Amnesty International India Denies Sedition Allegations

NEW DELHI—Amnesty International India said Tuesday that sedition allegations that have resulted in a police investigation into an event organized to discuss the troubled Kashmir region were “without substance.” Police in the southern city of Bangalore filed a preliminary complaint against the India chapter of the global human-rights nonprofit that alleges sedition, unlawful assembly, rioting and promoting enmity among…

Desi email IDs anyone?

In a continent where literacy still remains a significant concern, the Indian government hopes that providing Desi email IDs would encourage more people to get online, in a way that suits citizens, by removing the language barrier. The Indian census of 1961 recognised over a thousand languages spoken in India, of which only 22 languages…

Where does India stand

* While New York is setting up 10,000 Wi-Fi stations across the city, India currently has around 31,518 wi-fi hotspots and a recent paper prepared by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) states that in order to reach the global benchmark of one hotspot for every 150 citizens, India needs to add 8 lakh more…