Human Rights Watch World Report 2017 finds India reeling 250 recommendations given by third Universal Periodic Review (UPW): The Human Rights Watch World Report 2017 finds India to be a nation violating human rights in more than ten issues including women’s rights, freedom of speech, gender identity and treatment of minorities, to name a few.…
No, Google’s Not a Bird: Bringing the Internet to Rural India: TARADAND, India — Babulal Singh Neti was sitting with his uncle on a recent afternoon, trying to persuade him of the merits of the internet. It was 105 degrees outside, and the sun was beating down on the frazzled croplands. His uncle said he…
Facebook’s Internet.org Helps Fill Internet Gaps in India: Just 26% of 1.3 billion Indians had access to the internet in 2015, but the government believes that 338 million number will shoot up to 730 million by 2020, thanks to increasing penetration in the rural areas. The government in 2011 launched an effort to provide broadband…
Patriotism Doesn’t Mean Excluding Anyone, Give Women Their Rights – Sri SriSri: Sri Ravishankar, a propagator of Yoga and ancient Indian wisdom, criticized the tendency to oppose any particular community in the name of patriotism. In an interview with WION TV channel, the spiritual leader also asked vigilantism related to cow to be treated and…
Facebook Allies with Airtel to Roll out Almost 20,000 Wi-Fi Hotspots: The leading telecom partner of India, Bharti Airtel, has collaborated with Facebook to install over 20,000 Wi-Fi hotspots to offer the Internet that uses Express Wi-Fi service of Facebook in India. The company said that this alliance will help Express Wi-Fi to extend to…
New ISRO satellites to bring high-speed internet to Indian users: In a bid to bring high speed Internet connectivity, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced plans to launch three communication satellites in the next 18 months. Kiran Kumar, ISRO Chairman notes, “We will launch three communication satellites, GSAT-19 in June and GSAT-11 and…
Govt developing digital forensics facilities to examine cyber crime: Chandigarh, May 19 (PTI) The Union government is procuring latest equipment to develop digital forensics facilities at the Central Forensic Science Laboratories (CFSL) in the country. The director-cum-chief forensic scientist of the Directorate of Forensic Science Services, A K Ganjoo, today said, “The digital forensics facilities…
Digital India must protect itself with well-crafted cloud security strategy: Since its launch in 2015, the Digital India programme has been steadily gathering momentum. The ambitious undertaking aims to connect the entire country, regardless of location or demographics. Read More
The future of the internet depends on you: In this article Andreas Reventlow writes about the role that new participants can play in human rights advocacy for internet policymaking, now that these processes have become more accessible to non-experts. These reflections also provide a timely introduction to the next public event in the Defending Human…
Digital India for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development: Indian government has been facilitating this trend with a number of schemes and retro-measures. To weed out black money and corruption from public life, Government has been leveraging digital transaction ecosystem. By December 2017 all government agencies would adopt digital way of transacting to ensure inclusive growth.…