-Press release by Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) dated 30 July, 2021 NEW DELHI: “During 2020 at least 228 journalists (including two cases against media houses) were targeted. These included 12 female journalists who had faced physical violence, online harassment/ threats and cases including under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) of 1967”, stated Mr Suhas Chakma, Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) while releasing India...
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In 2019, IT House panel unsuccessfully tried to probe Pegasus breach -Sobhana K Nair
-The Hindu IT Ministry officials told panel that 121 people affected by Pegasus spyware, sources said In 2019, during a probe by the Standing Committee on Information Technology headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, officials of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITy), according to sources, told the panel that 121 people were affected by the Pegasus spyware. The Kudankulam nuclear plant too had reported a cyber breach. The officials from the...
More »Spending on R&D will determine India’s future progress, key message of the latest UNESCO Science Report
Scientific knowledge has immensely helped in combating the dreadful coronavirus and its spread. Within a record short period of time, scientists (including virologists, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, etc.) and their research outputs helped the commoners to learn more about the SARS-CoV-2 and how it spreads from one individual to the next one. Common people have now come to know how simple techniques and behavioural change like the wearing of N95 masks, maintaining...
More »MHA asks states, UTs to ‘immediately withdraw’ FIRs under repealed Sec-66A of IT Act
-The Tribune The Centre on Wednesday advised the states and Union Territories (UTs) to direct police stations in their respective jurisdictions to “immediately withdraw the cases registered under the repealed-Section 66A of the Information Technology Act”. The directive came days after the Supreme Court expressed shock that the law was being invoked even six years after it was struck down by the apex court. In its advisory, the Union Ministry of Home...
More »PMO Restricts MeitY From Revealing How PM CARES Got 'gov.in' Domain Name -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in With the Prime Minister's Office insisting that the Fund is not a public authority, an application had sought information about how it received a domain name that was exclusively restricted to government websites. New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) recently restrained the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) from disclosing in response to an application filed under the Right to Information Act (RTI) as to how the PM CARES...
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