NEW DELHI: India's top telcos have raised concerns around legal ramifications of the National Security Directive, including who will be held responsible in case of a security breach on trusted equipment used in a telecom network, officials and industry executives familiar with the matter said.In their meetings with security officials as part of the process to identify trusted sources for telecom gear to ensure a secure network, telcos also urged the government to ensure adequate number of vendors to keep costs in check, while seeking clarifications around maintenance, upgradation and repair of already installed equipment, say executives."What if there is a security breach in trusted gear, then who is going to take responsibility? So, we have asked authorities to take the decision technically and with the help of mandatory testing," a senior executive at one of the three private telcos, who attended the meeting, told ET.A second telco executive added that the government was asked to … [Read more...] about Inside India’s strategy to create national security directive and concerns raised by telcos
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Zayn Malik leaves One Direction fans in disbelief with his real voice
"I've recorded a sick song today. It might seem a bit weird. I just sat at a computer. I looped four bars. But that's all I can say. It's sick, right?" he gloated to fans. … [Read more...] about Zayn Malik leaves One Direction fans in disbelief with his real voice
HC directs govt. to decide in 3 months on pleas to ban firecrackers
Referring to apex court judgments on bursting of crackers, including the one that deals with firecrackers and religious rights, and noise and air pollution, the Bench said the government would have to take a decision on the petitioners’ plea for banning firecrackers by taking note of the apex court’s judgments and directions issued by the National Green Tribunal. … [Read more...] about HC directs govt. to decide in 3 months on pleas to ban firecrackers
SHRC directs State to give ₹5 lakh compensation for woman’s death during delivery at PHC
SHRC member D. Jayachandran said Assistant Surgeon Jenifer who should have been available on call between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m., had failed to attend Akhila while the staff nurse, the ANM and the village health nurse cannot be held responsible for the death. The doctors arrived at the PHC only around 8.15 p.m. and found the mother and the baby were dead. … [Read more...] about SHRC directs State to give ₹5 lakh compensation for woman’s death during delivery at PHC
Fantastic Beasts director David Yates reveals plans to direct all five movies
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them offered “enough thrills and genuine chills to satisfy” in our review but the director wants to top that, describing the sequel as “Much more haunting, like a dream.” What we do know so far about the Rowling penned sequel is a shift across the Atlantic to Paris and the UK and we’ll be continuing the story of Newt Scamander and the darker tale of wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp). … [Read more...] about Fantastic Beasts director David Yates reveals plans to direct all five movies
’ Resident FBI Agent on How to Direct an Episode of Television
What’s it like acting in a production you are directing? Is it a little weird? Are you standing off the set, and then you sit down in your place and say “Action,” and then after you’re done acting in the scene, you walk off the set and go look at the monitor to see if you got what you needed? Also, how hard is it to be present for the other actors in a scene when you’re worrying about your duties as a director?You know, my hesitation about that was about just being able to give the other actors in the scenes that I was in the attention and focus they deserve from their director. I felt somehow slightly awkward about short-changing them about it — if I’m acting, I’m a big part of the interaction, and I’m thinking about my own performance. But the advantage of being in the cast of the show is that I have this pretty great relationship with the cast, and many times before we were actually shooting our scenes, I was able to have a … [Read more...] about ’ Resident FBI Agent on How to Direct an Episode of Television