India’s ambitious Digital India programme could get derailed due to the financial challenges faced by telcos, apart from the low quantities of spectrum deployed for commercial use and the absence of a road map for releasing more airwaves, telcos and experts say. Mobile phone operators in India face multiple challenges lowest spectrum holdings in the…
The Internet Society of Australia had changed its name to Internet Australia. What’s in a name? The Internet Society by any other name would represent the Internet. But it wants a “more contemporary image.” President George Fong said the change of name is in keeping with the board’s determination to take a higher profile in…
Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah on Sunday took notice of manhandling of cameramen and crime reporters outside the Sindh High Court (SHC) and appointed Traffic Police DIG Dr Ameer Shaikh as inquiry officer of the incident. He took this decision while presiding over a meeting of crime reporters and cameramen who were subjected…
21 May 2015 – The United Nations education envoy told journalists in New York today that “shocking figures” relating to the position of children in emergency situations underlined the need for a new humanitarian fund to ensure the education of millions of children. “This is not the year of the child but the year of…
Saudi Crown Prince and Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz has had his country execute 85 people this year, and has imprisoned a blogger for speaking out against the country.
Saudi Arabia plans to bid to become the head of the UN Human Rights Council.
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Whether or not Chris Roberts, the security researcher who recently claimed to have hacked into the flight control system of a plane while it was in flight, was telling the truth about his ability to hijack a plane, we’ve most definitely entered the era of cybercrime. The idea that a criminal group could electronically take…
The Daily Caller reported that the popular dating app Tinder has apparently begun to catch on in the Islamic Republic of Iran in spite of the prevalence of government monitoring and enforcement of morality laws that criminalize intermingling of the genders. The report indicates that Tinder is just the latest extension of an underground dating…
Only once in a while does an Internet censorship law or regulation come along that is so audacious in its scope, so misguided in its premises, and so poorly thought out in its execution, that you have to check your calendar to make sure April 1 hasn’t come around again. The Draft Online Regulation Policy…
Chief Minister T R Zeliang today launched the pilot phase of the Nagaland Treasury Computerization Project under National Mission Mode Project and National e-Governance Programme Reform initiative of the Government of India. The initiative of migrating to a fully online system of transactions and payments aims at reaching new levels and standards in managing manpower…