New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today approved the introduction of Amendments to the "Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986" in Parliament.

Key amendments proposed are as follows:

i. Broaden the scope of the law to cover the audio-visual media and material in electronic form.

New Delhi: The President of India said, "I condemn in the strongest of terms the making of the offensive video and its dissemination through social media. India can never condone any act which disparages religious sentiments or hurts religious feelings. The Ministry of External Affairs is in touch with US officials who share our concerns on the matter. Google India has in compliance with Indian law, blocked access to the offensive material."

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New Delhi : The UIDAI has successfully conducted the proof of concept Iris authentication study in Mysore district of Karnataka. The study brought out the high accuracy levels (above 99.2%) achieved by iris authentication. A combination of iris and fingerprint authentication can further the goals of universal inclusion and pave the way for successful applications based on Aadhaar authentication.

New Delhi : Defence Minister AK Antony in a written reply to Sajjan Verma in Lok Sabha today stated that, during the last 2-3 years, online cyber attacks against the country`s vital and sensitive organizations, including Defence organizations, have come to notice, which also involves usage of Computer Storage Media (CSM); As per the Intelligence Bureau (IB), no officer of foreign intelligence agencies is reported to be working in Indian defence system.

New Delhi : All the Gram Panchayats in the country will be covered under the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) scheme. The project is to be completed in two years’ time. The Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Milind Deora gave this information in the Rajya Sabha recently.