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Daily Archives: August 19, 2016

The Transgender Rights Bill in India: Recent Revisions Met With Fierce Critique

One of the earliest references to India’s so-called “third gender” can even be traced as far back as in chapters of the Kama Sutra, and yet it has taken decades (or centuries even!) of stigma and struggle for The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 to exist in its latest form.

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August 19, 201629 CommentsDaily NewsBy wp-admin

Students can access answer sheet under RTI: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to “scrupulously” follow its 2011 judgment that it is a student’s “fundamental and legitimate right” to access his answer sheets under the Right to Information Act. The recent order by a Bench led by Justice Ranjan Gogoi came on a plea by two…

August 19, 201630 CommentsDaily NewsBy wp-admin

Goa B-school website hacked by Pakistani cyber attackers

The website of a B-school in Goa (India) was hacked by a group known as the ‘Pak cyber attacker.’ Owing to the content displayed on the website, it is assumed that it was hacked on August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day. The website was later restored back to normal. The hacked website belongs to the Goa…

August 19, 20162 CommentsDaily NewsBy wp-admin

Keep children safe in a cyber world

NAGPUR: With an aim to sensitize children about the threats posed by cyberspace and crime, the Saraswati Vidyalaya Alumni Association (SVAA) organized a talk for schoolchildren.
Delivering the talk, SVVA member and cyber expert Sulabha Patil said that today’s children are exposed to the internet at a very young age.

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August 19, 201617 CommentsDaily NewsBy wp-admin

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights appeals to India, Pakistan for access to Kashmir

Voicing concerns over alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir and PoK, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein today appealed to both India and Pakistan to grant his team access to Jammu and Kashmir as well as Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

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August 19, 2016916 CommentsDaily NewsBy wp-admin
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