Information Technology Act Current Affairs, GK & News
Google, Microsoft announce funding to help India tackle COVID-19
Google and Microsoft have recently pledged to help India fight COVID-19. Google is to provide 18 million USD (Rs 135 crores). Microsoft is to help India with relief efforts to buy oxygen concentration devices. The initiatives and the announcements about the funding were made by Sundar Pichai of Google and Satya Nadella of Microsoft. About ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • Facebook • Google • Information Technology Act • Microsoft • Twitter • UNICEF
Facebook Data leak, 2021
The personal data of more than 533 million Facebook users has been leaked online recently. The exposed data included personal information of the Facebook users from more than 106 countries. This also included records of 32 million users in the US, 11 million in UK and 6 million in India. What is Facebook Data Leak, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Data Leak • Facebook • Facebook acquisition • Information Technology Act • Mark Zuckerberg • Privacy • WhatsApp
GoI bans 59 mobile applications
On June 29, 2020, Government of India banned 59 mobile applications that are prejudicial to integrity and sovereignty of India. Highlights The Ministry of Information Technology with its power under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act blocked 59 mobile applications. According to the ministry, the applications were involved in activities that are harmful to ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Cert • cyber crimes • Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre • Information Technology Act • Ministry of Home Affairs • mobile application • TikTok
What is Event Bolt Malware in news recently?
The Computer Emergency Response of Team (CERT) of India has issued warning against a new malware called “EventBot”. The malware according to CERT steals personal financial information from Android phone users. Highlights The Eventbolt malware that is spreading is a Trojan. It cheats victims secretly attacking computer or phone operating system. Currently, the malware is ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Cert • Crypto Currency • Cyber Attack • Cyber Swachhta Kendra • Cybercrime • Event Bolt • Information Technology Act • malware • Malware attacks • Shanghai Cooperation Organisaiton (SCO)
GoI halts online drug sales
The Government of India has halted online sales of drugs as it is working on framing rules to regulate the sector. This has hit the pharmacy sector greatly. Delhi High Court’s Order The order of sale prohibition was initiated by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) V.G.Somani. The order has referred to the Delhi ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: CLAT • Delhi High Court • DPIIT • Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 • E-commerce • e-commerce platform • e-commerce policy • Information Technology Act • Pharmaceuticals • Pharmaceuticals Sector
Censure of Internet Content in India
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, the Minister for Electronics and IT informed the nation that the government has blocked over 2100 URLs (Uniform Resource Locaters) on the various social media platforms in the first half of 2019. The corresponding figures for the 2016,2017 and 2018 were 633, 1385 and 2799 URLs respectively. ..
Topics: Information Technology Act • Internet • URL • Webpage