The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) expects to finalise its view on net neutrality in “a couple of months”. “DoT has sought a comprehensive view from us on net neutrality. It should be done in a couple of months,” TRAI Chairman R.S. Sharma said on the sidelines of an event of the CASBAA India…
An Indian worker from Karnataka was detained twice by Saudi Arabia after he sent a video to a social activist and sought help for leaving the country due to harsh working conditions, BBC Trending reported on Saturday. Abdul Sattar Makandar, 35, was detained on March 15 and again on March 18 under a Saudi law…
The hydrocarbon powered Boeing jet touches down with a squeal of tires. Turbines whine down and we step off of the plane into another world completely. It is dark out. Over 20 hours on a plane and you begin to question reality. We find ourselves in the pickup zone of Bangalore International Airport. Uber and…
The digital divide here in the United States has nothing on India, where a billion-plus residents remain un- or under-served by telecoms. In some large part, this is a feature of the country’s growing rift between its relatively small urban upper-crust and rural everyone else. Some 70 percent of the country lives in diffuse villages…
Content regulation on the Internet is at the forefront of discussion in India due to a build up of events over the past 12 months. Last August the Department of Telecommunications tried to prevent telecommunication providers from allowing their customers to access 857 pornographic websites. This mandate was immediately appealed and subsequently overturned by the…
On March 11, the Aadhaar Bill was passed by 73 of the 545 members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, after three hours of discussion. It sanctions the bulk collection and centralisation of biometric and demographic data by the government and private businesses. Many people argue that the controversial Bill contains inadequate…
Aadhaar forms the backbone of the current government’s JAM (Jan Dhan frills-free bank accounts, Aadhaar, Mobile phones for transactions) trinity to deliver public services and entitlements such as student scholarships and cooking gas, food and fertiliser subsidies which currently amount to a little less than 2% of India’s GDP. For decades, India has poured many…
On the occasion of Rajasthan’s first IT Day on Monday, the State government launched RajNET — a wide area network connecting the State capital with all 9,894 gram panchayats and 183 municipal areas — to strengthen connectivity and allow the inclusion of remote areas through Information Technology. “Built as a multimode connectivity network (through VSAT…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that “nationalism is our strength” and needs to be spread while the BJP stressed the ideology of “nationalism” guides its belief, and the constitution allows freedom of speech but does not permit “destruction of the nation”. “Nationalism is our strength and it should…
New Delhi, Mar 21: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor visited Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday night and addressed students there. Delivering an exceptional speech in JNU, Shashi Tharoor spoke on ‘nationalism’, an issue which has gripped entire nation into a debate. Tharoor’s nearly 40-minute long speech was loaded with historical anecdotes and personal experiences and he…