The oversight board was formed in May this year to offer a new model of content moderation.
Category - Civic Tech
E Dharti portal to make land transfers simple with digitisation
This measure will help in updating the records of land-owning agency as well as give titles.
Genrobotic wins national startup 2020 award for Bandicoot
Bandicoot is the first manhole cleaning robot to eliminate need for human workers.
Highway Delite wins national startup award in Tourism category
It offers real-time location-based verified highway services information .
Gov Tech-Thon launched to incubate new ideas in Govtech
Gov Tech-Thon 2020, a 36 hours virtual Hackathon, to be organised on 30 October 2020.
AI being used to fight fake news and disinformation
The research to develop a state-of-the-art early warning system on misinformation online.
Nominations for national sci & tech communication awards
It is to recognize outstanding work in communication of science and technology.
New initiative to onboard street vendors onto digital platforms
The plan is to empower street vendors with digital technology for better incomes.
Personal Data Protection Bill to come up during budget session
Data related to health, religious or political orientation, biometrics is classified as sensitive...
Using AI to track dreams around Covid theme
The research team crowdsourced sleep and stress data from more than 4,000 people.
Quarter of Indian online users still use weak passwords: Report
44 per cent have no idea on how to check whether their password has been leaked.
Fertiliser delivery to farmers gets a digital makeover
The farmer will get an SMS about availability of fertilizer at retail outlets.
Govt launches portal for Covid updates; vaccine details
The data will serve as an invaluable tool for formulating appropriate patient management.
A new tool to help residents track fracking contaminants
It can help find out which toxins may be lurking in drinking water as a result of fracking.
Employees Provident Fund services a big draw on UMANG app
The facility with new EPF services shall benefit over 5.89 crore subscribers.
IIT Madras develops AI models to process text in Indian languages
This was taken up jointly with ‘AI4Bharat,’ a platform for building AI solutions.
Google adds a Covid layer on maps to identify cases
Data featured in the COVID layer comes from multiple authoritative sources.
A National level GIS-enabled land bank system in the works
Govt has integrated Industrial Information System (IIS) portal with the GIS System of six states.
India’s panchayats move online with e-gram Swaraj portal
Around 1.24 lakh Gram Panchayats have transacted online using the e-Gram SWARAJ online module.
National e-Governance Division looking for Young Professionals
Some of the key initiatives taken up by NeGD are the DigiLocker, UMANG etc
Govt’s rural broadband plan running behind schedule
Out of the targeted 2.5 lakh panchayats only 1.43 lakh have been connected so far.