New Delhi : An Expert Group constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Dec.24, 2014 submitted its report on “Roadmap for Effectively Tackling Cyber Crimes in the Country” to the Ministry of Home Affairs after examining the global practices on cyber crime prevention.
New Delhi : The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has said that the rise of social media is a part of a global phenomenon and it is there to stay regardless of all other factors.
New Delhi : Union Commerce & Industry Minister has said that the final draft of the National IPR Policy has been circulated for inter-ministerial consultation and will be put up to the Union Cabinet for approval after getting the comments.
New Delhi : Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Prof. M. V Rajeev Gowda in Rajya Sabha today stated that Government has taken a number of steps to protect confidential information pertaining to Defence Sector from Cyber-attack including setting up of Cyber Operation Centres for threat management and mitigation as part of Framework for Enhancing Cyber Security of Indian Cyberspace. To protect important and confidential data from Cyber-attack, the operational networks of the Armed Forces are air gapped from internet.
New Delhi : Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the Section 66 A of the Information Technology Act calling it unconstitutional and untenable. The section gave powers to police to arrest a person for posting allegedly "offensive" content on websites and made it a crime punishable by jail up to three years.
The first PIL on the issue was filed in 2012 by a law student Shreya Singhal, who sought amendment in Section 66A of the Act.