On global cybercrime, India votes in favour of Russia-led resolution
(WorldNews India)

As India´s domestic data laws continue to hang in the balance, the country has remained non-committal in the international arena, watching a clear cleavage with Russia and China on one side and the US and EU on the other. This week, India maintained its status as a non-member of the Europe-led Budapest Convention, even as it voted in favour of a Russian-led UN resolution to set up a separate convention, sources told The Indian Express. Advertising The Russian proposal entitled `Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes` passed in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee 88-58, with 34 absentations, on Monday. The proposal, which...