India on Tuesday expressed hope that the current economic woes in the United States would not lead to protectionism and said that concerns of the Indian IT industry over anti-outsourcing measures announced by President Barack Obama recently will be addressed quickly. India`s Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai on his first bilateral visit to the US said that the Indian IT industry in
Telecom tribunal TDSAT has rejected the plea of Reliance Communications seeking stay on the penalty imposed by the government for selling activated SIMs without proper verification in the Rajasthan circle. Passing an interim order, the tribunal said that there was "no violation of the principles of natural justice" by DoT while imposing Rs 88.50 lakh penalty.
In order to upgrade the skills of its personnel dealing with cyber crime investigation, the Andhra Pradesh police have proposed to establish cyber labs in Hyderabad and Cyberabad Commissionerates with the support of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Currently, one cyber lab is being operated at the CID here. Now, proposals have been sent to the MHA to establish two additional cyber
A cab signalling system similar to the European Train Control System and conversion of mechanical system to electronic interlocking in about 5000 stations are among the measures proposed by the Sam Pitroda committee on modernisation of railways. Constituted by Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi in September last year, the committee headed by technocrat Pitroda, is likely to submit i
After getting the go ahead last month from the cabinet committee to enroll another 40 crore residents for assigning UID numbers, the unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday launched the Aadhaar online identity authentication service. The online authentication service from the authority will enable the public and private service providers to offer efficient and transparent de
“Now is the time for us to move on from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the need of the hour for a greener earth and stable economy,” says professor Jeffery D Sachs. Sachs, who is director of The Earth Institute, Columbia University and special advisor to the UN secretary-general, was delivering his keynote address
The opposition Congress in Tripura on Saturday threatened to launch a state wide campaign if a CBI inquiry is not ordered to unearth alleged irregularities in Aadhaar (Unique Identity Authority of India) scheme implementation in the state. Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly and senior Congress leader Ratan Lal Nath alleged that a scam of Rs seven crore in implementing
Departments of administrative reforms and public grievances and information technology, government of India have recently announced the national egovernance awards 2012, in seven categories. The shortlisted projects and respective departments will be conferred during the annual two day national conference on e-governance, being jointly organised by the two departments on February 9-10 in B
Madhya Pradesh has been selected for "National e-governance Award" for its initiatives in the IT sector, official sources said on Sunday. The award will be given to the state during the two- day 15th national conference on e-governance to be held at Bhubaneshwar from February 10. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has congratulated the officials whose e
The High Court administration in Maharashtra would soon install electronic case display system at the high court in Mumbai and the benches at Nagpur and Aurangabad. The LCD screens would display all the information about court cases which will benefit lawyers, litigants and also employees working at the courts, sources said here. Such screens have already been inst
Private insurer Bharti AXA Life Insurance on Friday launched its first online term insurance product, Bharti AXA Life iProtect. "Recent studies show that the internet penetration in India has doubled in the last five years and is expected to triple by 2015 to over 250 million users. E-commerce in financial services has grown over 30 per cent year-on-year for the last 3 years
Cyber experts in India have warned Internet users of phishing scamsters who are luring people with government domain names and sending unscrupulous e-mails to collect financial and personal information. Mail boxes of people are being hit by an e-mail sent from "[email protected]", informing them of a tax refund pending with the department which can be colle
A new Senate proposal would give the government more power to regulate the computer security of critical industries. The plan, which is expected to be released in coming days, would try to make sure that computer systems that run power and nuclear plants, electrical grids and other crucial systems are protected from hackers. Officials familiar with the bill say it
Global ratings agency Fitch has affirmed a stable outlook for the India information technology (IT) services sector in 2012 on account of its strong liquidity position, even though it warned that revenue growth of the segment may moderate this year. "Despite an expected moderation in revenue growth in 2012 from 2011 levels, the outlook for the Indian IT services sector is st
Come next financial year, the PAN card is likely to become the most potent tool for the Income Tax Department to unearth black money, tax evasion and instances of criminal financing in the country. A recent directive of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to the I-T Dept has asked its officials to launch a special drive against those who have "not furnished their PAN (
The Department of Telecom will study the legal implications of the Supreme Court order cancelling 122 2G telecom licenses before deciding on the future course of action. "DoT has to first study legal implications of the order. It will require some time to understand and interpret the order before deciding on any action. As of now, we understand that the court has given some
With expansion in digitisation and huge volumes of information generation, proper sharing of data and its analysis can deliver benefits at various levels by creating information conduits, according to the Unique Identification Authority of India. In a report `Analytics: Empowering Operation, the UIDAI Experience`, the body said that reporting and analytics also increase transpare
The government plans to involve three more IITs in the world`s cheapest Aakash tablet PC project to make it more indigenous and further lower its price. Apart from IIT Rajasthan, which is spearheading the project, IIT Mumbai, IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur would also be roped in for the project, sources in the HRD Ministry said. The development follows after a meeting c
Social networking giant Facebook, which plans to raise USD five billion through an IPO, has said India is a key source for its future growth and its user base in the country has more than doubled in the past one year. The growth of 132 per cent in India has been higher than many other countries, including the home market of the US. It has also acknowledges that Fac
India needs an independent privacy law though there are a number of provisions in existing legislations that protect a citizen`s privacy, according to an NGO that is lobbying for the cause. Privacy India, a conglomerate of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Society in Action Group (SAG), with support from Privacy International, conducted a study of the existing law
