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Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis Emphasizes Greece as a Strategic Gateway for Indian Companies into European Market
He expressed optimism about the upcoming mobility migration agreement, which would facilitate the organized migration of Indian labor to Greece. Mitsotakis emphasized the strategic position of Greece as a natural entry point for Indian companies seeking access to the European market, especially after Brexit.
Kerala High Court Grants Bail to Suresh Gopi in Case Involving Allegations of 'Improper Touching' of Woman Journalist
The High Court clarified that while there may not be a necessity for arrest, if it were to happen, Gopi should be granted bail. Sensing the possibility of arrest, the actor had filed an anticipatory bail plea with the High Court on December 29.
A British Raj legacy, the worst is over for Assam-Mizoram border row
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga held a second Chief Minister-level meeting in New Delhi on September 21 and decided to resolve the situation much like the Assam-Meghalaya and Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border disputes have been. It was decided to form a few committees which will visit ground zero and will put up their recommendations for a permanent solution to the vexed border issue.
Centre to withdraw Personal Data Protection Bill, bring sharper one
"The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was deliberated in great detail by the Joint Committee of Parliament. 81 amendments were proposed and 12 recommendations were made towards a comprehensive legal framework on the digital ecosystem," Vaishnaw said in a statement. The earlier bill drew intense scrutiny from privacy advocates, industry stakeholders and tech companies.
Pegasus Row: Adhir Ranjan demands privilege motion against IT Minister for 'misleading' LS
Adhir Ranjan Chawdhury's demand came after the New York Times report which claimed that the Indian government bought the Pegasus spy tool in 2017 as part of a deal with Israel, and the Congress on Saturday said that the illegal snooping using the spyware amounts to "treason". According to the report in The New York Times, the Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the central part of a roughly $2 bn deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017.
India will be world's semiconductor design provider: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
The Ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) has come up with an ambitious thousand-day plan on how to make India into a trillion-dollar digital economy. "We can now become electronic systems and manufacturing services design providers. There are whole new opportunities out there, on top of what our core capability was for the last 15 to 20 years," he said during Microsoft's 'Future Ready' virtual event.
SC issues notice to states/UTs on scrapped section 66A of IT Act
A bench comprising justices R.F. Nariman and B.R. Gavai directed that notice should be served to registrar general of all high courts and listed the matter for further hearing after 4 weeks. The Centre has told the top court it is the primary duty of states and UTs to stop registering cases under Section 66A of the IT Act after the provision was quashed by it.
Banned 2 mn accounts in India: WhatsApp report on new IT rules
In the report, released in line with the requirements of India's Intermediary Guidelines, 2021, WhatsApp said that user reports received by the platform via the grievance channels are evaluated and responded to. "Our top focus is preventing accounts from sending harmful or unwanted messages at scale. We maintain advanced capabilities to identify these accounts sending a high or abnormal rate of messages," the company said.
Tell police not to file cases under axed IT Act section, MHA to states
The MHA has also said that if any case has been booked in states and the UTs under Section 66A of the IT Act, 2000, such cases should be immediately withdrawn. The Supreme Court, in its judgment on March 24, 2015 in the matter of Shreya Singhal versus Union of India, had struck down Section 66A, making it null and void with effect from the date of the order, and hence, no action could be taken under this section.
Assam govt to link some schemes to two-child norm: CM
The BJP-led Assam government would restrict some state government schemes to the two-child norm, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Saturday. Addressing the media, Sarma said that everyone will be allowed to avail the basic government schemes, but in case of some selective schemes, the two-child norm would come into play.
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