IES/ ISS (UPSC) Final Exams results declared
Monday, October 16, 2006 UPSC INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE EXAMINATION/INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE EXAMINATION 2005 – FINAL RESULT DECLARED...Dengue, Chikungunya – A Status Report (16-10-2006)
A total number of 1548 cases and 27 deaths have been reported from Delhi, NCR and other states. Out of these, 982 cases have been reported from Delhi, while 566 cases from the NCR and other states.
The 566 cases from outside Delhi includes 173 cases from Haryana, 303 cases from Uttar Pradesh, 14 cases from Rajasthan and 76 from others.
Situation report of Dengue in other states (upto , 12.30 hrs on 16.10.2006)
Apart from Delhi, upto 16.10.2006, the maximum number of dengue cases have been reported from Kerala (794), followed by Rajasthan (697), Gujarat (443), West Bengal (429),Uttar Pradesh (418).Tamil Nadu (307), Punjab (250), Maharashtra (240), Haryana (167), Karnataka (90) and Andhra Pradesh (35).
CHIKUNGUNYA
Situation report of Chikungunmya upto 12.30 hrs on 16.10.2006
A total number of 1625 confirmed cases and no death have been reported from India as a whole including Delhi as on 16.10.2006 upto 12.30 hrs.
A total number of 24 cases have been reported from Delhi and NCR region. Apart from Delhi, the maximum number of confirmed Chikungunya cases have been reported from Maharashtra (679) followed by Karnataka (294), Andhra Pradesh (248), Gujarat (145), Tamil Nadu (111), Madhya Pradesh (62), Kerala (38) and Pondicherry (9).
IT Act 2000 amendment approved
Concerns have been raised both within the country as well as by the customers abroad regarding adequacy of data protection and privacy laws in the country. A need is, therefore, felt to strengthen the legislation pertaining to data protection and privacy. The security practices and procedures would be prescribed to be followed by body corporates and organizations and to enquire personal information of customers.
Further new forms of computer misuse like video voyeurism, identity theft, e-commerce frauds like phishing, frauds on online auction sites, sending offensive emails and multimedia offences have also emerged.
With proliferation of e-governance and other Information Technology applications, security practices and procedures relating to such applications are proposed to be prescribed.
There is also an emerging view that IT laws should be technologically neutral in line with the recommendations made by UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) Model Law on Electronic Signature. Such approach will promote development of alternative technologies for authentication of electronic records and will not warrant legislative changes each time a new and equally effective technology is evolved.
Keeping in view the above, the amendments have been proposed in the Information Technology Act, 2000 by amending some of the existing sections and proposing to insert new sections to address various issues as discussed above.