A high-level committee formed last year by the Union government to look into provisions of Official Secrets Act (OSA) in light of the Right to Information (RTI) Act may soon suggest to stakeholder ministries that OSA remains unchanged and that, instead, excessive secrecy be done away with by relaxing criteria for classifying information. According to…
The Supreme Court has observed that revealing the name of examiners evaluating answer sheets in competitive exams under the RTI Act could lead to “dire consequences” and “create confusion and public interest,” as unsuccessful candidates may try to seek revenge. The observations were made by a bench of Justices M Y Eqbal and Arun Mishra,…
A Division Bench of Rajasthan High Court on Monday issued notice to the Registrar General of the High Court, on a petition challenging the Court’s RTI Rules. The petition, filed by a law student, Dharma Raj, challenges the Rajasthan Right to Information (High Court and Subordinate Courts) Rules, 2006, as being ultra vires the Right…
Expressing disappointment on India’s decision on net neutrality, Facebook founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg has said he is committed to keep working to break down connectivity barriers in India and around the world. “Internet.org has many initiatives, and we will keep working until everyone has access to the internet,” Mr Zuckerberg said in a post…
Since independence we hear India is developing country. When are we going to hear India is emerged country? The phase is slowly moving forward to compete with digital world. In order to compete with digital world, we need to transform our country into a digitally empowered knowledge economy. As result of high and forward thinking…
The GSMA announced the availability of new guidelines designed to promote the secure development and deployment of services in the growing Internet of Things (IoT) market. The document, ‘The GSMAIoT Security Guidelines’ has been developed in consultation with the mobile industry and offers IoT service providers and the wider IoT ecosystem practical advice on tackling common…
Tim Berners-Lee, the father of internet, has congratulated India on taking a firm stand and passing the net neutrality rule which bars companies from charging or offering data traffic on discriminatory basis.
Taking to twitter, the man who invented the World Wide Web (WWW) said, “Well done India!”
TRAI has ruled against differential pricing for data services in a major support to Net Neutrality. The TRAI ruling can be seen as a blow to Facebook’s Free Basics, Airtel Zero and other similar data services which offered access to some websites and content for free, while the TSP would continue charging for others which…
Delhi and Maharashtra are head of the class in the country’s internet-readiness index, according to a study released on Monday. ‘Internet-readiness’ is measured as internet penetration and usage in Indian states using four indicators: mobile and internet infrastructure, eparticipation or use of online transactions and services by citizens, status of the IT service sector, and…
India’s telecom regulator has barred Internet service providers from offering customers preferential tariffs to access certain content over concerns that it will violate Net neutrality norms, dealing a blow to Facebook Inc.’s free data service plan. Internet service providers, including telecom operators, are prohibited from offering discriminatory tariffs for data services based on content, the…