In a bid to woo investors from Karnataka, the Information Technology department of Andhra Pradesh, will undertake a roadshow in Bengaluru to showcase the State as an investment destination. According to K Ratna Prabha, principal secretary, IT&C, AP, the roadshow would be organised on February 4 and Ponnala Lakshmaih, AP Minister for IT will also participate. Ap
A message on the website of a Gramin bank by a self-proclaimed Pakistani organisation sent police and bank officials into a tizzy here today. "Your bank site has been hacked... This is just a trailor... I will show you full movie," the message on the website of Ballia-Etawah Gramin Bank said, according to the police. The message further read "We luv
In what could be the first instance of cyber crime in Assam, three persons have been arrested in Tinsukia district for their suspected involvement in a bank internet hacking case in which Rs six lakh was fraudulently withdrawn from an account. Based on an FIR filed by a businessman Sahid Khan the police arrested the three, hailing from the tea garden community from Makum area on
Interpol will launch an interactive online learning programme tomorrow to help law enforcement authorities as well as private sector players worldwide to combat intellectual property related crimes. "We will launch an online programme to help investigators to effectively fight threats from transnational organised intellectual property crime. The programme would provide leadi
Telecom operator airtel Africa today said it has launched a virtual card, which will allow its subscribers to shop online using their mobile phones. Launched in partnership with Standard Chartered Bank and MasterCard Worldwide, the `airtel 1time Shopping Card` will soon be available in Kenya and rolled out to markets across Africa, subject to regulatory approvals.
News Corp `s Rupert Murdoch unveiled "The Daily" today, a digital newspaper created specially for the iPad that will be sold solely through Apple`s online store and cost 99 cents a week. "New times demand new journalism," the 79-year-old News Corp chairman and chief executive said as he took the wraps off the hotly awaited publication at a press event at the G
As part of its endeavour to introduce transparency, the Transport Ministry is all set to go for a digital makeover and will post all information on its activities on popular social networking website Facebook, as well as map the progress of development works on Google Earth. "The Ministry and NHAI will be put on Facebook by the end of February as the general public has every
The first ever online training programme on human rights for police personnel was held here today in a bid to sensitise officers on the crucial issue. NHRC Chairperson Justice K G Balakrishnan launched the programme, developed in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi National Open University. It is the duty of NHRC to sensitise officers and people about human rights
Art lovers will be able to stroll through some of the world`s most famous galleries at the click of a mouse after Google launched a website today using Street View technology to put the venues online. In a collaboration with 17 leading galleries in nine countries, the US Internet giant has taken equipment from the cars it used to map cities and recorded the galleries so they can
Information Technology Department of Maharashtra Government has become fully computerised from today, bidding goodbye to bundles of files and papers. "We have started paperless work from today and all the new files regarding decisions, proposals, suggestions would be computerised. It is a challenge but we can definitely have a way," Nitin Karir, Secretary, IT Department
A motorcycle theft reported from a Central Delhi locality became the first FIR to be uploaded on city police`s website today, however, the initiative may not bring the transparency which the capital`s High Court intended to impart in the system. Though a first of its kind initiative, those who want to download an FIR need to know either the FIR number or the names of the complain
India`s largest private telecom firm Bharti airtel today said the new telecom policy (NTP) 2011 must ensure sustainability and profitability of the operators in the sector. "We clearly expect that the policy that will come out on telecom will ensure sustainability, profitability and well being of the industry," Bharti airtel CEO Sanjay Kapoor told reporters here.
The telecom tribunal TDSAT today asked new operators S Tel and Videocon Teleservices to pay 60 per cent of the penalty within two weeks, imposed on them by the Department of Telecom for failing to meet their roll-out obligations. TDSAT Chairman Justice S B Sinha asked S Tel,jointly owned by C Sivasankaran and Bahrain Telecommunications, to pay 60 per cent of the penalty to the go
The Centre today said it is considering requests from chief ministers of three north eastern states, seeking ban on pre-paid mobile phone services in their states as they felt it as a threat to security and hindrance to law and order. Home Minister P Chidambaram said the chief ministers placed their requests to ban pre-paid mobile services in their respective states at a conferen
The vital part of Census 2011 -- the population enumeration -- will be conducted across the country simultaneously between February 9 and 28. Registrar-General and Census Commissioner C Chandramouli today said the biggest-ever census attempted in the history of mankind enumerating the country`s 1.2 billion population will be conducted across 35 states and Union Territories.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government proposes to create a biometric data base of all workers covered under its flagship MNREGA scheme and use it to authenticate work applications, work-site attendance and wage payments. Making the announcement at a function held here to mark five years of the launch of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NRE
The apex body of microfinance institutions (MFIs) today said it is launching a helpline number for borrowers in Andhra Pradesh as an initiative towards self-regulation. The number (040-40011095) will be active from tomorrow and is expected to benefit more than 9 million customers in state, one of the key markets for the micro-lenders, Micro Finance Institutions Network ((MFIN) sa
The United States is looking for the next generation of cyber warriors. The US Cyber Challenge Cyber Foundations competition, kicked off this week by the nonprofit Center for Internet Security, is out to find 10,000 students with the potential to become "top guns in cybersecurity." "The need to find creative solutions to protecting our information sy
Hounded worldwide, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been honoured back home by Sydney Peace foundation with a gold medal for showing "exceptional courage" and initiative in pursuit of human rights. The honour was previously given only to the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Japanese lay Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda in the foundation`s 14-year history.
The map controversy has again come to hound industrialist and Rajya Sabha member Rahul Bajaj. After a lower court dismissed the complaint against Bajaj and other for allegedly misrepresenting India by showing Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir as parts of China and Pakistan on their company website, a fresh petition has been filed in additional sessions judge court today.
