New Delhi, July 11: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address the inaugural session of the G20 conference on crime and security to be held in Gurugram on July 13, according to an official document.
The two-day ‘G20 Conference on Crime and Security in the Age of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Artificial Intelligence and Metaverse’ will bring together over 900 participants from member countries, nine special invitee countries, international bodies and technology leaders and domain experts from India and across the world, it stated. The home minister will address the inaugural session of the conference on July 13 and flag off ‘cyber volunteer’ squads from seven premier educational institutions of India, according to the statement.
These specially identified volunteers will work to generate cyber awareness in society, identify and report harmful content and render technical assistance for making the society cyber safe, it added. Shah will also inaugurate an exhibition and release the conference medallion, the statement said.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the guidance of the Union home minister, building a cyber-safe India is one of the top priorities of the Ministry of Home Affairs, it said.
The conference is envisaged as an opportunity to forge a global partnership to build safe cyberspace and prioritise cybersecurity concerns, according to a statement. The proceedings will focus on cyber security and measures to counter cybercrimes in the context of new and emerging technologies like NFT, AI and Metaverse, it added. Cybersecurity has become an essential aspect of security-related affairs internationally and requires adequate focus owing to its economic and geopolitical implications. (PTI)
