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Daily Archives: August 26, 2016

Facebook Inc to Provide Free WiFi in India, Following Google’s Footsteps

According to Mashable, the social media giant isn’t going to give up on India and are looking to provide free internet service at railway stations. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) looks to follow Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) example by using the Wi-Fi option to win over the Indian people.

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August 26, 201619 CommentsDaily NewsBy wp-admin

India to launch online system for children to report sexual abuse

A simple classroom comment box has finally begun to chip away at the silence that has shrouded pervasive child sexual abuse in India for generations. India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development, in a 2007 study, found that more than half of all children surveyed had suffered some form of sexual abuse but had not…

August 26, 2016Leave a commentDaily NewsBy wp-admin

Cyber crime in India up 300% in 3 years: Study

Cyber crime cases in the country registered under the IT Act surged nearly 300 per cent between 2011 and 2014, according to a study, which cautioned that cyber attacks around the world are occurring at a greater frequency and intensity. The study revealed that in the past, the attacks have been mostly initiated from countries…

August 26, 201619 CommentsDaily NewsBy wp-admin

Amnesty India is openly biased. But don’t confuse it with sedition

India’s sedition law (Section 124A) is draconian. It must go.Treasonable offences should be treated under a new law that recognises the freedom to dissent but draws a red line where dissent crosses into incitement to violence.

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August 26, 201617 CommentsDaily NewsBy wp-admin
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