BCAS conducts aviation security awareness programme
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has been conducting an aviation security awareness programme for general staff with no security background. Experts from outside state will impart training to more than 2100 personnel...
Japan considers making security cameras mandatory on trains
The government is considering obliging railway operators nationwide to install security cameras in newly built trains following a knife attack inside a Tokyo train in October, transport ministry officials have said.
Under safety measures...
Biometric Security significantly reduces ID fraud, suggests Onfido report
Selfie-based biometric authentication is a highly effective safeguard against ID fraud, according to findings in Onfido’s 2022 Identity Fraud Report, which looked at fraud trends between October 1 of 2020 and October 1 of...
Delhi High Court orders periodic security review of courts
The Delhi High Court directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to constitute a team of experts to undertake the exercise of security audit of Delhi High Court complex as well as all the district court...
Police should be equipped with AI: AP DGP
Andhra Pradesh Director-General of Police (DGP) Damodar Gautam Sawang said that the modus operandi of police and the interface with the technology is not a new thing. But, at the same time, the police...
Face recognition enabled cameras to be part of Srinagar’s security setup soon
In order to strengthen the security grid, high-resolution cameras with facial recognition technology (FRT) are likely to be installed in the summer capital soon. A proposal in this regard has been moved while the...
Scientists build robot that uses CCTV cameras to determine if people are following social...
Researchers at the University of Maryland have built a machine that uses CCTV cameras and thermal imaging to determine if people are staying six feet apart, and if someone in a group is potentially...
Cameras in Chennai’s CCTV surveillance network go blank
The closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed across the city have stopped working at several places due to exposure to the vagaries of nature and lack of periodic maintenance.
Chennai topped the list of Indian...
Grenfell Inquiry: Government “hid” fire safety risks to buildings
Consecutive governments have been accused of “deliberately covering up” the dangers posed to combustible materials before the Grenfell Tower fire. The Grenfell Inquiry has heard of how successive administrations were accountable for “collusion”...
The British and Australian privacy regulator order Clearview AI to delete photos of people...
Facial recognition company Clearview AI is facing a potential fine in the UK and has also been handed a provisional notice to stop further processing of UK citizens’ data and to delete any data...
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Delhi High Court says no high-rises around IGI Airport
The Delhi High Court in an interim order halted the construction and the selling of high-rise buildings around Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. The...
