'Social media has power to play with minds'
Shimla: Social media has the power to play with the minds of people and management of perception through it is difficult to control, a senior police official said on Thursday.
In his address at the inaugural of two-day 46th All India Police Science Congress here, Bureau of Police Research and Development Director General A.P. Maheshwari said that social media has the power to make ingress into the human mind and practically control it.
The theme of the session was "Social media and law enforcement".
Data from social media is harvested using different applications and is used for marketing, while fake news is used to spread narratives with the help of these bots, he said.
Delegates in the session raised issues for bringing out legal provisions to deal with challenges arising from social media.
Discussion on crypto-currency and its challenges were also held.
Forensic Services PwC Executive Director Krishna Sastry Pandyala said crypto-currencies are digital currencies that rely on the principles of cryptography to regulate the creation of the currency as well as the validation of transactions using this currency.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
India-US jet engine deal is revolutionary, says Defence Secretary Austin
Washington (PTI): The India-US deal to jointly produce fighter jet engines for the Indian Air Force is revolutionary, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has told lawmakers, as he hailed the “great relationship” with India.
The landmark deal was announced last June during the historic Official State Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US.
General Electric signed a memorandum of understanding with Hindustan Aeronautics to co-produce F-414 fighter jet engines in India.
According to provisions of the deal, GE Aerospace's F414 engines will be co-produced in India to power Tejas light combat aircraft Mk2.
Austin told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday that the United States has a “great relationship” with India.
“We recently have enabled India to produce a jet weapon, a jet engine in India. And that's kind of revolutionary. That will provide a great capability to them. We are also co-producing an armoured vehicle with India," he said.
"So, all of these things, when you add them up, are probably more than we have seen happen in that region in a very, very long time,” Austin said.
