J&K Shri Ram Sena and Jammu and Kashmir Freedom Fighter Association today paid candle light tributes to the soldiers of 6 Dogra Battalion who laid down their lives in a militant attack at Manipur, in which 18 soldiers died and 15 got severe injuries. To pay tributes to martyrs, a Shraddhanjali programme was organized at…
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), a unit under the department of telecommunications (DoT), has begun technical and operational testing of its servers, linked to the servers of mobile operators. Once in operation, it would enable security agencies to tap phones, intercept and monitor calls without keeping telcos in the loop. However, the requisite…
In a few days, net neutrality will once again be hotly debated when the report submitted by the telecom department to the TRAI will be made public. Whether the recommendations by the telecom department will be considered when the Indian government decides on net neutrality policies remains uncertain. But on a global level, net neutrality…
Deutsche Telekom and Intel Security have announced an agreement to build a joint research alliance that provides immediate detailed information for customers by implementing more robust rapid response sensors. The collaboration focuses on digital “Honey Pots”, computers which pretend to be vulnerable PCs, servers or even smartphones. “Our aim is to develop the honey pot…
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the “Digital India Week” here on Wednesday, India Inc. committed an investment of Rs.450,000 crore (some $75 billion) for the initiative that seeks to empower citizens by deploying IT and associated tools. Choosing no less than a sports stadium to launch the initiative where who’s who of India Inc.…
In what could potentially transform marketing of crops in India, the government has approved the creation of a common electronic platform which will allow farmers and traders to sell their produce to buyers anywhere in the country. Currently, the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Acts in different states permit the first sale of crops —…
Small farmers growing vegetables and fruits in the hinterland can avoid the pain of hunting for buyers after taking their perishable commodities to wholesale markets in cities like Delhi. E-kisan, a portal that will go online on July 27, will allow them to showcase their farm produce on the Internet for wholesalers to bid remotely…
To connect villages with digital world, Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), under Centre’s ‘Digital India’ project, is laying optical fibre cables in 335 gram panchayats in Indore division, said director BBNL (MP/CG), Ratan Ghosh at a press conference on Tuesday. Ghosh, while talking to media, said national optical fibre network, also named as ‘BharatNet’, is…
Amnesty international india informed new report on lack of justice and accountability for human rights voilations by security force personnel in jammu kashmir. The report, “Denied: failure in accountability for human rights voilations by security faced in several cases of human rights violations belived to have been committed by indian security force personnel in jammu…
The Islamic State group has beheaded two women in Syria on accusations of “sorcery,” the first such execution of women in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Tuesday. “The Islamic State group executed two women by beheading them in Deir Ezzor province, and this is the first time the Observatory has documented women…