Paresh Rawal unapologetic on Arundhati Roy tweet says it is ‘freedom of expression’: Actor-politician Paresh Rawal says he has no regrets about his tweet on Arundhati Roy as the author has been badmouthing the Army, which well never hit back at her. The BJP MP had received a lot of flak on social media for…
Boycott MakeMyTrip: Social media mob attacks company after co-founder’s beef ban tweets, uninstalls app: A set of tweets kicked off a row and has already created a lot of noise. Keyur Joshi, the co-founder of MakeMyTrip.com, found himself in a mess yesterday. In 2015, #BoycottSanpdeal trended after Aamir Khan‘s comment about surging intolerance in India.…
No Aadhaar? No Mid-Day Meal For You, Says HRD Ministry: New Delhi: School students across India will now be required to register or have an Aadhaar number if they want to avail of the central government’s mid-day meal scheme, according to a new government notification issued last week. The notification, issued by the human resource development ministry…
DCW plans to tie up with Twitter to curb cyber crime: In a bid to curb cyber crime against women, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) intends to collaborate with Twitter India and other social media platforms for its cyber crime cell, said the panel chairperson Swati Jai Hind during a one-day conclave on Women…
Mobile internet services suspended again in J&K, protests reported from areas: Jammu and Kashmir: Burhan Wani’s successor Hizbul commander Sabzar Ahmed Bhat was killed by the security forces in a counter-insurgency operation. The encounter began at 2100 hours on Friday after a security patrol party was fired upon in the Tral area of Pulwama district in Kashmir.…
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.…
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…