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Colombia joins NATO as Global Partner
Colombia has joined hands with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as the Global Partner.
This will be the first Latin American Nation to join the NATO, and currently only Latin American country in the alliance.
The Partnership with Columbia will mean cooperation with Global Security areas like cyber and maritime security, terrorism and links to organized crime.
NIC Launches India’s 4th Data Centre in Bhubaneswar
4th National Data Centre of National- Informatics Centre was launched in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha.
The First three centres are located in Delhi, Hyderabad, and Pune.
The new cloud enabled National Data Centre aims to offer round the clock operations with secure hosting for various e-governance applications of Central and State Government.
It has the ability to support 35, 000 virtual servers.
PM on 3- Nation Tour to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a three-nation visit to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
In the Five-Day Visit, the PM will hold the delegation level talks with the leadership of the three countries on the matters of the mutual interest.
This will be Modi’s first official visit to Indonesia and second official visit to Singapore.
Hamburg to host 2018 Global Wind Summit
The First Edition of the Global Wind Summit will be held in Hamburg, Germany in September 2018.
This is a Four-day Event and will have speakers from 100 countries, including India, China, The USA, Spain and Denmark.
TRAI to use Blockchain Technology against spam to protect privacy of users
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed the use of Blockchain Technology to safeguard the privacy of Telecom consumers.
This will help to cut down the unsolicited commercial communications (UCC) such as Spam Calls and Messages.
The system will also be able to crack offending telemarketers.