Why IIT students are not allowed to discuss politics while they can vote in elections, asked retired judge of the Madras high court Justice K Chandru on Tuesday. Speaking at an event held here in the backdrop of the derecognition of a student group at IIT Madras on charges of spreading ‘hatred’ against Prime Minister…
On its first birthday, Telangana has some good news to cheer about. The state’s IT/ITeS exports shot up 15.7% in 2014-15 to Rs 66,276 crore from Rs 57,258 crore in the year ago period, revealed the annual report of the IT&C department that was unveiled by IT and panchayat raj minister K T Rama Rao…
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will take up an e-governance project, as part of which all departments will be computerised and more online services will be available. The project will make the city eligible to be part of the Union government’s smart cities initiative. According to the civic body, the e-governance project aims at bringing…
From July, mobile phone users will be able to retain their numbers when they relocate to any part of the country, even if they change operators. Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday announced that full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) will become operational from July. Talking to reporters during a press…
Lawyers practising at the Madras high court’s Madurai bench staged a protest here on Tuesday demanding an immediate revocation of the derecognition of a student group at IIT Madras. As many as 60 lawyers gathered in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the court premises and raised slogans against the IIT-M management condemning the…
One of the big promises we were made about the Internet was its potential to revolutionize the way that we interact with the world around us. The Internet enables us to transcend our physical restrictions and travel the world; it allows us to access and ingest research, art, culture and knowledge that would have in…
Net neutrality has been a much debated issue in India following the consultation paper issued by Trai. This was expected as mobility is a great success story in the country and mobile internet is at the heart of our digital world. However, this is a complex topic with many interrelated aspects that touch upon openness,…
Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here today the report on controversial issue of net neutrality, prepared by a telecom department panel, has been sent to the telecom regulator and would be made public soon. State-run telecom Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited will offer free national roaming from June 15, said Prasad. Addressing a…
In what is a self-contradictory stance, an internal committee of the department of telecommunications (DOT) has recommended that zero-rating plans are not a violation of the principle of Net neutrality, and has urged that the government should adopt the policy of Net neutrality as it is globally defined. Union minister for communications and IT Ravi…
The telecom department panel that was set up to look into the Net neutrality issue has submitted its report to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and the report will be made public in a few days. “Yes, they (the panel) have submitted the report to me. In few days time, the report will be put…