Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada next week, a Sikh rights group has filed a complaint with the country’s Attorney General seeking criminal proceedings against him for alleged offences during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat. Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has filed the 16-page complaint asking Canadian Attorney General and Minister of…
India is starting a big digital revolution. The fact that Kerala, which is trailing in many areas, is in the front row of the digital revolution gives hopes about the future of Malayalis. The important part of the revolution is the enormous effort to link two and a half lakh village panchayats in India through…
Jammu, April 08 (Scoop News)-The state government is set to roll out National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) to achieve the goal of ‘Digital J&K’. The information was given in review meeting chaired by the Secretary, Information Technology Department, Saurabh Bhagat here today. It was given out in the meeting that the programme would be rolled…
‘Brand India’ and ‘Digital India’ have captured the imagination of the people. Akodara, a tiny village in North Gujarat, is already on its way to making the government’s vision a reality. With a population of just 1,145, the village has introduced a digitised curriculum in school. Teachers use audio-video content and digital boards in the…
India’s IT boom, which started in the mid 90’s after the liberalization of Indian economy, was calling for an act which could look into its menace and provide the legal infrastructure to e-commerce of the developing economy of India. So, the Information Technology Act India was introduced in 2000. The act consisted of 94 sections…
A free, responsible and diverse media are as vital to parliamentary democracy as democracy is for freedom of speech and expression and independent media can play crucial role in building and moulding public opinion which in turn influences the decision-making process, Speaker of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan said while inaugurating the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference CPA)…
A free, responsible and diverse media is as vital to parliamentary democracy as democracy is for freedom of speech and expression. An independent media can play crucial role in building and moulding public opinion which in turn, influences decision-making process, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said while inaugurating the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference (CPAC) on…
The political class jumped into the burning issue of net neutrality with Parliamentarians Tathagata Satpathy and Rajeev Chandrasekhar saying that any move to allow telecom operators to charge subscribers separately for using some apps would restrict people’s access to Internet and go against the Prime Minister’s vision of Digital India.
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An independent media enjoys the freedom of expression and can influence public opinion in a democratic nation, but it should be equally responsible in discharging its duties, felt Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan. She stated that freedom of speech and expression are possible only in democracy and Parliamentary democracy can be achieved only with the…
Getting an Aadhaar card just became easier with the State government’s Centre for e-Governance teaming up with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to launch permanent Aadhaar enrolment centres in the State.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the facility at MysoreOne, a citizen service centre, in Gokulam here on Wednesday.
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