Public sector lender Indian Bank today launched an online redressal system for addressing customer grievances. The system would offer response within 24 hours of lodging of complaint. The service was launched by Reserve Bank of India Regional Director K R Ananda and Indian Bank Managing Director T M Bhasin. "With this new e-enabled service, the
Against the backdrop of several instances of cyber security breach by Chinese hackers coming to the fore, Defence Minister A K Antony today asked the armed forces top brass to work in unison and make cyber systems "as secure and as non-porous as possible". "Cyber warfare is becoming a serious threat to security. The paradigm of security in the age of
The two Chinese telecom firms wanting to do business in India are still under the scrutiny of the security agencies who will take a final call only after they get additional information sought from them. A high-level meeting chaired by Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar was recently held to discuss "in totality" the issues related to Chinese companies doing business in
NREGA, the UPA`s flagship employment scheme for which the Government has spent over Rs 90,000 crore, is facing complaints of fudging of attendance registers, prompting the Union Rural Development Ministry to constitute a Working Group to look into it. The ministry has already set up six such panels to deal with different issues relating to implementation of the programme like pla
Even when you are away from home, this gadget can send an SMS warning you about a gas leak in your kitchen. A group of young technologists and engineers here have developed a cooking gas alarm and SMS system to prevent fire mishaps due to gas leakage either from stove or rubber pipe. The user gets a text message on his or her mobile phone about the impending danger
A man has been arrested by cyber crime cell of Kerala Police for allegedly posting "slanderous content" about Nair community on his blog, officials said. "Acting on a complaint by the Nair Service Society (NSS), the cyber crime cell tracked down K V Shine, a resident of Thuravoor in Alappuzha district, a few days ago and arrested him for allegedly posting slanderou
Air India is likely to get a single code for reservations, flight scheduling and other commercial activities by October which would enable it join the Star Alliance by March next year. Currently, both Air India and erstwhile Indian Airlines are operating on different codes -- IA and IC -- and operating on distinct IT platforms -- Unisys for Air India and IBM for Indian Airlines,
The Gujarat government and State Election Commission have decided to introduce e-voting in the next local body elections becoming the first state in the country to enable citizens to cast their franchise online. "This will be for the first time in the country that in any official election the method of online voting via Internet will be used, beginning with Ahmedabad Municip
The government has restricted import of second-hand laptops, computers and other peripheral goods for charities to check dumping of electronic waste. Second-hand computers, laptops and computer peripherals including printers, plotters, scanners, monitors, keyboards and storage units were earlier allowed to be imported freely for the purpose of donation to government schools, char
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) today launched three new products with varied utility -- Revival1000, GYN1000 and STARS. Revival1000 provides an effective solution for critical data protection, GYN1000 provides stateful inspection and STARS for web-based services. "The Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), which includes electric gri
If Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan has his way, Microsoft chief Bill Gates might lend his expertise to make Mumbai Police tech savvy. Responding to a query as to when would city policemen be capable of handling cyber crime, instead of relying on specific cyber experts called every time, Sivanandan said, "We can call experts from abroad also. There is no rule that onl
In a bid to create awareness and address the issues related to cyber space, which is being misused increasingly by terrorists and criminals to execute their evil designs, city police today announced the `Cyber Safety Week 2010`. "Terrorists and criminals are increasingly misusing cyber space to execute their terror plots. For instance, terror outfit Indian Mujahideen had hac
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been given the responsibility of promoting the Unique Identification Number (UID) project, officials said here today. In a recent meeting between the ministry officials and UID representatives, the project managers are said to have requested the I&B Ministry to utilise its large network comprising All India Radio and Doordarshan f
Electronic book readers and tablet PCs, known to be niche products for technology geeks, are set to become mass-market devices in this decade, a survey by the Boston Consulting Group has said. According to the online survey of nearly 13,000 consumers spanning 14 countries, including India and China, e-readers and tablet PCs could become established consumer products alongside tel
The Kremlin and other government websites today became the first to get domain addresses in Cyrillic, the script in which Russian language is written. Rf as a major step to deepen the Internet penetration and e-governance in the country where most of the population is not accustomed to the Latin script. "With change of date at midnight on May 12, the first c d
Wipro Infotech, the IT arm of Wipro, today said it has bagged three projects from the governments of Maharashtra, West Bengal and Gujarat for setting up data centres. "The three prestigious wins is an endorsement of Wipro`s leadership position in the domestic IT space based on strong technology expertise, process excellence and superior execution capabilities. With this, Wip
The movement of every person who exits the country would be regulated soon, thanks to a proposed bill that seeks to transform the emigration process into a simple and hassle-free exercise. The inter-ministerial consultations on the Emigration Management Bill, 2010, which would replace the existing Emigration Act, 1983, is over and the Bill will soon be sent to the Cabinet for its
Visitors to Dubai will soon be able to collect their visas by e-mail or mobile phone as the authorities here have announced a partnership with a low cost airline to activate the "hassle free" service. Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD), in association with flydubai, have announced a partnership to activate the service which will remove much of the hass
Mira Bagwal, located near the Pakistani capital, has earned the distinction of becoming the country`s first e-village. Mira Bagwal has been wired with a 2-MB broadband internet connection so that its residents can seek medical help via video conferencing. Intel will provide 20 laptops and two desktop computers while Cisco has offered to help establish a training la
Social networking site, Facebook, has faced sharp criticism from the European data protection officials for putting users privacy at risk due to the changes it brought to its service, a media report said. The Financial Times stated in a report that,"Officials advising European Commission said in a letter to the social networking company that changes to its default settings i
