8 of 10 urban Indian women now using internet but harassment, trolling key concerns: LocalCircles surveyNearly 83 per cent of those surveyed believe more actions need to be taken to make it safer for women to use the internet without being tro...
06 Mar, 2023, 06.15 PM IST
G7, India and 4 other countries pledge to protect free speechThe joint statement came amidst allegations that the Indian government was stifling the freedom of speech and the civil society actors. The...
28 Jun, 2022, 01.59 PM IST
Data Protection Bill needs to be cleared soon as data theft has become a common crime, says Chief of Defense Staff Bipin RawatRawat, while inaugurating the 14th edition of 'c0c0n', an annual Hacking and Cyber Security Briefing, organised by Kerala Police, said ther...
12 Nov, 2021, 04.41 PM IST
Citing IT rules, other laws, Govt withdraws Bill on Women portrayal in mediaThe amendments proposed making indecent portrayal of women on Internet, OTTs, WhatsApp and Instagram punishable with a fine of ₹2 lakh and ...
26 Jul, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
NCW conducts consultation on amending IT Act to protect women better onlineThe step comes at a time when the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) is working on revamping the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 ...
03 Dec, 2020, 06.56 PM IST
ET Women's Forum: Is it a new normal? Women lose 'own' space in WFH eraDuring a panel discussion, four leading CXOs say that the safety net at work for women is gone.
25 Sep, 2020, 08.24 AM IST
Cyber space aspects should be made part of syllabus: Former CJICyber space and cyber crime, its control, impact and all other aspects should be made part of school and college syllabi to make students a...
21 Dec, 2019, 05.00 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman calls for making cyber space safe for womenSpeaking at the 19th International Conference of Chief Justices of the World, organised by Lucknow's City Montessori School, Sitharaman sai...
15 Nov, 2018, 04.34 PM IST
Government to set up apex cyber crime coordination centreNCRB states that 5,693, 9,622 and 11,592 cyber crime cases were registered during 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively, showing a rise of 69 p...
28 Jan, 2018, 11.35 AM IST
NIELIT starts 'Power of She' programme to encourage women entrepreneurshipUnder this initiative, over 200 female students from NIELIT Centres spread across different geographical locations participated through the...
19 Jul, 2017, 09.13 PM IST
India needs to update cyber doctrine from time to time: Deputy NSA Arvind GuptaDeputy NSA Arvind Gupta also made a strong case for improving our cyber laws and cyber diplomacy.
01 Oct, 2016, 01.31 PM IST
Global consensus on managing Internet need of the hour: Ravi Shankar PrasadPrasad told Aftab that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government have been calibrating its cyber-security and safety policies very ca...
31 Aug, 2016, 08.29 PM IST
Government to involve private domain experts to check cyber crimesOne of the priorities of IC4 will be to check attempts by international gangs to penetrate Indian government's official communication netwo...
10 Apr, 2016, 03.00 PM IST
Issue of online harassment needs attention from all stakeholders: Maja Fjaestad, Strategic Development SwedenThe 39 year old cyber feminist calls for a power analysis of the actors involved on this issue and says that the structures that discrimina...
09 Oct, 2015, 06.08 PM IST
Majority of women suffer online abuse: UN reportThe report notes that Indian laws related to data privacy, offensive communication through internet and digital communication technology st...
26 Sep, 2015, 11.48 AM IST
Government plans new body to crack down on child porn, online abuseThe initiative comes after an expert committee constituted to prepare a roadmap for effectively tackling cyber crime submitted its report t...
20 Sep, 2015, 12.52 PM IST
Not sex education, panel recommends cyber education for parentsExpert group, set up by MHA on cyber crimes, moots setting up of an advance cyber crime monitoring centre for proactive monitoring of crime...
18 Sep, 2015, 10.09 AM IST