THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India is losing its democratic prominence in terms of freedom of speech and expression, Prof Vesselin Popovski, Executive Director, Centre for the Study of United Nations and former Bulgarian diplomat, has said. He was speaking exclusively to ‘Express’ on the sidelines of the three-day international seminar on ‘Human rights and policing’ held at Government…
Frustrated that no one would believe she was abused, a teenage girl in northern India had no other option but to film her own father raping her. She later showed the recording to authorities which led to her father’s arrest. An 18-year-old girl, who was given the alias Sarita Devi, had been telling her mother…
NEW DELHI — A journalist in eastern India was arrested after he posted a message on social media criticizing the police and calling for legal protections for reporters in the violence-scarred region, his lawyer said Wednesday. The journalist, Prabhat Singh, who had worked for an Indian television network and had been posting news on social…
Earlier in the week, we explored the conceptual challenges to the universal human rights framework that have been brought by digital technology. Today, we shift from conceptual to concrete real world challenges, to explore the various ways digital technology may negatively affect actual enjoyment of human rights. I. Real World Disruption of the Practical Enjoyment of Human…
Internet can bring the actual revolution empowering millions in rural areas by connecting to the mainstream in India. Connecting rural India will provide the essential bond between urban and rural India. It is certain in relaying the benefits of a digital economy to the largest part of the country. It will strengthen in providing education,…
On Thursday night, a mob carrying iron rods descended on the home of a 40-year-old dentist in West Delhi’s Vikaspuri and dragged him out of his house as his horrified son and wife watched helplessly. As the men rained blows on Dr Pankaj Narang, his family members appealed to their neighbours for help. But by…
Now days everything comes on online and we need a good internet speed to access all the things. According to a report, the global average internet connection speed has increased 23 per cent to 5.6 Mbps in the quarter ended December 2015 compared to the same period of 2014. The report named “Fourth Quarter, 2015,…
KOLKATA: New Town may turn into a Wi-Fi zone by the end of the year. With plans scheduled to be set in motion from June, an investment of Rs 400 crore is likely to be pumped in to provide basic internet services in New Town. According to sources, while the state is likely to invest…
The Union Cabinet has given a nod for the procurement of launch equipment and other services for the GSAT-11 spacecraft, which shall help provide broadband to rural areas through satellite-based VSAT technology, the government said through a notificationissued to the Press Information Bureau. The entire project comes at a cost of Rs 1,117 crore and is…
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Sexual harassment remains a pervasive problem in India despite tougher laws enacted more than three years ago after a woman was gang raped on a bus and later died of her injuries, indicates new research by a Michigan State University criminologist. About 40 percent of women surveyed in Delhi said they…