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Adoption of Standards in Smart Cities - Way Forward for India
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Apr 11, 2016 03:04 AMWith a paradigm shift towards the concept of “Smart Cities’ globally, as well as India, such cities have been defined by several international standardization bodies and countries, however, there is no uniform definition adopted globally. The glue that allows infrastructures to link and operate efficiently is standards as they make technologies interoperable and efficient.
NN_Conference Report.pdf
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 27, 2016 08:07 AMComments by the Centre for Internet and Society on the Report of the Committee on Medium Term Path on Financial Inclusion
— by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Mar 01, 2016 01:53 PMApart from item-specific suggestions, CIS would like to make one broad comment with regard to the suggestions dealing with linking of Aadhaar numbers with bank accounts. Aadhaar is increasingly being used by the government in various departments as a means to prevent fraud, however there is a serious dearth of evidence to suggest that Aadhaar linkage actually prevents leakages in government schemes. The same argument would be applicable when Aadhaar numbers are sought to be utilized to prevent leakages in the banking sector.
‘A Good Day for the Internet Everywhere': India Bans Differential Data Pricing
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 25, 2016 01:21 AMIndia distinguished itself as a global leader on network neutrality on February 8, when regulators officially banned “differential pricing”, a process through which telecommunications service providers could or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services offered based on content.
Net Neutrality Advocates Rejoice As TRAI Bans Differential Pricing
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 23, 2016 02:10 AMIndia would not see any more Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they benefited from this Facebook project.
World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Feb 17, 2016 05:03 PMThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) had published a book in 2014 that examines free speech, expression and media development. The chapter contains a Foreword by Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO. Pranesh Prakash contributed to Independence: Introduction - Global Media Chapter. The book was edited by Courtney C. Radsch.
World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Feb 17, 2016 04:41 PMFree Speech and Public Order
— by Gautam Bhatia — last modified Feb 18, 2016 06:23 AMIn this post, Gautam Bhatia has explained the law on public order as a reasonable restriction to freedom of expression under Article 19(2) of the Constitution of India.
Free Speech and the Law on Sedition
— by Siddharth Narrain — last modified Feb 17, 2016 09:13 AMSiddharth Narrain explains how the law in India has addressed sedition.
Internet Freedom
— by Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda — last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:51 AMThe modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom.
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