In advance of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated annually on 3 May and which falls this year on Sunday, the United Nations and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held on Friday in New York a commemoration on this year’s theme, ‘Let Journalism Thrive! Towards Better Reporting, Gender Equality, & Media Safety in…
From the ‘Stone Age’ to today (in the ‘Digital Age’) one thing remains unchanged and will also remain unchangeable in the coming days, this thing is the basic needs of livelihood of human being; those are food, clothes, home, health and education. India has many natural sources of wealth. After 68 years of Independence, today…
Amanpour received the honour during a ceremony at UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova praised Amanpour for “her efforts to promote free, independent and pluralistic media, having the right to work free from the threat of violence, and contributing through this to peace, sustainability, poverty eradication and…
Welcoming the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) comprehensive Consultation Paper on ‘Regulatory Framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) Services,’ apex industry body Assocham has reaffirmed its commitment to working closely with both the Authority and the Government for bridging the huge digital divide in respect of internet access and usage thereby securing digital inclusion together with…
Welcoming the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) comprehensive Consultation Paper on ‘Regulatory Framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) Services,’ apex industry body Assocham has reaffirmed its commitment to working closely with both the Authority and the Government for bridging the huge digital divide in respect of internet access and usage thereby securing digital inclusion together with…
In a damage control move, the telecom regulator Trai today altered email IDs of all stakeholders who responded to its consultation paper on framework for over-the-top players like Viber, WhatsApp and net neutrality. After facing flak for making public 10 lakh email IDs on its website, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today resorted…
The website of telecom regulator Trai remained inaccessible for a few hours due to a technical snag in its system provided by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). The site has been facing frequent outage since yesterday when it made comments public that it received in response to consultation paper floated for regulation of over-the-top players…
Katrina Kaif’s phone got hacked!! See nude pics of Katrina Kaif!!! Gotcha. You won’t find any pictures of Katrina Kaif on this page. Well maybe this one. This picture was uploaded by Katrina Kaif on her Twitter account yesterday. That is, she voluntarily shared the image with her fans and followers on a social media…
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday declined to stay provisions of a recent Maharashtra law which prohibits possession, transportation and consumption of meat of cow, bulls and bullocks even if the animals have been slaughtered outside Maharashtra. A division bench headed by Justice V M Kanade was of the view that no stay can be…
It is easy to get swept away in the maelstrom of views and counter views, but difficult to arrive at an informed decision on the subject of net neutrality — the uninhibited access to legal online content without broadband service providers (BSPs) being allowed to block, degrade, or create fast/slow lanes to this content that…