New Delhi, After a parliamentary panel summoned Twitter for alleged bias against “right-wing” accounts as general elections loom, the micro-blogging platform on Wednesday said it is in touch with the Indian government on the issue. “Discussions with the government on this issue are currently on and nothing further can be[Read More…]
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Apple provided customers’ data on Indian government requests
New Delhi: The Indian government has asked Apple to provide information for 27 devices and 18 accounts in the January-June 2018 period, with the company providing data in most of the cases owing to an iTunes Gift Card fraud investigation. The number of government requests — in various formats such[Read More…]
Account removal, information requests up from India: Twitter
New Delhi, The Indian government made information requests for 355 Twitter accounts in the January-June 2018 period while law enforcement agencies in the country asked the micro-blogging platform to remove 237 accounts for violating the law of the land. According to Twitter’s 13th biannual Transparency Report, the company provided some[Read More…]
Govt denies report claiming ‘Indian currency printed in China’
After a raw of questions being raised over printing of Indian currency in China, the Central government denied all the accusations stating that “Indian currency notes are being and will be printed only in Indian government and RBI currency presses.” The Ministry of Finance rubbished the reports claiming that a[Read More…]
Ahead of Independence Day, 30 Indian prisoners set free by Pakistan
As a goodwill gesture, Pakistan government has released 30 Indian prisoners, including 27 fishermen, from jail on Monday, confirmed the Foreign Ministry. The 27 fishermen today reached Lahore and will be handed over to the Indian authorities at the Wagah Border. “This is in line with Pakistan’s consistent policy of[Read More…]
Opinion: Legalising prostitution, a way to secure women
Numerous people have denounced the morality of consumption of alcohol and prostitution based on the social and religious grounds, that they are wicked establishments. However, it would be no wrong to say that the business of two was never eliminated from the society. Barring alcohol in Gujrat could not stop[Read More…]
IMF warns India over government ownership, calls for privatisation of banks
The International Monetary Fund has given a warning to Indian government against macro-financial risks which emerged from the government ownership of the private sector banks and even advocated that the Indian government must privatise these lending institutions in order to mitigate these risks. In its review under Article IV, IMF[Read More…]
WhatsApp’s ‘Forwarded’ feature: identifies message as ‘Forwarded’ or originally written by sender
Amid the spate of fake news crises around the globe, WhatsApp has moved a step further towards resolving the issue by launching a new feature as ‘Forwarded’, which will identify whether a certain message has been forwarded or created by the sender. Any forwarded message will have a small ‘Forwarded’[Read More…]
Indian government requests for Facebook data rose 62% in 2017
New Delhi: Facebook has recorded massive increase in the total number of Indian government requests for data over the past one year — a rise of nearly 62 per cent in 2017 compared to the global average of 30 per cent. In its transparency report released on Tuesday, Facebook said[Read More…]
Account removal requests jump from India: Twitter
New Delhi: Between July and December 2017, the Indian government made 315 Twitter account information requests, up from 261 made during the January-June period, and asked the micro-blogging website to remove 144 accounts, up from 102 from the previous period. According to Twitter’s 12th bi-annual Transparency Report that was released late[Read More…]
Data requests from India surged in 1st half of 2017: Facebook
The Indian government requested Facebook for data 9,853 times in the first half of 2017 – up from 6,324 times in the first half of 2016 — Facebook’s latest ‘Government Requests Report’ revealed on Tuesday. Facebook restricted access to 1,228 pieces of content “in response to legal requests from law[Read More…]
Gov to introduce a portal to assist wives deserted by NRIs
There, soon, will be a website to help women abandoned by their NRI husbands. The Indian government will soon launch a centralised web portal which will be a storehouse of information on lawyers and NGOs working in this field and a list of dos and don’ts for them. This decision[Read More…]
Delhi tax defaulters names published by the IT dept
On Thursday, the Income Tax department issued the names of five tax defaulters who owed over 10 crores to the government. This is a new strategy adopted by the government in order to shame the tax defaulters who are indebted of hefty amounts. The latest list released has five names[Read More…]
Experts praised India after International Court stays death sentence given to Jadhav by Pakistan
Post the International Court of Justice (ICJ) stayed the death sentence given by Pakistan to alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, the defence experts on Wednesday praised the efforts put by the Indian Government into the matter and said that Pakistani Military Court had no jurisdiction over Jadhav. “As a military[Read More…]
Aadhaar to be made mandatory for corporates
In order, to tackle the problem of fake identities, centre to soon make Aadhaar number compulsory for vital managerial personnel and directors in regulatory filings under the Companies Act. The move is initiated at a time when authorities are taking steps to deal with the dangers of shell companies which[Read More…]
National Commission for Denotified Tribes to submit report next month
The National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-nomadic Tribes (NCDNT) is expected to submit an interim report to the Government of India by the end of May. According to to Bhiku Ramji Idate, Chairman of the Commission, this intermediate report could possibly include a state-wise list of all the castes[Read More…]
