Freedom of Press Index: Last thing Indian media needs is more regulation: India ranks an abysmal 133rd among 180 countries in the Freedom of Press Index. Moreover, a 2011 survey by a Hong Kong based research firm had said that India is the most over-regulated country in the world. But all this has not quelled…
Google Internet Saathi: Truly Digitising India?: Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden have one thing in common. According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Index 2016, these countries are the most gender equal in the world. India, not famous for the same egalitarianism, ranks a lowly 87 on the same list. Read More
Visible rise in intolerance in India: N. Ram: The state of free speech is fraught in India, with a massive misuse of laws producing a “chilling effect” on the media, N. Ram, Chairman and Publisher of The Hindu group of publications, said in Galle on Friday. Speaking on ‘free speech deficits’ at the Galle Literary…
Bridging digital divide is top priority of govt: P.P. Chaudhary: There is a need for bridging the digital divide between the urban and rural areas, said minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology P.P. Chaudhary. He was speaking at the valedictory session of the 20th National conference on e-governance. He said the Union government…
Privacy protection: Need for proactive cyber legal approaches in India: Social media sites are governed under the Indian Cyberlaw. The Information Technology Act, 2000 treats social media sites as intermediaries, since they are legal entities, who on behalf of another person, receive, store or transmit electronic records and also provide services with respect to those…
Telenor India’s WebWise report reveals Internet habits of schoolgoing children: Telenor today published its WebWise report that analyses internet usage and access patterns of school going children. The report has findings of the safe Internet survey done in schools by Telenor India. The survey reveals access trends of school going children in areas such as:…
NAM on Human Rights, Migration and Development: In a world where an approximate 244 million people at present live outside their nation of origin, having moved for multiplicity of reasons amongst which apart from others the search for safety-security and the search for prospect are inextricably intertwined. Despite the fact that for some ‘migration’ is…
Globally, India Ranks Third When It Comes To Online Bullying: In 2015, when Nikita Azad’s penned a powerful open letter about the stigmas that surround a basic human function – menstruation, little did she expect it to spiral into a movement. But that’s exactly what happened and along with it came the trolls and online…
Digital India: Internet opportunities abound, even as despair over privacy, security soar: No, this does not refer to the unfolding saga of demonetisation that has divided India down the middle, but to the growing pervasiveness of the internet in our lives. One can only wonder how Dickens’s narrative would have changed if both ‘sides’ in…
No Hardware Level Security on Digital Payment Applications and Websites in India: While, post demonetization has forced the Indian citizens and merchants to switch onto digital payment system, chipset maker US based organization Qualcomm said that digital payment applications and websites in India are free of hardware level security that can ease out malware and…