British Prime Minister David Cameron today condemned the shootings in Copenhagen that left two people dead as an “appalling attack on free speech and religious freedom”. A 55-year-old man was killed at a panel discussion about Islam and free speech yesterday, and in a second attack, a young Jewish man was killed outside Copenhagen’s main…
Ever since rumours regarding the Indian launch of Internet.org app by Facebook in a tie-up with Reliance were confirmed, there has been lively speculation about whether the move is a violation of net neutrality. The app presents an opportunity for internet access (The stated objective ambitiously being internet access for the two thirds of the…
At a time when reason seems to have taken a holiday, it appears terror has taken over the world and freedoms are in peril like never before, at least not since the Middle Ages. People of different faiths, and even those who profess atheism and rationalism, have been attacked. Religious freedom was under fire in…
“We, Tanmay Bhat, Gursimran Khamba, Ashish Shakya, Rohan Joshi at AIB hereby offer an unconditional apology to the entire Christian community for any offence that may have been caused to its members as a result of the AIB Knockout.
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Scytl, the worldwide leader in election modernization, online voting and eGovernance technology, once again receives leading industry expert recognition for its end-to-end eDemocracy platform. The recent Frost & Sullivan 2014 Global Award for Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership awarded to Scytl recognizes the company as a leader not only for the its investment in R&D,…
E-commerce heavyweight Flipkart has signed a memorandum of understanding with the CSC e-governance India Limited to work out a mechanism to help Common Service Centers (CSCs) pan India to leverage Flipkart’s e-commerce platform. The MoU has emphasis on development of ancillary industries (packaging, logistics) and employment avenues in rural areas to help reduce rural migration and enhancing the revenue generation opportunities…
The National Optical Fibre Network is an initiative under “Digital India” programme to connect 250,000 gram panchayats by December 2016, through broadband optical fibre network. Once completed, it will facilitate delivery of multiple e-Services including e-commerce, e-education and e-governance.
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Union Cabinet meetings will soon go paperless. The government is finalising a plan to put all Cabinet notes on Kindle devices, which ministers will use at meetings and return to the Cabinet Secretariat immediately after.
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In connection with the launching of Agriculture e-governance Scheme in Kashmir Division, a meeting of Divisional Level Agriculture Officers and Chief Agriculture Officers of Department was held here under the chairmanship of Director Agriculture Kashmir, Peerzada Mushtaq Ahmad Shah.
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The D. M. Harish Memorial Government Law College National Moot Court Competition, one of the country’s only international events of this kind held privacy as the key topic for this year. “We are beginning to move into a world where technology as much as it is evolving us, is simultaneously even destroying us. The irony lies in…