Myanmar ethnic guerrillas say they shot down helicopter

The News:

·        An ethnic rebel group in northern Myanmar said it shot down a government military helicopter on Monday during heavy fighting over a strategic position.

·        The claim by the Kachin Independence Army came as protests against Myanmar’s military government continued in Kachin State and elsewhere in the country.

·        It would be the first aircraft shot down during recent hostilities between the government and ethnic guerrilla armies. There was no immediate comment by the government on the incident.

·        The Kachin are one of several ethnic minorities who have allied themselves with the nationwide protest movement against the military’s February ouster of the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, who was arrested and remains in detention.

·        The country’s ethnic minorities have been fighting for decades against the Central government for greater autonomy.

Security

‘No volunteer list under cyber scheme’

The News:

The Union Home Ministry has said it does not maintain a centralised list of volunteers enrolled under the cybercrime volunteer programme since the police is a State subject under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.

Cyber Volunteer Programme:

• The MHA through its cybercrime grievance portal aims to raise a group of cybercrime volunteers to flag unlawful content on the Internet.
• The programme is expected to include 500 volunteers, 200 cyber awareness promoters and 50 cyber experts.
• The Cybercrime Volunteer Framework has been rolled out as a part of cyber hygiene promotion to bring together citizens to contribute to the fight against cybercrime in the country and assist State/UT LEAs in their endeavour to curb cybercrimes.

Cyber Volunteer Scheme

·        It is the plan of the Ministry of Home Affairs to rope in around 500 persons to flag unlawful content on the Internet for “improvement in the cybercrime ecosystem of India”.

·        Its aim is to make citizens contribute to the fight against cybercrime in the country.

·        It was launched by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C).

·        I4C was established in 2018 under the Ministry of Home Affairs to act as a nodal point at the national level in the fight against cybercrime.

·        I4C has seven key components.

·        National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit,

·        National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal,

·        National Cyber Crime Training Centre,

·        Cyber Crime Ecosystem Management Unit,

·        National Cyber Crime Research and Innovation Centre,

·        National Cyber Crime Forensic Laboratory Ecosystem and

·        Platform for Joint Cyber Crime Investigation