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Daily Archives: February 11, 2015

The 2015 IGF Brazil Will Focus on Empowering Sustainable Development

The preparations of the Brazil Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting are well under way. After consulting the wider Internet community and discussing the overarching theme of the 2015 IGF meeting, the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) decided to retain the title “Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development”.
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February 11, 2015Daily NewsBy wp-admin

Increasing attacks making school dangerous for girls, U.N. says

Going to school is becoming an increasingly dangerous proposition for girls around the world. Schools in at least 70 countries experienced some form of attack between 2009 and 2014, said the United Nations in a new report. Girls were overwhelmingly the target of such attacks. High-profile cases, like the assassination attempt of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai…

February 11, 2015Daily NewsBy wp-admin

Proposed amendments to military court laws in Thailand draw UN rights office concern

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is concerned that a number of proposed amendments to Thailand’s law relating to military courts, which are due for consideration this week, are not in line with international standards, according to a the High Commissioner’s spokesperson.
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February 11, 2015Daily NewsBy wp-admin

Girls face rising violence in fight for education: UN

High-profile attacks such as the abduction of 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in Nigeria and the shooting of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan are a fraction of what is suffered by girls trying to get an education, the UN human rights office said on Monday.
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February 11, 2015Daily NewsBy wp-admin

New UN rights report depicts ‘turmoil, lawlessness’ in Libya

The report, which will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in March, depicts a country suffering from increasing turmoil and lawlessness, inflamed by a multitude of competing, heavily armed groups and a broadening political crisis. Against such a backdrop, it calls for bolstering State institutions, urges accountability for rights violations and support for…

February 11, 2015Daily NewsBy wp-admin

The Emerging Trend of Indian Regional Languages in Digital & Social Media

It’s interesting to know that the most recent census data available states that out of the 1.2 billi­on people in our country, there are about 200 million Indians who can read, write and talk in English and almost about half a billion of the population have identified Hindi as their mother tongue (2001). How does…

February 11, 2015Daily NewsBy wp-admin

ICICI Bank launches India’s first digital bank ‘Pockets’

ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, on Tuesday launched first digital Bank in the country, “Pockets’, on a mobile phone. “Technology changed the way of life…… Technology changed the social life….. Technology changed the way we do banking,” said Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank while launching the product…

February 11, 2015Daily NewsBy wp-admin

Budget 2015 must promote digital entrepreneurship in India

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing his ambitious Digital India campaign, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) expects the upcoming Union Budget 2015 to promote digital entrepreneurship.
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February 11, 2015Daily NewsBy wp-admin

Digital India: meet soon on use of geographic information system

The Department of Electronics and Information Technology has called for a meeting with the chief secretaries of all states on February 20 to chalk out a roadmap for adequate use of geographic information system applications, as part of the Centre’s Digital India programme.
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February 11, 2015Daily NewsBy wp-admin

Nokia supports Digital India program, says CEO Rajeev Suri

Finnish mobile communications company Nokia Corp. Tuesday said that it can play a role to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Digital India initiative that includes manufacturing in the country.
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February 11, 2015Daily NewsBy wp-admin
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