Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) recorded a total of 18,870 domain names by end of 2014 though in the month of December 2014, the country recorded a drop in the .ng domain name purchase activities by the registrants. According to Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), there was decrease in the number of domain names renewed…
The year 2014 was a historic year in internet governance: From the announcement of the IANA transition process to the NetMundial meeting and the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, the procedures and policies regarding the coordination of the internet seem to be more than ever a central topic of global governance. Most of these events have been welcomed by large parts of the internet…
India and the United States have decided to strengthen mutual cooperation in the field of electronic manufacturing and information technology.
This was decided at a meeting of US unde-secretary of state Catherine Novelli with minister for communications and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad last evening.
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The top United Nations human rights official has issued an appeal to the Saudi Arabia to halt the punishment of Ra’ef Badawi, an online blogger sentenced to public flogging for “peacefully exercising his right to freedom of opinion and expression,” according to the UN human rights office (OHCHR).
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The top United Nations human rights official has issued an appeal to the Saudi Arabia to halt the punishment of Ra’ef Badawi, an online blogger sentenced to public flogging for “peacefully exercising his right to freedom of opinion and expression,” according to the UN human rights office (OHCHR).
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North East Dialogue Forum (NEDF) in collaboration with other civil society organizations like Social Youth Organisation Sanjenbam and Meira Paibi bodies of Lairenkabi, Heibongpokpi, Lamban, Lamlongei, Tera Urak, Kadangband, Phayeng, Singda, Haorang Keirel, Haorang Khunou jointly organized a mass rally cum public meeting on International Humanitarian Law and Right to Life at Lairenkabi Dramatic Hall,…
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday that its team in the Borno State capital, Maiduguri, was providing assistance to 5,000 survivors of the attack.
The UN refugee agency has said that more than 11,300 Nigerian refugees have fled into neighbouring Chad.
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When Ambi Parameswaran, executive director and CEO, DraftFCB Ulka, wrote his first book, FCB Ulka Brand Building Advertising – Cases and Concepts, way back in 2000, all that he did to promote his maiden book was to approach a few dailies to review his book. “I didn’t even do a book launch event,” he recalls.…
(PTI) Taking cognizance of increasing cyber crimes in the state, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has decided to grant additional manpower and facility to the cell formed to tackle the menace, besides proposing to set up a regional office of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) in the metropolis.
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Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana today said the state police has arrested five persons for spreading false information on social media.
Addressing a press conference in Aizawl, Lalzirliana said that Ruth Chalthansawmi (23) of Aizawl and her four accomplices were arrested on charges of spreading false information in the social media.
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