Trust Aamir Khan to take a stand for all things right, and call a spade a spade. In what is perhaps the most damning reaction from a Bollywood biggie on the controversial AIB Roast featuring Karan Johar, Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, reports suggest that Aamir has come down heavily on the show, saying that…
After 40 years in the United States of America, Palestinian-American Professor Sami al-Arian was deported to Turkey. He was born in Kuwait. His parents were Palestinian refugees. He had tenure at the University of South Florida. His ordeal began after a contentious interview with Bill O’Reilly on the right-wing channel “Fox News ” and lasted for…
The AIB’s tongue-in-cheek humour has not gone down well with a number of people. A lot has been said on AIB Roast post January 28, after a group of stand-up comedians followed the knock-out pattern of roasting celebrities at an event in Mumbai. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has also been filed in the Bombay…
In a recent judgment, a bench of the Indian Supreme Court convicted a Kerala ex-MLA for contempt of court for calling some judges fools, and sentenced him to four weeks imprisonment. In my opinion this judgment is incorrect, totally unacceptable in a democracy, and violates the freedom of speech guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the…
The district panchayat, in association with IT@School, proposes to embark on an e-literacy project during the 2015-16 plan period. As part of the project, IT@School project proposes to extend e-jalakam, a handbook on availing of e-governance services, to schools falling under the jurisdiction of the district panchayat. Currently, the handbook is made available to students…
“The new infrastructure development that is now taking place in Hyderabad will make the city even more attractive for the IT companies,” says S Narsing Rao, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Telangana.
For improving the economy of the state, what are the key steps that the government of Telangana is taking?
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Aimed at ensuring transparency and better administration, the road transport and highways ministry on Monday said it aims to bring the entire system fall under the scope of e-governance module. Launching a Web-based application to make payment process for works related to national highways more transparent, transport minister Nitin Gadkari said he plans to make…
The Digital India vision is disruptive thinking at a macro level that has the potential to change the living conditions of 1.2 billion people, and bridge the gap between Bharat and India. A tad ambitious but within reach, if the execution is as strong as the resolve.
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Family as a unit cannot survive if the husband and wife differ and dispute. When marriage is on rocks, communication suffers and information is not exchanged. Without information the reconciliation or resolution will be impossible. Several times the estranged spouse seeks to know from the other several things which either to establish the allegation or…
Global Information Society Watch 2014 The internet is a key tool to exercise the right to freedom of expression. It not only allows us to exercise the right to receive information, knowledge, ideas and opinions, but also allows us to exercise the right to express these – be it in the form of video, audio…