Something to cheer about was long overdue, but as the supreme court read out its landmark judgment, Jadavpur University Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra had the last laugh. Two years ago he forwarded a seemingly harmless caricature of Mama
The Midas List of Forbes magazine, that seeks to recognize successful venture capitalists, has 11 Indian-American investors. The roll call of honour features those who make big, early bets on the leading tech companies of tomorrow, earning outsize
Tirumala, the hill town in Tirupati metropolitan area, is considered to be the only place in India that is treating more than 80 percent of the sewage, and has set a target to reach 100 percent. One of the richest temples in the co
The March 21 verdict exonerating the 16 policemen accused of killing 40 Muslims in Hashimpura, Meerut, on May 22, 1987, forms a pattern. One that reaffirms the state’s inalienable right to kill its citizens at will. Lik
Union minister of communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that his ministry has approved open source software policy. The minister said that from now use of open source software will be a precondition in e-governance rel
Five years of right to education act and nothing seems have changed. Education still remains a distant dream for children across the country while high drop-outs and low quality of education are major concern of the policy makers. Only positive ch
The day the supreme court scrapped section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act giving us the freedom to post anything on social media without any fear, prime minister Narendra Modi’s love for social media took another step to remain i
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against the order of a trial court that has summoned him as accused in a coal scam case. Similarly, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla has also filed a petition in the apex
To make Indians employable, the government will come out with a policy on skill development in next three months and also decided to house skill development university in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Minister of State (Independent Charge)
The Delhi state government has urged the ministry of Information Technology of India to block mobile applications of cab services Uber and Ola. On Tuesday, Delhi transport officials had asked US-based Uber and Indian company Ola to
Social-enabled policing is a concept which police and law enforcement agencies should adopt in this age of social networking and crowdsourcing. In 20th century, community policing seemed to give way to problem-oriented policing, with a focus on ef
Coal mines allotment to central and state public sector undertakings (PSUs) was completed on Tuesday. Coal secretary Anil Swarup tweeted that list of coal block allottees will be made available on MSTC portal. The coal ministry had r
After prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka recently, union minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday met Lankan refugees in Gummidipoondi town near Chennai and assured them of government`s assistance. Th
Amitav Ghosh, 58, has been short listed for this year`s Man Booker International Prize for his contribution to the English language writing. The finalists for the prize were announced in Cape Town on Tuesday, with 10 authors from around the
Our prime minister was inspired by Benjamin Franklin as a young man. While sharing his thoughts on the Republic Day, along with American president Barack Obama in his fortnightly radio address, Mann ki Baat, prime minister Narendra Modi said what
An Airbus plane operated by Lufthansa`s Germanwings budget airline crashed in southern France on Tuesday en route from Barcelona (Spain) to Duesseldorf (Germany). French police have confirmed that AirbusA320 passenger jet has crashe
The Indian government has never known to be information-friendly and now it is tightening the lid over info-flow by putting its own officials in cages with wide-ranging gag orders. Reacting rather alarmingly to recent cases of leaki
Non-performing assets (NPA) have become a major concern for the banks and the gross NPAs of the public sector banks stood at Rs 2,60,531 crore, as on December 2014. Highlighting the issue of mounting bad loans, RBI deputy governor S S Mundra on Mo
Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act and termed it as unconstitutional as it is violative of Article 19(1)(a). A bench of justices J Chelameswar and R F Nariman, which had on February 26 reserved the judgemen
Prime minister Narendra Modi’s Gujarat has taken fancy to DigiLocker, the digital locker system launched by the government to securely store documents online. Gujarat is leading in users who have signed
