Dell India Pvt. Ltd is in talks with the government to explore how it could start utilizing the spare capacity at its Sriperumbudur plant for exports from India as part of the ‘Make in India’ initiative. Alok Ohrie, managing director and president of the India unit, elaborated on this plan in an interview last week.…
The Indian government may ban the controversial ‘zero rating’ plans proposed by companies in its final policy on net neutrality, according to reports. However, it could make an exemption for delivery of essential government services like health and education on a preferential basis. According to reports, the telecom commission has arranged a six member committee…
Internet.org’s offer of access to selected websites and services without data charges has been criticized by over 60 digital rights groups around the world for, among other things, increasing inequality while undermining net neutrality. The organizations, some of whom have worked in the area of providing connectivity to the poor, on Monday wrote an open…
The ministry of health and family welfare, government of India, closed the window for receiving public opinion on its concept note on National eHealth Authority or NeHA, as it is being referred to. It is to be a nodal authority that will be responsible for development of an Integrated Health Information System (including Telemedicine and…
Amdocs has joined hands with NASSCOM Foundation to set up National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) centers in Gurgaon and Pune and train more than 3,000 under-privileged people this year to become digitally literate. Under the NDLM digital literacy program Amdocs India will invest in training infrastructure, trainer’s cost, and other operational expenses. The centers will…
Ever since India’s independence in 1947, the biggest priority for the nation has been its economic growth, education for all and financial inclusion for the vast population of the country. While India has made some noteworthy progress in the past six decades and more, but on the aspect of financial inclusion, progress has not been…
The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of a bank employee, who had challenged framing of charges against him for publishing an allegedly “vulgar and obscene” poem on Mahatma Gandhi in 1994 in an in-house magazine of which he was an editor. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant said one cannot…
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that though the freedom of speech and expression provided in constitution under the fundamental rights has to be given a broad canvas but it was not absolute right. “Freedom of speech and expression has to be given a broad canvas, but it has to have inherent limitations which are…
By Ram Puniyani, The coming to power of Narendra Modi in a way gave an open license to all the affiliates of RSS combine to indulge in open hate speech against the religious minorities. The current agenda behind the hate speech is to consolidate the communal polarisation of the society along lines of religion. The…
A bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant had to deal with the issue of the extent of freedom of expression and limits of censorship in case of a writing about historically respected persons like Mahatma Gandhi. In its recent judgment, the bench after an elaborate discussion of the…