Just 9% of Indian organisations obtain clear data consent from users: Report

IANS | October 4, 2023 4:43 PM

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) As the government works with industry stakeholders to formulate detailed rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, a new report showed on Wednesday that only 9 per cent of organisations in India obtain clear consent from data principals (individual users), showing striking gaps in compliance with new Act.

Around 1,500 recruited illegally between 2014-2018 in different Bengal municipalities: ED

IANS | October 2, 2023 3:30 PM

Kolkata, Oct 2 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers, during their course of investigation in the multi-crore municipalities' recruitment case in West Bengal, has drawn out a rough estimate that around 1,500 individuals were recruited illegally between 2014 and 2018 against some financial considerations in different urban civic bodies in the state, an official said.

Pak security forces' casualties at 8-yr high

IANS | October 1, 2023 4:02 PM

Islamabad, Oct 1 (IANS) Nearly 386 Pakistani security personnel -- including 137 Army personnel and 208 policemen -- have lost their lives during the first nine months of 2023 in the fight against terrorism, largely in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan, putting it on an eight-year high, media reported.