"Label Generation Rules (LGR) for nine language scripts that are used in India are expected to be finalised in a quarter and will be fed in root servers that are managed by ICANN by June. "LGR in root servers will identify characters in Indian scripts. "We are only waiting for a response from Bangladesh to complete recommendations for Bangla script," Data said.He said the new scripts are required to connect over a billion people who can understand, read and write in their local language. "This will also solve data security and localisation issue to a large extent. "UASG will focus heavily on India, Russia, China, the UAE and Thailand as billions of people follow scripts that are used in these countries," Data said.ICANN expanded TLD system from traditional .com, .org, .net to generic names in 2012.

Source: Economic Times April 01, 2019 09:56 UTC