Trai proposes internet at 2 paise per MB by easing access to Wi-Fi: New Delhi: Telecom regulator Trai plans to unshackle Wi-Fi deployment across the country by allowing individuals, communities, small-time entrepreneurs and content and application providers to offer affordable and high-speed internet to the public. Read More
Internet Shutdowns Have No Place in Digital India: In 2016, the government shut down Internet 30 times in different parts of India, according to data from the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC), a non-profit working on privacy and civil liberties. The organisation has documented Internet shutdowns from 2012 and claims that the government has ordered…
Freedom of expression and martyrdom: It has been long since Indian universities ceased to be cloisters of higher learning where scholars and the faculty were far too preoccupied solely with their academic engagements to stray into discourses on other areas of social and national significance during peace time. Read More
‘Hormonal’ female students need curfews, says India women’s minister in latest gaffe: NEW DELHI // Female students need curfews to protect them from their “hormonal outbursts”, India’s women’s minister has said, sparking ridicule on social media. Many Indian universities impose curfews on women while allowing male students to stay out at night, a policy critics…
Chinmayi Sripaada threatened with rape, acid attack on Twitter; her online petition demanding action goes viral: Singer Chinmayi Sripaada has filed an online petition demanding Twitter to do a mass shutdown of accounts that tweet rape threats to women. Read More