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Dhruva Space successfully tests its satellite deployer aboard ISRO's PSLV C53
The successful testing of its satellite deployers clears the path for Dhruva Space for their satellite missions, Thybolt-1 and Thybolt-2, which would be aboard the PSLV C54, ISRO's upcoming commercial mission
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Twitter not complying with MeitY’s notices? June already has the most number of content takedowns for 2022
In the past one month, Twitter has withheld tweets of Indian journalists, politicians from INC, AAP, etc and suspended nearly 100 accounts in response to legal requests made by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
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CERT-In directions are ambiguous, may pose cybersecurity risk: Zerodha CTO Kailash Nadh
Nadh requested ministry of electronics and information technology to take up a larger consultation regarding the April 28 cybersecurity directions with the industry and the public
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What entrepreneurs need to keep in mind while building products for next billion
Koo’s co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna, Amazon’s Head - Strategic Initiatives - Public Sector Deepti Dutt, Zomato’s Chief Technology Officer Gunjan Patidar, and Delhivery co-founder Suraj Saharan weigh in
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Five lakh sq ft T-Hub building inaugurated in Telangana; 20,000 startups to get boost
In the new facility, stakeholders will focus on verticals like EV/mobility, healthtech, enterprise tech, gaming and artificial intelligence.
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Over 193 million cyber attacks on APIs in India between December '21 and April 22: Akamai
Akamai attributed the rise in attacks on APIs in the financial sector to the embracing of Open Banking in India’s banking system
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Cybersecurity directions: CERT-In extends compliance deadline for MSMEs to September 25
CERT-In also delayed till September 25 the implementation of the direction that required service providers to store names of customers, address and their contact numbers for five years or more
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Twitter withholds tweets on internet freedom in India, accounts of journalists in response to MeitY notice
The development comes a year after Twitter, in a blogpost, had said that it did not take action on accounts of news media entities because it would 'violate their fundamental right to free expression under Indian law'
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Local VPN provider fires letter to MeitY, seeks recall of CERT-In directions
In its letter, SnTHostings.com said that directions violated right to privacy of users and changes the 'true nature' of services provided by VPNs'
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Open to providing exemptions to startups and changing provisions of IT Rules: MeitY
Stakeholders pointed out that provisions of the draft amendment, especially that of redressing certain grievances within 72 hours may have a disproportionate effect on startups and smaller intermediaries.
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Dhruva Space to test satellite deployer onboard ISRO PLSV-C53 on June 30
Dhruva Space will be testing their satellite deployers on ISRO's PSLV-C53 ahead of launching their own satellites Thybolt-1 and Thybolt-2 on the PSLV-C54
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Oversight Board flags lack of user appeals from India, questions Meta’s commitment to non-English content moderation
India has the most Facebook and Instagram users. However, a mere 2 percent of appeals came from Central and South Asia combined; a whopping 49 percent came from the US and Canada.
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Tax body issues guidelines for securing websites, procuring IT services
The guidelines were issued three days after Malaysia-based "hacktivists" called on hackers to target Indian government websites to protest remarks made against Prophet Mohammad
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SMEs ask MeitY for 300 days to comply with CERT-In cybersecurity norms
In a meeting held on June 10, it was pointed out to the ministry that SMEs will face additional burden in complying with the directions, and the ministry had said that it will consider ‘support’ to such companies.
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Exclusive: Over 100,000 pensioners verified via Aadhaar-based facial recognition, says RTI reply
Despite the government claiming that Aadhaar is infallible, its critics have cited a myriad Aadhaar-related payment frauds, identity theft cases and so on.
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Drone export policy under consideration: RTI
The drone industry has for long been complaining about long authorisation process for drone exports
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Customer data safe, we don't store it, says Logixal a day after VPN hack
Malaysia-based "hacktivisit" group DragonForceIO had broken into the VPNs of Logixal and edtech services provider Cybernetyx
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Big Tech won't be beneficiary of National Data Governance Framework: MeitY
In a meeting , MeitY also made it clear that there would not be no aspect of monetising data
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CERT-In directions: NordVPN follows Surfshark and ExpressVPN, says it will remove its servers from India
VPN service providers have criticised the new directions under which they have to store users' names, IP addresses assigned to them, usage patterns and other data.
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Prophet row sparks cyber war: Malaysia’s DragonForce hacks corporate VPNs, websites of Mumbai varsity, Thane police
Cybersecurity company CloudSEK confirmed to Moneycontrol that Logixal, an Oracle banking service provider used by major banks in the country, and Cybernetyx, which offers services to edtech companies, were hacked
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Foreign hacktivists targeting Indian govt websites over Prophet row: CloudSEK
Malaysia-based DragonForce group is also planning to target Bharatiya Janata Party’s official website and an Indian Army website, according to the report
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Centre considering ‘support’ for MSMEs, startups to comply with new cybersecurity norms
This and other issues pertaining to CERT-In directions were discussed during a meeting Minister of State in MeitY Rajeev Chandrasekhar held with representatives of industry bodies on Friday.
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Exclusive | Understanding Tata Power's drone plans to maintain power lines, prevent thefts
As it plans to launch full scale operations, Tata Power has raised questions over the lack of privacy guidelines, quality of India-made drones
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Facebook’s inaction, Indian IT panel’s lack of response led Zhang to go public
The whistleblower highlights how her efforts to take down fake accounts associated with BJP MP Vinod Sonkar on the social media platform were ‘not deemed worthwhile’
