Government Shuts Down Websites Exposing Aadhaar and PAN Information

It has come to the notice of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology that certain websites were leaking sensitive personal information including Aadhaar and PAN card details of citizens.   The government has blocked some websites that expose sensitive personal identifiable information, including Aadhaar and PAN card details of Indian citizens. This information was given in an official statement on Thursday. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), operating under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, had found security flaws in these websites. After that the government has…

Rahul Gandhi Assigned to Defence, Kangana Ranaut to Communications & IT in New Parliamentary Committees

Kangana Ranaut made a surprise entry into Parliament’s standing committee on Communications and IT. Congress’ Shashi Tharoor and Rahul Gandhi are among the top highlights in the Parliamentary panels. Parliament’s standing committees were constituted on Thursday. The notification of the committees was announced by a communique issued by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat. Congress leader and LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was named as a member of the Committee on Defence and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kangana Ranaut in the Committee on Communications and Information Technology. BJP’s Bhartruhari Mahtab will…