Kolhapur: For the last two months, Ketan Sawant, a software engineer from Pune, has been struggling to file an online RTI application for his Rajopadhyenagar-based parents. The reason for this being that the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) lacks the very facility.Sawant has been trying to file a Right to Information (RTI) application questioning the absence…
Since 2005, the Right to Information (RTI) Act has built an impressive trajectory. In an era of global youth rebellion, it seems to be opening up new space for India’s young to demand people’s right to know. Taking a cue from this new trend of students diggin up dirt, with the help of RTI, Rohit…
The National Association of Software & Services Companies (NASSCOM) launched “The Future of Internet in India” report in partnership with Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), a global leader in content delivery network (CDN) services. The study was researched and created by YourStory.com, a leading media platform for entrepreneurship, in collaboration with Nasscom and with supporting…
MUMBAI (NewsRise) – India’s e-commerce start-ups that went on an acquisition spree in recent past are paring the businesses they’ve bought to conserve cash, as venture capitalists tighten funding after valuations of Internet companies plunged.
“Our democracy,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned soon after coming to office, “will not sustain if we can’t guarantee freedom of speech and expression.” Importantly, it should be noted, that it is not just the freedom to voice conformist views — it is also the freedom to express views that are unpopular, critical, or even…
One of the earliest references to India’s so-called “third gender” can even be traced as far back as in chapters of the Kama Sutra, and yet it has taken decades (or centuries even!) of stigma and struggle for The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 to exist in its latest form.
The Supreme Court has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to “scrupulously” follow its 2011 judgment that it is a student’s “fundamental and legitimate right” to access his answer sheets under the Right to Information Act. The recent order by a Bench led by Justice Ranjan Gogoi came on a plea by two…
The website of a B-school in Goa (India) was hacked by a group known as the ‘Pak cyber attacker.’ Owing to the content displayed on the website, it is assumed that it was hacked on August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day. The website was later restored back to normal. The hacked website belongs to the Goa…
NAGPUR: With an aim to sensitize children about the threats posed by cyberspace and crime, the Saraswati Vidyalaya Alumni Association (SVAA) organized a talk for schoolchildren.
Delivering the talk, SVVA member and cyber expert Sulabha Patil said that today’s children are exposed to the internet at a very young age.
Voicing concerns over alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir and PoK, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein today appealed to both India and Pakistan to grant his team access to Jammu and Kashmir as well as Pakistan occupied Kashmir.