area on January 15 on the occasion of Army day. The project will be implemented in the Southeren Army command if it is successful in the Pune Sub Area according to a report by Indian Express. The project is an eight day affair and soldiers, along with their families, from 23 units under Pune Station cell are e
BSNL is all set to spend Rs 8 crore on the expansion of Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) network in 335 gram-panchayats of Indore division covering 1600 km in near future. OFC will cover Indore, Mhow, Depalpur and Sanver Tehsils and gram panchayats for which the cable laying work has begun, BSNL General Manager Ganesh Chandra Pandey told reporters in Indore. A new Next Generation Netwo
The number of cyber crime cases has seen a rise in Andhra Pradesh for the third year in a row even as the state police gears up to complete training of its Inspectors and DSPs level officers to investigate such offences, by the end of 2013. The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of AP Police, has drafted plans to impart week-long hands-on training to all Inspectors and DSP level offic
