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Data protection rules may be refined further to protect children: Vaishnaw
"We will refine it (DPDP Rules) further to take the power of...
Modified scheme to provide cashless treatment for road accident victims nationwide: Gadkari
"The broad contours of the pilot programme are -- victims entitled...
India’s cybersecurity services and product industry revenue at USD 9.85 bn in 2021: Report
“India's cybersecurity industry was at the forefront supporting Government and all critical sectors to manage the heightened cyber security risk in the last two years through the pandemic,'' Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) Secretary Ajay Sawhney said New Delhi:...
Crypto attracts more money in 2021 than all previous years combined, scammers netted $7.7 billion from victims
"As the largest form of cryptocurrency-based crime and one uniquely targeted toward new users, scamming poses one of the biggest threats to cryptocurrency's continued adoption," Chainalysis said. Venture capital funds have poured about $30 billion into crypto, or more...
Ransomware persists even as high-profile attacks in US have slowed
Victims of ransomware attacks in the past few months have included hospitals, small businesses, colleges like Howard University — which briefly took many of its systems offline after discovering a September attack — and Virginia's legislature In the months since...
RBI favours total ban on cryptocurrencies
Nearly 15 million Indian retail investors representing 1.8 per cent of the population have invested over $6.6 billion in crypto assets Government is not likely to bring a bill on cryptocurrency in the ongoing winter session of the Parliament Lucknow: RBI discussed...
Biden’s highway safety pick vows to reduce US traffic deaths
An estimated 38,680 people were killed in traffic crashes in 2020, the most since 2007 in USA , even though total miles driven dropped at the beginning of the pandemic. In the first three months of 2021, 8,730 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, a 10.5%...
Tesla faces investor lawsuit over Musk tweets on 10% stock sales
The lawsuit, filed with the Delaware Court of Chancery on Thursday, seeks to obtain records and books related to his tweets, including documents to identify whether the stock sales tweets were reviewed or pre-approved in advance In 2018, Musk settled a lawsuit by the...
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance launches health product
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance on Friday launched a new product in its health insurance vertical offering cashless facilities in four key areas -- tele-consultation, doctor consultation, investigations, and annual preventive health check-up covers. Called 'health...
Expansion of scope of data protection bill needs careful analysis, deeper debate: Nasscom
The Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, headed by BJP MP PP Chaudhary, tabled its report in Parliament on Thursday. The committee has recommended widening the scope of the proposed data protection legislation to include both personal and...
France says facial recognition company Clearview breached privacy law
The CNIL stressed that Clearview's collection of publicly-available facial images on social media and the Internet had no legal basis and breached European Union rules on data privacy. France's data privacy watchdog CNIL has ordered Clearview AI, a facial...
Cryptocurrencies a challenge for emerging markets, regulation needed: IMF chief economist
Gita Gopinath,Chief Economist,International Monetary Fund ''I think cryptocurrencies are a particular challenge for emerging markets. It seems to be more attractive to adopt cryptocurrencies and assets in emerging economies than in advanced economies,'' she said while...