How many Indians have Internet?: Go digital or else. Since demonetisation, the government has been sending out this stern message to citizens who are still wedded to cash transactions. But to go digital, a key prerequisite is access to the Internet. How many Indians have it? Read More
Internet shutdowns in India: Why it is bad for Modi’s Digital India: The view on Internet shutdowns in India often gets boxed between voices around free speech vs those around law and order and how every right comes with reasonable restrictions. But with Prime Minister Modi’s grand plans of Digital India, and massive push on…
Congress questions freedom of speech in PM Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’: New Delhi [India], Mar. 26 (ANI): Hitting back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress on Sunday questioned as to why the young citizens of the country are arrested for executing freedom of speech online or on social media like Facebook. Read More
Undoing the protection of free speech that the 66A judgment brought: If something you say, or a message you send, leads to someone else inciting violence, you could be jailed, if a recommendation from the Law Commission to the government is accepted, and laws are amended. The recommendation of changes from the Law Commission to…
‘Freedom of speech key to democracy’: PATNA: Addressing students at a training programme on ‘Human right awareness’, organised by School of Law and Governance, Central University of South Bihar here on Sunday, national convenor of Lok Samiti K G Anand said freedom of speech and expression is a must to have a healthy democratic process…
MS Dhoni’s Aadhaar details leaked, wife Sakshi complains to Ravi Shankar Prasad: Sakshi Dhoni, from her twitter handle @SaakshiSrawat tweeted: “@rsprasad @CSCegov_ is there any privacy left ??? Information of adhaar card including application is made public property!#disappointed (sic)” Read More
India tops world Internet usage chart: Report: According to a recent report published by StatCounter, India is amongst the top countries with high Internet usage in the world. StatCounter is an internet analytics company with the research helmed by StatCounter Global Stats. Read More