Shin Dong-hyuk, whose testimony of his life in the North Korean prison camp became a major factor in United Nations condemnation of North Korea for human rights violations, has retracted many key parts of his story. Following the revelation that Dong-hyuk may have embellished the story of prison brutalities in North Korea, the country is…
Martin Luther King, Jr. is being remembered across the US and beyond at the moment. King Jr was not a king in conventional term. Nonetheless he was the king of millions and millions of hearts and continues to be close to many more people even now decades after his death. It is amazing to see…
FremantleMedia, one of the largest creators, producers and distributors of television brands in the world which is best known in India for producing international brands like Indian Idol and India’s Got Talent have now come up with a new reality show called India’s Digital Superstar. For the new show, FremantleMedia has partnered with ZengaTV, which is the largest mobile video…
Technology firm HP sees India as ‘a big focal point’ for its services as it senses enormous opportunity for technology here mainly because the country is heavily under-penetrated. The opportunity only grows with the government’s Rs.1 lakh crore Digital India project. “India has got a significant position in any IT company’s scheme of things. It…
When the architects of the Indian Constitution, stalwarts like BN Rau and BR Ambedkar, debated the merits of including ‘free speech’ as one of the fundamental rights guaranteed to the Indian citizen, they did so with the foresight that governments in future might try and dilute this valuable privilege.
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Authoritarian governments across the globe continued to invest huge efforts and resources to close down, silence, restrict and discredit independent civil society and human rights defenders (HRDs), especially those critical of government policies.
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Alleging that her ex-husband had posted her nude videos and photographs on the internet in collusion with his family members, a 24-year-old woman lodged a complaint with the office of the deputy commissioner of police (DCP), South Zone, on Tuesday.
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Alleging that her ex-husband had posted her nude videos and photographs on the internet in collusion with his family members, a 24-year-old woman lodged a complaint with the office of the deputy commissioner of police (DCP), South Zone, on Tuesday.
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The State Bank of India (SBI), Bhandara branch, has been asked by Maharashtra government to pay Rs 3 lakh compensation to a senior citizen who lost his lifetime savings of Rs 3.77 lakh to fraudulent ATM and online transactions. Bhandara-based complainant Motiram Tekam was told to partially bear the loss of Rs 77,000 as he…
According to Annual Status of Education Report 2014 (ASER) released last week Kerala is the only state in the country where, in 49% families, at least one person in the family is computer literate. The national average is 22%.
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