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TRAI has once again revamped its regulations on spam messages and pesky calls for the benefit of customers. It has asked the telcos to further ensure commercial communications are only made through registered senders. Releasing a statement Thursday the authority writes, “…a complete overhaul of the regulation had become...
Following a petition filed by a law professor against Aadhaar the Delhi High Court has agreed to hear a plea and the next hearing is scheduled to be on November 19. Meanwhile, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), body behind the digital ID providing to more than a...
Indian telcos have been given directed by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to collect a two-factor verification process while issuing new SIM cards to customers and one of the factors must include facial recognition to prevent misuse of Aadhaar authentication. In previous circular UIDAI had asked to ensure...
By Aditya Aamir Tarana Burke, a social activist and community organizer, first began using the term “Me Too” in 2006 on the Myspace social network. Then on October 15, 2017, Hollywood actress Alyssa Milano encouraged spreading the hashtag #MeToo to draw attention to sexual assault and harassment. Milano later...
By K R Sudhaman With global economic situation vulnerable in the face of the US-China war, appreciating dollar and the currency crisis in some of the emerging economies, India needs to be careful in ensuring its macro-economic fundamentals remained strong and stable. The twin deficits of fiscal and current...
By Richard Burgon Last year’s Labour Party conference was the busiest, best and most optimistic that I’ve ever attended. And this year’s conference promises to be even better, with important debates and votes in the conference itself and a better than ever conference fringe, the fantastic The World Transformed...
DESPARATE FOR AN IMAGE MAKEOVER Aditya Aamir It’s a dull and gloomy day under the overcast sky, the light obfusc and aqueous. It could rain, it would rain. In Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan – ‘IK’ to mesmerized Pakistani youth – is suffering, angry. IK wants retribution for being...
By Dr Arun Mitra Like other slogans much expectations have been raised from the highly advertised National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) – the Ayushman Bharat rolled out by the Prime Minister on 23rd September at Ranchi. It is said to be the biggest health insurance scheme in the world....
Sushil Kutty Monday September 24, is a ‘newsful’ day. Sikkim got its first and India its 100th airport. And a sub-jail in Kerala got its first Bishop inmate – Bishop Franco Mulackkal, accused of the serial rape of a nun. It’s sweet retribution for the nun-clan. More so, after...
By Arun Srivastava This is the most dangerous game the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is playing. The façade of RSS moving from the fringe to mainstream Indian nationalism primarily aims at keeping the liberal centrist Hindus and minorities under confusion. The entire exercise of Bhagwat at the RSS meet...