It will allow access to accurate health history for better diagnosis and treatment The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry is mulling over centralising medical history of patients for easy access of hospitals and laboratories through a new platform called the National eHealth Authority (NeHA). The initiative will allow healthcare professionals access to complete and…
Almost everyone uses the internet every day. Millions of people are tweeting, texting, liking, sharing, posting. Internet freedom affects every individual who has access to it, more so in today’s environment. That’s why freedom on the internet is so important. It is the one medium that is accessible and used by so many people. It…
The meaningless rules and regulations imposed on newcomers by the government gives more power to the incumbent player. Similarly, established ISPs will gain more power as the restrictions on the sector increase What is the motivation for ISPs to invest in better infrastructure to deliver video content if they cannot charge them differently? What is…
Shreya Singhal, 24-year-old, fought against the controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act which led to the Supreme Court scrapping the draconian law. The law student filed the petition against Section 66A after two girls from Palgarh in Maharashtra were arrested for a Facebook post after Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray’s death.
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The committee which was set up by PM Modi to oversee and examine the Digital India vision has reported that as of now, 20,000 villages have been connected via broadband under National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) plan. At the same time, it has been decided that NOFN would be renamed as BharatNet. Started in 2011,…
“Being a global leader in mobility, Vodafone has worked with governments in many parts of the world. We have a very good understanding of the eGovernance and mGovernance space and we are in a position to partner with the government for taking the vision of Digital India forward,” says Shekhar Agrawal, Senior Vice President, Vodafone…
At MWC, partner service providers claimed that they had seen rise in data use post Internet.org. Do you see this happening in India? Ashok Lalla, global head – digital marketing, Infosys (AL): Initially, that may be the case – as in most things that induce trial thanks to being free to use. Whether this early trial…
Amit Midha likens Dell to a start-up that is only beginning to show its potential. With revenues of over $56 billion in 2013, Dell hardly resembles a start up, but Midha’s enthusiasm underlines excitement over the company’s new growth strategy. As Dell moves away from being just a manufacturer of personal computers, or PCs, to…
As India launches an $18 billion plan to spread the information revolution to its states, the problems it faces are a holdover from the past – electricity shortages, badly planned, jam-packed cities, and monkeys. The clash between the old world and the new is sharply in focus in the crowded 3,000-year-old holy city of Varanasi,…
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