April 29, 2021
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced yesterday that has begun the De-Accredited Registrar Transition Procedure (DARTP) to help transfer current Net4 India domain registrants to another ICANN-accredited registrar that is in good standing. ICANN had initially announced in February that Net 4 India’s registrar accreditation agreement (RAA) will be terminated on March 13 due to multiple complaints against the registrar, but the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) stayed this termination after Net 4 India’s appeal. The stay was finally lifted on April 27, allowing ICANN to initiate the next step.
Net4 India has been embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings for years now, leaving customers unable to renew or transfer their domains. ICANN tried processing complaints by liaising with a tribunal-appointed resolution professional but made no headway. ICANN has said that multiple issues including non-payment of dues were brought to Net4 Ind
Getting a test done is becoming difficult, and once done it may not be trustworthy
Praggya Guptaa | April 20, 2021 | Noida/New Delhi
At a time when the country is fighting the virulent second wave of Covid-19 with daily cases upwards of 2,50,000, testing is of critical importance, but government-run labs are not only delaying reports, in one case there was a goof-up and a negative report turned to positive within a day.
Alok Yadav, a 38-year-old resident of Ghaziabad, had cold and cough, so he went to the Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida, to give his sample for an RT-PCR test on April 12. He received his report three days later, on April 15, which came out to be negative. Heaving a sigh of relief, Alok resumed his normal activities including going to office. The next day, however, he received a call from Lucknow to check on his symptoms and then he found he was positive. In shock, Alok checked his online report again and found the status had changed from �
India is promoting a new internet protocol the government is offering help for websites to migrate
India is promoting a new internet protocol the government is offering help for websites to migrate
Sudhanshu SinghApr 19, 2021, 19:39 IST
Ministry of Electronics & IT
NIXI inaugurated three initiatives to promote
IPv6 in India
They have created an “IPv6 expert panel” group to extend support to the Indian entities who are finding it technically challenging to migrate and adopt IPv6.
IPv6 will boost the security, scalability and speed of the websites apart from supporting the IoT infrastructure.India has launched an awareness drive to educate locals about the benefits of IPv6 to boost
Three-pronged adoption drive includes cut-price courseware Share
India has launched a national IPv6 drive.
A joint initiative of the nation’s Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Ministry of Department of Telecommunications, the effort will be run out of the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and aims to educate locals about the benefits of IPv6.
An IPv6 Expert Panel – branded “IP Guru” – has been appointed, with a remit to “extend support to all the Indian entities who are finding it technically challenging to migrate and adopt IPv6.” The Panel has been tasked with “identifying & hiring [an] agency that will help end customer by providing necessary technical support to adopt IPv6.”
A political war erupted between the centre and Maharashtra over supply of essentials including medicines and oxygen as the state struggles to control the raging Covid-19 amidst scarce health infrastructure.
Maharashtra has seen a consistent rise in Covid infections and recorded 67,123 new cases and 419 deaths on Saturday. The state has contributed to a case load of 25.67% of new cases. There is shortage of normal and ICU beds at public and private hospitals and it has been red-flagging severe shortage of vaccines, essential medicines like Remdisivir and oxygen to the centre.
On Saturday Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and state minister Nawab Mallik said 16 export oriented units in the country are holding stocks of 20 lakhs vials of Remdesivir as the government has now banned exports. These units are now seeking permission to sell this medicine in the country but are not being allowed by the centre and were warned that if they sell it to Maharashtra their licence will be