'No Silver Bullet': Google Joins Indian Govt To Combat Deepfakes In India
Deepfakes could be subject to action under the current IT Rules, particularly Rule 3(1)(b), which mandates the removal of 12 types of content within 24 hours of receiving user complaints, said Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Nov 29, 2023, 17:45 PM IST
'I Was Singing A Garba Song': PM Modi Highlights Menace Of Deep Fake Videos
PM Modi's remarks came days after a deep fake video of actress Rashmika Mandana went viral on social media.
Nov 17, 2023, 14:27 PM IST
Fair, Unfettered Choice for Digital Citizens Must; Digital Space can't be Dominated by few Large cos: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar
MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar said IT Act will be soon replaced by a combination of the Digital India Act, Digital Personal Data Protection Bill and, if required, a legislation for cybersecurity or amendments of the criminal penal code to reflect the cybersecurity challenges.
Feb 19, 2023, 09:34 AM IST
Centre to Ban 138 Betting Apps, 94 Loan Lending Apps With Chinese Links
The action behind the move is based on several complaints of extortion and harassment of common people who had availed small amounts of loans through the mobile apps being run by those entities and persons.
Feb 05, 2023, 12:55 PM IST
Social Media users ALERT! Impersonation on Twitter, Facebook may cost you Rs one lakh fine, three years in jail
To help achieve the aim of ensuring an Open, Safe and Trusted and Accountable Internet, the Central Government has also made the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules), under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act).
Dec 10, 2022, 14:53 PM IST
Online dating fraud: Man loses Rs 6.33 lakh in Maharashtra’s Thane
The man was asked to pay Rs 38,200 for creating his profile online and allegedly made to pay a total sum of Rs 6,33,626 on some pretext or the other. No arrests have been made so far by Maharashtra Police
Oct 16, 2022, 11:38 AM IST
Mumbai man's image morphed into porn video as he fails to repay loan, sent to family
As per media reports, the victim took a loan of Rs 7,000 and while submitting his documents for the loan, he granted access to the contact list on his phone to the lenders, which was reportedly later used by the fraudsters.
May 01, 2022, 14:50 PM IST
Govt to ban 54 Chinese apps posing threat to national security, say sources
The apps against whom the adverse security inputs were generated include Sweet Selfie HD, Beauty Camera, Music Player, Music Plus, Volume Booster, Video Players Media all formats, Viva Video Editor, Nice Video Baidu, AppLock and Astracraft, among others, the sources said.
Feb 14, 2022, 10:16 AM IST
Chinese apps thrive in India despite facing ban for more than a year, here’s why
Last year, the government of India had banned 256 Chinese apps using provisions of Section 69A under the IT Act.
Aug 30, 2021, 16:21 PM IST
Rule of land supreme, not your policy: Parliamentary panel tells Twitter
Earlier this month, the Centre issued a notice to Twitter giving it one last chance to "immediately" comply with the new IT rules and warned that failure to adhere to the norms will lead to the platform losing exemption from liability under the IT Act.
Jun 18, 2021, 19:26 PM IST
Your interest on savings account is taxable
Savings account is the most traditional form of investment in banking and other form of financial system, as it provides guaranteed return and security.
Jan 29, 2018, 12:02 PM IST
India saw more than 50,300 cyber security incidents in 2016
Over 50,300 cyber security incidents like phishing, website intrusions and defacements, virus and denial of service attacks were observed in the country during 2016, Parliament was informed today.
Feb 11, 2017, 14:05 PM IST
IT Amendment bill tabled in Lok Sabha; proposes 30% tax on undisclosed income plus 10% penalty
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Monday, tabled the Income Tax Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha amid chaos and protests in a bid to corner the ruling BJP government on the issue of demonetisation. The IT Amendment Bill proposes proposes 30% tax on undisclosed income plus 10% penalty on the unaccounted wealth.
Nov 28, 2016, 14:25 PM IST
DISGUSTING! Man booked after objectionable post against Sakshi Malik, her religion on FB
Nadeem Nambardar made some objectionable comments against the Olympic bronze medallist and her religion.
Aug 23, 2016, 16:53 PM IST
Easwar panel on I-T for raising threshold for TDS deduction
A high level panel on simplification of income tax laws on Monday recommended raising the threshold limits for deduction of tax at source (TDS) as also slashing the rate of withholding tax.
Jan 18, 2016, 15:20 PM IST
TDS threshold to be increased; Know what are the benefits
TDS rates for interest income and commission need to be rationalized, the committee suggested that these should be halved to 5 percent.
Jan 18, 2016, 10:44 AM IST
Internet freedom improves in India; in partly free category: Report
Internet freedom has "improved" in India in the last one year due to the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on the IT Act, a US-based independent watchdog has said which placed the world's largest democratic country under "partly free" category.
Oct 29, 2015, 23:47 PM IST
Assocham seeks tax friendly environment for startups
In a pre-Budget submission to the Finance Ministry, Assocham on Tuesday sought a taxation friendly environment for the startups saying they should be freed from restrictions on shareholding pattern as budding entrepreneurs require fund infusion during the initial phase.
Oct 06, 2015, 14:16 PM IST
MAT exemption to foreign cos will boost investor confidence: FinMin
Finance Ministry Thursday said the decision to exempt foreign companies which do not have a permanent establishment from payment of MAT will boost investor confidence.
Sep 24, 2015, 23:22 PM IST
Need to re-look at IT Act to counter cyber crime: Govt
Cyber crime has become a challenge and this needs to be addressed by taking a relook at the IT Act and revamping criminal laws, government told the Rajya Sabha Wednesday.
Dec 10, 2014, 18:20 PM IST
