Cyber-law inadequacies pose challenges for all: NEW DELHI: Inadequacy in Indian Cyber law and Cyber security provisions pose big challenges for all, especially corporate lawyers. These, say cyber-law experts, have to deal with cases on disputes in a nascent digital environment. Read More
Net Neutrality, Broadband Access…DTH Still Does not Have Much Hope: Ever since I wrote the article on the impending demise of DTH in India, a number of people have highlighted that the current fair usage policy (FUP) of fixed broadband providers is simply not high enough to provide IPTV and that Net Neutrality can be…
A series of right to be forgotten cases in courts highlight how India doesn’t have a privacy law: Two years ago, X was involved in a criminal complaint filed by his wife and her mother. They resolved their differences later and now live amicably with their minor child. The criminal case against X has been…
New breed of liberals thriving in Indian varsities: Freedom of immorality or freedom of expression: Universities and colleges in India have been lately busy in unique fests and shows. Strangely, although they are not academic but they are getting big support from people of all walks of life. Teachers, students, media, intellectuals, activists, NGOs etc.…
‘Public Data Offices can serve as last-mile WiFi hotspot providers’: TRAI: Telecom regulator TRAI has recommended (pdf) setting up of Public Data Offices (PDOs) that provides “last-mile” WiFi connectivity in areas where connectivity is low. It proposed a model wherein small entrepreneurs and shop owners could set up WiFi hotspots (or PDOs) by acquiring bandwidth…
BJP MP booked for ‘outraging modesty’: Police have filed a chargesheet in a local court against Union minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo on the basis of a complaint by TMC MLA Mahua Moitra in January alleging that Supriyo had used words and gestures “outraging her modesty” during a television debate. Read More
Pune: Cyber cell arrests man for âdupingâ 63 persons across India: The cyber crime cell of the Pune city police on Wednesday arrested a youth from Karnataka for allegedly duping people by misusing their debit card information to withdraw money from their bank accounts. Read More
New midday meal norms ‘inhuman’: Teachers and Anganwadi workers in Rajasthan have spoken out against the Centre’s recent decision to link the midday meal scheme to Aadhaar, saying it would completely disrupt the process of food distribution and teaching and learning. Read More
UN experts call for sensitive and timely response to online gender-based abuse: “Online gender-based abuse and violence are undeniably a scourge, and governments and companies should be taking action against it”, David Kaye, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of freedom of expression, said in a news releases that coincides with worldwide commemoration of International…
India Added 268.9 Million New Internet Users Since 2014, Says Adobe: India accounted for more than half of the 500-million new Internet users globally who have come on board in the last three years, a report by software firm Adobe said on Sunday. According to Mobile Adobe Digital Insights (ADI) Report, India has a strong…