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By Akash Upadhyay in New Delhi Involving citizens in the fight against cyber crime, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is building a network of cybercrime volunteers. Government through its website www.cybercrime.gov.in/ aims to raise a group of “cybercrime volunteers” to flag “unlawful content” on the Internet. Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has been established under the Ministry of Home affairs (MHA) to act as a nodal point at the National level in the fight against cybercrime. One of the important objectives of I4C is to create ecosystem that brings together academia, industry, public and government in prevention, detection,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann ki Baat helped All India Radio (AIR) generate four times the revenue, the government spent on its advertisement reveals a Right To Information (RTI) reply. The information came to light after Aniket Gaurav filed an RTI application to know about the total expenditure incurred and revenue generated since the premiere of the show in 2014, till September 2020. As per the reply, the government spent Rs 7.29 crore on various advertisements issued for the publicity of Mann Ki Baat, through various mediums, it helped All-India-Radio generate a whopping Rs 30.28 crore. Mann Ki…
Lucknow: Coming out in support of India’s most populated state of Uttar Pradesh in controlling Covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) praised the Yogi government for its COVID-19 management strategy. The WHO termed state’s attempt to fight the deadly coronavirus as ‘exemplary’ and a good example for other states to follow. “The UP government’s strategic response to COVID-19 by stepping up contact tracing efforts is exemplary and can serve as a good example for other states,” Roderico Ofrin, WHO Country Representative, said in the statement. Since the outbreak of Coronavirus, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his officers are on their…
In yet another flight test, the Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) System tracked the target accurately and successfully neutralised the airborne target. The flight test, second in the series was conducted on Tuesday at around 03:42 pm from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha. The test was carried out once again, against the high-performance Jet Unmanned Aerial Target called Banshee, which simulates an aircraft. The Radars acquired the target from a long-range and tracked it till the mission computer automatically launched the missile. Continuous guidance was provided through Radar data link. The missile entered…
New Delhi: Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia directed the labour officials to ensure the city workers receive the benefits of various labour welfare schemes within 72 hours of their application. Sisodia said, “The Delhi government has made comprehensive plans to help the labourers, especially during the trying times of Corona crisis. We know a labourer only applies if he/she is needy, and so the government has directed that the amount from welfare schemes such as for their child’s education, medical, disability, marriage, or maternity reasons should reach the workers’ bank account within 72 hours.” Sisodia said this during the…
By Satyendra Sharma & Triveni Singh RBI has issued a circular dated 06-July-2017 on “Customer Protection– Limiting Liability of Customers in Unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions” which states the liability of customer The electronic banking transactions can be divided into two categories: Remote/ online payment transactions (transactions that do not require physical payment instruments to be presented at the point of transactions e.g. internet banking, mobile banking, card not present (CNP) transactions), Pre-paid Payment Instruments (PPI). Face-to-face/ proximity payment transactions (transactions which require the physical payment instrument such as a card or mobile phone to be present at the point of…