India Blocks Top Chinese Apps Baidu, Weibo, To be Taken Off From App Stores
Baidu Search and Weibo, among the most influential apps of China and dubbed as the country’s answer to Google search and Twitter respectively, have been blocked in India.
Intervention
Union Environment Minister Releases Detailed Report of Tiger Census on the Eve of Global Tiger Day
“Tiger is an incredible part of the nature and the increased number of the big cats in India reflects equilibrium in the nature.”, said the Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar at the release of the detailed report of Tiger Census on the eve of Global Tiger Day in New Delhi today.
Triple Talaq- Big Reform, Better Result
The month of August is recognised as a “Month of Revolution, Rights & Reforms” in the Indian history; 08th August Quit India Movement, 15th August Independence Day, 19th August “World Humanitarian Day”, 20th August “Sadbhavana Diwas”, 370 was abolished on 5th August, these days have been written in golden pages of the Indian History.
India Bans 59 Mobile Apps which are Prejudicial to Sovereignty and Integrity of India
The Ministry of Information Technology, invoking it’s power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009 and in view of the emergent nature of threats has decided to block 59 apps ( see Appendix) since in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.
Army Constructs Composite Bridge Critical For Controlling Fire At Assam’s Baghjan Oil Field
Oil India Limited on June 14, through the civil administration, had requisitioned assistance of Indian Army for construction of the bridge at the incident site.
Noida Developers Build app that Scans Barcodes to Find if A Product is ‘Made in India’
Made in India is published by The91Apps, which also owns Copycat (that lets users copy any text on screen). It released in Google Play Store’s ‘Tools’ category on June 12, and has crossed 100 installs, with users rating it 4.9 out of 5.
Media Reports Lopsided, Misleading – Clarification Over Tiger Deaths in the Country
It has come to light that some section of media has presented the figure of tiger deaths in the country, in a manner which is a lopsided view of tiger conservation in the country and has apparently attempted to malign efforts of the Government of India in this regard and sensationalize the issue.
Urban Forest Scheme to Develop 200 ‘Nagar Van’ Across the Nation in 5 Years
On the occasion of World Environment Day, the government today announced implementation of the Nagar van scheme to develop 200 Urban Forests across the country in next five years with a renewed focus on people’s participation and collaboration between Forest Department, Municipal bodies, NGOs, Corporates and local citizens.
FCI Refutes Fake Scroll Report; Denies 65 Lakh Tonnes of Food Grain Rot
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has strongly refuted report published today in the online news portal ‘Scroll.in’ with the heading “India let 65 lakh tonnes of grain go to waste in four months, even as the poor went hungry”. Terming the news report as “blatantly unfair” and damaging the organisation’s reputation,
MNRE Issues Advisory Against Fraudulent Websites for Registration Under PM-KUSUM Scheme
Ministry of New &Renewable Energy ( MNRE) has recently noticed thatfew new websites have cropped up as registration portal for Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme. Such websites are potentially duping general public and misusing data captured through fake registration portal.