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Both men and women vulnerable to online harassment in India
January 17, 2023
On Monday, Delhi Police registered case against unknown persons for making lewd comments about daughters of renowned Indian cricketers, Virat Kohli, M S Dhoni and Rohit Sharma on social media. Several high-profile celebrities, notably cinestars in India have had to face constant ...
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Regional languages changing India’s internet landscape
May 14, 2019
With the diverse nature of Indian demography, the growing use of local Indian languages online will change the country's internet landscape breaking the English language barrier.
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India shows a strong presence at WTM London 2018
November 15, 2018
While a multitude of travel and tourism professionals attended WTM 2018 event and discussed about the latest trends, campaigns and issues of negative tourism, the Indian Pavilion offered niche tourism products like adventure, yoga and Ayurveda with its new Incredible India 2.0 ca...
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Google’s free WiFi project caters to 400 train stations in India
June 13, 2018
The project covered 100 of the busiest railway stations across India within the first year of its launch, thus enabling 15,000 people to experience the internet for the first time every day. Each station has a capacity of 1GB and the internet connection slows down after 30 minute...
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Stand-up comedy in India
October 16, 2017
The comedians, armed with creativity are in no mood to leave you with that look on the face.
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Right to privacy in a modern democracy
August 25, 2017
The Supreme Court ruling on privacy settles the debate in India on this crucial issue, at least for now. But how does India compare to other democracies in protecting the privacy of its citizens?
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Netizens and their truce with fake news in India
August 22, 2017
A Webaqoof is one who believes every word or information on the Internet and social media to be true is a new 21st century Hinglish dictionary word introduced by Shashi Tharoor, the Congress man known for his pertinent sense of humour.
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Is India ready for the digital industrial revolution?
February 8, 2017
Coupling advanced technologies with the human capabilities would be the future of industrial revolution in the world. India, pushing digital innovation aims to gather the right momentum and strongly focuses on digital connectivity and cyber security.
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Indian online shoppers set to cross 100 million in 2017
January 10, 2017
Surged by the improving infrastructure in the online space, Internet logistics and the rising number of handheld devices used in India, a recent study predicts that the number of online shoppers will cross 100 million by the end of 2017.
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Solar powered plane by Facebook to provide internet in India
November 9, 2016
Facebook is pushing for its solar powered ‘Aquila’ drone to take high speed internet connection to inaccessible and rural parts of India.
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Innovative ventures by students raising awareness
September 7, 2016
Students in #Tamil Nadu crowd-funded a toilet for their friend who lacked the #basic necessity at home. In some other cases, students have been #victims of #exploitation. A #video displaying a teacher from #Chhattisgarh asking his students to give him a #massage went #viral on in...
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Authorities in India to discourage obscenity against women on social media
August 25, 2016
Witnessing increasing emotional abuse against women on social media platforms, the Ministry of Women and Child Development in India is all set to launch a social campaign to discourage people from using obscene words for women.
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