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India takes a moonwalk: Pragyan rover touches down on lunar surface
On August 23, India made history after Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander became the first to land safely on the South Pole of the Moon
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Chandrayaan-3 mission: Indian space tech startups hail ISRO for historic feat
While congratulating Indian Space Research Organisation, space tech industry body Indian Space Association said that inclusion of private players and space tech startups will be necessary in the coming years to make India a leader in the global space economy.
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India is now on the Moon: Chandrayaan-3 makes historic landing on lunar south pole
ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully completed its month-long journey from Earth to the Moon, making a soft landing on the lunar south pole. This is the same region where its predecessor, Chandrayaan-1, discovered the presence of water molecules.
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Chandrayaan-3: Success could mean commercialisation of landing tech
A successful mission would also enable India to send more instruments aboard the lander and rover that can conduct further experiments. A failure would see ISRO focusing more on the Lunar Polar Exploration mission, jointly planned with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency.
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This Chennai startup wants to give children exclusive view of Moon landing by Chandrayaan 3
Space Kidz India will be attempting to directly connect with Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft with their antennae installed in Chennai to give children an unique view of the spacecraft's attempted landing on the Moon. Startups such as Skyroot Aerospace, Agnikul Cosmos are also holding viewing sessions for their employees
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EU analysing India's digital data protection law amid privacy concerns
Under European Union rules, personal data can only be transferred to countries with protection laws equivalent to its own General Data Protection Regulation
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Email attachments from 'bonafide' IDs can be malicious, government alerts officials
A cybersecurity circular issued by government asks officials to be careful while opening email attachments or links provided from bonafide gov.in/nic.in email IDs
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Agnikul Cosmos comes closer to maiden launch, begins integration of Agnibaan rocket
In February, the Chennai-based space startup successfully completed a test of Agnilet, a 3D printed rocket engine that is being used in their launch vehicle Agnibaan
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Rights groups deliberate legal challenge to India's data protection law amid privacy concerns
Significant concerns have been raised against provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act that give wide exemptions to the government from its provisions, permit processing of personal data without a user's consent, and "weakens" the RTI Act.
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India's digital public infrastructure being offered to other countries as part of G20: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology said that India's digital public infrastructure played a key role in India's fight against Covid-19
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Companies face tall task in complying with new data protection law
Consulting firm Deloitte urged organisations to conduct gap assessments to evaluate their readiness for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act.
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Tech industry seeks clarity from MeitY on DPDP Bill's interplay with sectoral laws
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill is set to become a law after it was passed by both houses of the Parliament
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Explained: What the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill means for you
The provision of the Bill will apply to personal data collected in a digital format, and in a non-digital format, if it is subsequently digitised. The Bill has seen brickbats and bouquets coming its way. For the Bill to become a law, it has to be passed by the Rajya Sabha next
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How India's DPDP Bill may impact cross border data transfer with EU companies
Govt exemption, interception provisions will be among the main objections, they say. Under EU rules, personal data can only be transferred to countries with protection laws equivalent to its own GDPR
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Lower age of children to 15: Opposition MPs propose amendments to data protection bill
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw will move for the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill to be passed in Lok Sabha on August 7.
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Data protection bill: Industry bats for open rule making process after passage in Parliament
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill lays down provisions which specifically aim to address citizens' privacy and establishes guidelines for how individuals' data can be used by private or government entities.
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DPDP Bill: Restrictions on processing children's data will curtail innovation, say experts
As opposed to the demands of the industry that the definition of children be lowered from meaning those below the age of 18, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill has retained the same
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Provisions of data protection bill will enable state surveillance, impact businesses: Experts
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, comes after the government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill in 2022 citing compliance related concerns
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Trade body representing Big Tech concerned with removal of ‘deemed consent’ from data protection bill
The global tech trade body representing Big Tech companies such as Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta said that deemed consent is necessary for the the proper functioning of different types of digital services
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DPDP Bill 2023: Data protection board may block content, govt gives itself wide exemptions from provisions and more
The proposed data protection law was tabled in the Lok Sabha by Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw. Here are its main features.
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5 major changes expected in revised DPDP Bill that will be tabled in Parliament
A data protection law has been sought by various sections of society ever since the Right to Privacy was deemed as fundamental – with reasonable restrictions – by the Supreme Court in 2017
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X, formerly Twitter, appeals Karnataka court ruling on blocking orders: Sources
The development comes a month after the Karnataka High Court quashed X’s petition seeking relief from some blocking orders of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
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IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to introduce data protection bill in Parliament on August 3
A data protection law has been sought by various sections of society ever since the Right to Privacy was deemed as fundamental – with reasonable restrictions – by the Supreme Court in 2017
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Twitter withholds Asaduddin Owaisi's tweet dubbing train shooting a terror attack
Owaisi, on August 1, received a report from Twitter stating that it has received a legal demand from the Government of India to remove the tweet as it violates the Information Technology Act 2000.
