Union Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi seems to have unilaterally donned the mantle of the protectress of the Indian womankind by announcing a cyber cell “to check online abuse” according to a heavily editorialised NDTV report. This move is both dubious and senseless. We’ll examine the senseless bit first by holding her to…
The Indian Supreme Court’s recent decision reiterating the importance of accountability for human rights violations by police and security forces, in particular where unnecessary or excessive force is alleged to have been used, is a welcome step and must be immediately implemented. In the case of EEVFAM v Union of India, petitioners alleged that 1,528…
The United Nations has passed a non-binding resolution condemning the disruption of Internet access as ahuman rights violation. Russia and China were among countries opposing the resolution, which reaffirms the stance of the UN Human Rights Council that “the same rights people have offline must also be protected online.” Saudi Arabia joined the two nations…
Google TV commercials for India showed people how easy it is to search for cricket scores on its app. Actors in Amazon’s ads sang a catchy tune in Hindi to urge skeptics of online shopping to get over their fears—and to remind people that Amazon accepts cash on delivery. Amazon’s local rival, Flipkart, bombarded drivers…
LONDON: Internet addiction is the reason behind people ‘phubbing’ or snubbing social companions to concentrate on their smartphone, a new study has found.
Researchers at the University of Kent in the UK suggest that people’s internet addiction is leading them increasingly to ‘phub’ — and experience being ‘phubbed’ — in social situations.
Google India and Tata trust launch Internet Saathi initiative in India. A joint digital literacy program to reduce . They will provide Internet access to Women in the rural area, India. Under the initiative, companies are providing a bicycle, mobile, tablet, training materials to women. These women will get training from companies to become Internet Saathi.…
Driven by the phenomenal growth in new Internet users and increasing mobile access, Wi-Fi expansion and demand for video services, the Internet traffic in India by 2020 will be 249 times the volume of the entire Indian Internet in 2005, said Cisco’s annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast. The digitisation transformation, based on the adoption…
The percentage of the non-working population is highest among Muslims in the country, according to data released by the Census office on Tuesday. A massive 11.61 crore Muslims — who make up 67.42% of the 17.22 crore Muslim community — have been listed as non-workers. The total 72.89 crore Indians have been listed as non-workers…
NEW DELHI: Move over, Flipkart. The Indian e-commerce space may soon have a new giant, if the government of India has its way. A portal called GeM, short for Government e-Marketplace , has been conceptualized by the government’s central purchase arm to allow sarkari babus to make routine office purchases from cups and saucers to…
NEW DELHI: DataWind plans to apply for the Virtual Network Operators (VNO) license later this month and expects to launch a pan-India telecom service with a rural focus with unlimited internet offering at Rs 99 per year. “We plan to file VNO application this month (June) for pan-India services to offer mobile Internet with a…