‘Digital India to Prepare Nation for Tech-Based Transformation’

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said Digital India programme would prepare the country for technology-based transformation. “My government has envisioned an ambitious umbrella programme — Digital India– to prepare the country for technology-based transformation and citizen-centric transparent governance with service orientation,” he said, addressing a joint session of both the houses of parliament on the…

Rights abuse rampant in India: Amnesty

Amnesty International has pulled up India, saying impunity is widespread for human rights abuses by state and non-state actors in the country. In its annual report, to be released on Wednesday, the global human rights watchdog has said state authorities often failed to prevent and at times committed crimes against children, women, dalits and adivasi…

Rights abuse rampant in India: Amnesty

Amnesty International has pulled up India, saying impunity is widespread for human rights abuses by state and non-state actors in the country. In its annual report, to be released on Wednesday, the global human rights watchdog has said state authorities often failed to prevent and at times committed crimes against children, women, dalits and adivasi…

Public service centres opened at taluk offices

Public service centres set up by the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation at the taluk offices in the district for offering various services under the e-governance project became functional on Tuesday. The e-governance project has already been implemented in the district through the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies and HOPE centres of the Tiruchi Corporation…

Mobile phone users’ data at risk of cyber attacks: Report

Cellphones with mobile apps could be potential target of cyber attacks globally and subscribers’ data including usernames and passwords are at risk, security software maker McAfee said today. The failure of mobile application developers to patch critical secure sockets layer (SSL) vulnerabilities could potentially impact millions of mobile phone users, according to McAfee Labs Threats…