In the midst of the Pegasus snooping controversy, the defence ministry on Monday said it did not have any transaction with the NSO Group, which sells the spyware. NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance software company, has been under increasing attack following allegations that its Pegasus software was used for surveillance of phones of people in several countries, including India. "Ministry …
Citing the rules of Rajya Sabha, the Union government moved to block a question by a member on the Pegasus spyware issue last week. The Centre wrote to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, seeking that a Provisionally Admitted Question should not be admitted as the Pegasus matter was under scrutiny by the courts. The question was moved by CPI Rajya Sabha …
The Supreme Court on Thursday made it clear that “truth has to come out” in the Pegasus snooping issue. A Bench of Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana and Justice Surya Kant said the allegations of the government using Israel-based technology to spy on civilians, journalists, Ministers, parliamentarians, activists were “no doubt serious”, provided the news reports were true. Responding …
The government has dismissed the allegation that Opposition leaders, journalists and activists were targeted using Pegasus spyware in a snooping attempt. Ashwini Vaishnaw referred to reports published on a news portal on Sunday saying, “It can't be a mere coincidence that all this report leaked by a portal on the eve of the Monsoon Session.” He said the data shared …