Bureaucratic reshuffle: Rajiv Gauba replaces Mehrishi as Home Secy

Urban Development Secretary Rajiv Gauba was on Wednesday named as the next home secretary as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle. He will succeed Rajiv Mehrishi, who completes his term......

Is North Korea behind ransomware attack?

An Indian-origin techie has found similarities between code found within WannaCry and other tools believed to have been created by Lazarus Group, a group of North Korean hackers, in the past.......

IT ministry asks Twitter to reinforce security

'If there are any incidents of cyberattacks, they should immediately inform CERT.'Karan Choudhury/Business Standard reports from New Delhi. After a series of hacks on Twitter accounts including......

India will not miss 5G opportunity, says Manoj Sinha

Terming 5G as a gamechanger, the minister said that flagship government programmes like Digital India and smart cities will ride on 5G. The economic impact of 5G is estimated to be over one......

Why India's telecom secretary feels like a chess player

'I feel more like a chess player, thinking for long hours how to make the next move," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan tells Surajeet Das Gupta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com She says......

Data privacy: Govt awaits Srikrishna panel's report before framing law

IAMAI in a statement, which represents digital businesses in India, said Trai’s recommendation to formulate standards of anonymisation and de-identification was akin to putting the cart......

India's largest telecom firm is finally born

With the new entity coming in force, Bharti Airtel will lose the tag of India's biggest telecom service provider to the new entity. British telecom major Vodafone today said it will remain......