‘Public Data Offices can serve as last-mile WiFi hotspot providers’: TRAI: Telecom regulator TRAI has recommended (pdf) setting up of Public Data Offices (PDOs) that provides “last-mile” WiFi connectivity in areas where connectivity is low. It proposed a model wherein small entrepreneurs and shop owners could set up WiFi hotspots (or PDOs) by acquiring bandwidth…
BJP MP booked for ‘outraging modesty’: Police have filed a chargesheet in a local court against Union minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo on the basis of a complaint by TMC MLA Mahua Moitra in January alleging that Supriyo had used words and gestures “outraging her modesty” during a television debate. Read More
Pune: Cyber cell arrests man for âdupingâ 63 persons across India: The cyber crime cell of the Pune city police on Wednesday arrested a youth from Karnataka for allegedly duping people by misusing their debit card information to withdraw money from their bank accounts. Read More
New midday meal norms ‘inhuman’: Teachers and Anganwadi workers in Rajasthan have spoken out against the Centre’s recent decision to link the midday meal scheme to Aadhaar, saying it would completely disrupt the process of food distribution and teaching and learning. Read More