Personal data was collected via the app from the onset of Covid to manage the disease and its spread; there were several concerns about privacy over the app's data-collection features.
Tamil Nadu came second for its e-governance efforts, followed by UP and Bengal. The online event was attended by President Kovind, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, among others.
Additional Solicitor General Maninder Acharya made the statement before a Delhi HC bench and said the AarogyaSetu Mitr portal will remain suspended for the 'time being'.
India said use of drones, contact tracing apps became more acceptable during Covid but it still needs to deal with cyber security, data privacy & misinformation.
India now has nearly 40 Covid-19 apps, including Aarogya Setu. The purpose of these apps range from contact tracing to providing health information and issuing e-passes.
Activists have to wade through a sea of abuse, BJP IT Cell warriors, WhatsApp forwards and UAPA-like laws, but they are still a firewall against the state.
National Informatics Centre Director General said that there will be 5 categories of rewards for people who find a bug & come up with suggestions to improve programming. National Informatics Centre Director General said that there will be 5 categories of rewards for people who find a bug & come up with suggestions to improve programming.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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