When Mehdi Masroor Biswas received a knock at his door on the early morning of December 13, he was not surprised at all to find policemen there. People, however, were certainly surprised that it took India’s law-enforcers so long to trace th
As India sees over 40% increase in cyber crime cases, the cyber-criminals are now cashing on tragic news like Air Asia aircraft crash. Some posts on social media claiming that the missing AirAsia plane has been found and that all it
Today, while governments and corporates are increasingly leveraging technology to conduct business, they are also increasingly exposed to the threat of cyber crime. Cyber crime comprises a range of illegal activities using computing and communicat
Elections conducted around the world these days are relying a lot on different technologies given the sheer scale and size of the databases involved. The numbers that one is dealing with in an election are mind-boggling. India, for example, has si
A Reuters report quotes two health ministry officials to say that the government of India has ordered a 20 percent budget cut in healthcare. The sobering report, dated December 24, takes the wind out of the expectations created by prime minister N
Indian democracy is a great leveler for politicians. We saw this in Jammu and Kashmir recently. As the day of election results was advancing, the joyous faces inside the camps of the key victors – Bharatiya Janata Party and the Peoples Democ
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and prominent national leader Madan Mohan Malaviya will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna. The announcement of India`s highest civilian award comes a day before the birthday of the veteran
To say it right and straight, SpiceJet’s breathlessness simply puts all in the ministry of civil aviation on the bench. One obnoxious sounding question – is that not the right thing to do? And some in support of that &nd
Despite all claims and administrative measure, safety on Delhi street is far from satisfactory. A women safety audit has found that that gender diversity on the streets has the highest impact on the feeling of safety and comfort in
June 8, 2014 is a day I will remember forever. I had an amazing experience that day: I watched the Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Holiday’ in a theatre in Bangalore. This was the first time I was watching a movie in a theatre – at the age
Tsering Angmo had done well for herself in life. Becoming a senior bureaucrat in the government of India was no small achievement for this woman born in a modest Ladakhi family of Leh in the 1950s. Angmo had started as a political activist least r
Four months have elapsed since the Digital India programme was first announced by the prime minister but few follow-up developments have taken place. Is it time to complain? I don’t think so, as the government is a gigantic machine and needs
The month of August 2008 had seen an unusual phenomenon In Jammu. This normally peaceful part of Jammu and Kashmir had erupted in never-seen-before anger. Mass protests against Kashmiri Muslims’ demand for banning the annual Hindu Amarnath p
The banking sector employees of nationalized banks are going on a four-day strike next month ‘seeking an early and reasonable wage settlement’. One fails to understand how a reasonable settlement argument is valid when you hold t
In a bid to end the winter session of Parliament on a meaningful note and to send a clear message to its fringe elements, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday made a categorical assertion that it was against conversions. Tuesday (Dec 23) is the
After closure of the Nokia plant at Sriperumbudur on November 1 this year; the world`s largest electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn has also announced suspension of production at the same location. The fate of 1,700 employees w
The alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, granted bail by an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Thursday, is still in jail thanks to a much abused law of Pakistan. Lakhvi has been detained under the Maint
Chunibhai Vaidya, an old-school civil society activist inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave and veteran of many battles on behalf of the marginalized people, passed away at his residence in the Sabarmati Ashram premises on Friday. He was 96
Prime minister Narendra Modi still rides high in popularity charts at home. Will this translate into votes in the Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and all important Delhi elections? In a
Signs are unmistakably ominous. We are increasingly heading towards a society in which democratic institutions would be debilitated to the point of being effete. Look at the manner in which parliament is being disrupted at the expense of issues wh
