The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has now authorised ‘head of police department’ of Union Territories to intercept calls and messages under the Telecommunications Act, 2023.

By @aditi_[email protected]

I have started using privacy respecting software as much as I can for a while now. Particularly social media. I started with deleting my reddit account, and then one by one deleted twitter, instagram and all. The one thing I couldn't leave was whatsapp. I just cannot seem to leave it. Not just friends and family, but outside too. My mentor just use whatsapp for all types of communication except for some absolutely formal documents, where he uses email. Otherwise he doesn't seem to respond to email.

So, my question: If you have made the switch, have you convinced your peers to also make the switch?

As part of its unwavering commitment to regulating personal choices, trampling on liberty and invading privacy, the Department of Moral Surveillance, Kingdom of Uttarakhand, is inviting applications from eligible candidates for the post of Registrar (Live-In Relationships). This role will bring cohabiting couples into full compliance with the newly introduced Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

https://archive.ph/MtSSA

The current avatar is a graphics created by "India in Pixels". The graphics describe what country is more representative of an Indian state, population wise. The graphics probably has a copyright (though I tried to reach out to the India in Pixels team about their copyrighted for the pictures in their website but they haven't replied). Other than that, it isn't really representative of the community and it's purpose.
I know the community is not very active, but I would still like to see a change that shows that the admins have faith in it.

Maybe you can find a more appropriate graphics in Wikimedia commons or someplace similar with a graphics with a more permissive license and something that fits the theme of the community properly.

Basmati rice — the region’s “scented pearl” — was probably once exported to the Roman Empire, historians say, and is today in growing demand in the United States and Europe. Yet its origins have never been more divisive or its future more uncertain.

Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Shishodia, both lost their seats though ex-CM Atishi Marlena/Singh has won on her seat.

BJP's victory is expected to clear the existing friction between Delhi govt and Govt if India as same party is now ruling the center and the state, easing alignment of decisions.

Google Maps has been blamed for fatal accidents in India.An Indian politician recently suggested to the Parliament that the country should develop homegrown mapping solutions.Digital mapping experts believe these incidents are not specific to Google Maps and instead reveal systemic challenges to mapping Indian roads.

In July 2024, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal announced that his ride-hailing company had transitioned away from Google Maps to its in-house navigation platform — a move that he said would save $1 billion. On X, he encouraged developers to “#ExitGoogleMaps” for Ola Maps, promising a year’s worth of free access. By December, Google, too, had introduced a range of price cuts for Indian developers.

Google should not be held liable because it is “not a public utility,” Arnav Gupta, who has worked as a product engineer at companies including Meta, JioCinema, and Zomato, told Rest of World, referring to the police complaint from the November 2024 accident. Much of the onus of keeping firms and citizens in the loop falls on local government agencies, he said.

Just wanna say, https://osm.org/ is an amazing map that is open and entirely created from efforts of millions of users. If any part of the map is missing or incorrect, you can just fix it.

On January 24, 2025, the Supreme Court of India delivered a groundbreaking verdict affirming the Bombay High Court’s ruling on intellectual property loss compensation under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and its 1995 Rules. The order underscores the need for legal interpretations to evolve with a dynamic and changing society.

A US military plane is deporting migrants to India, marking President Donald Trump's first crackdown on Indian immigrants after assuming office, Reuters reported quoting an official on Monday.

https://archive.ph/P2pk2

What are your opinions on it?

“Data privacy issues regarding DeepSeek can be addressed by hosting open source models on Indian servers,” Vaishnaw said at an industry conference.

“We will be keeping our models open and application-focused,” he said.

Our Reel minister sound sincere here, but we all know he is going to f—k up. I don't know how or when, but he will f—k this up.

SAURABH SHARMA, a former constable of the Madhya Pradesh Transport Department who was on the run for over a month after raids exposed his alleged disproportionate assets, was arrested...

A COURT in Delhi has directed Delhi Police to register an FIR against journalist Rana Ayyub for allegedly making some derogatory posts in 2016-17 that included “insults to Hindu deities, spreading of anti-India sentiment and incitement of religious disharmony.”....

Tax authorities have cancelled the non-profit status of Reporters Collective, claiming

journalism does not serve any public purpose and therefore cannot be carried out as a non-profit exercise in India.

A CASE was registered against Infosys co-founder Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan, former IISc Director Balaram and 16 others under the Prevention of SC/ST Atrocities Act on Monday (27)....

The first case against ChatGPT in India was filed by news agency ANI, according to the news agency’s counsel. In its response to the ANI lawsuit, OpenAI had argued that Indian courts lack jurisdiction over copyright claims as the company’s servers are located abroad. It further stated that deleting training data, as requested, would breach its obligations under US law.

And it is not a comedic stunt like Shyam Rangeela

TILAK VARMA’S fifty of rare brilliance helped India survive a top-order meltdown against England pacers and register a two-wicket win in the second T20I and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series in Chennai on Saturday (25)....

It's been quite a while since I started here but I haven't found many good communities about India around here that I can follow. It's not easy to find communities on this server yet, and the ones I know about are not really active. So, any good recommendation is appreciated.

ROHIT SHARMA was on Saturday named captain of the ICC’s T20 International Team of the Year 2024, which was predominantly Indian in its composition thanks to the side’s memorable World Cup triumph in the format.....

Deploying NVS-02 via GSLV-F15 with a fully indegenous cryogenic stage, on 29th JAN.