State-run BSNL will be the first to cut tariffs to better Reliance Jio ‘s offer, a top official said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a price war in the country’s crowded mobile telecom market. The public sector player is planning to follow Jio in offering free voice calling on its network, and at plans that will be cheaper than the new entrant’s. And unlike Jio’s offer that is available for only 4G subscribers, the BSNL plan will be open to 2G and 3G users, which constitute the majority of…
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Error or terror: Deleting Posts, Banning Accounts, is Facebook acting as a Censor Board on Kashmir?
Kashmir-related posts have no place on Facebook it seems. Accounts are being banned and posts are being deleted, if Kashmir is discussed. Freedom of expression takes a hit in Kashmir. For over a month now, people of Kashmir have been without mobile communication services and internet access. The death of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani in Kashmir sparked massive unrest in the state and now even censorship seems to be knocking on the Valley’s doors. For three straight days, even daily newspapers were stopped from being circulated and now, even…
Read MoreNet-savvy hit the streets in hunt for Wi-Fi
People seen with smartphones hooked to Wi-Fi hotspots in alleys Apart from the protesters, a new breed of people busy with cellphones in their hands can be seen on street corners, alley’s or shopping malls of the curfew-bound Srinagar city. With mobile Internet services remaining banned in the region for the past 21 days following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8, these people with smartphones look for the Wi-Fi hotspots to hook onto Internet and social networking sites. It is because of the snapping of…
Read MoreFacebook under fire for ‘Censoring’ Kashmir-related Posts and Accounts
Photos, videos and accounts deleted after killing of militant by Indian army ‘Why is it that only Muslims get blocked?’ asks user after account blocked Facebook has censored dozens of posts and user accounts after the death of a high-profile Kashmiri separatist militant, who was killed by the Indian army earlier this month. Academics, journalists and the pages of local newspapers are among those who have had photos, videos and entire accounts deleted by Facebook after they posted about recent events in the disputed territory. Burhan Wani, a senior member…
Read More700 social media sites, accounts may be blocked
Most sites operate from across border; one of the handlers held Intelligence agencies in J&K have identified over 700 sites and Facebook accounts that are instigating gullible Kashmiri youth to indulge in violence by posting provocative posts and comments. These sites and accounts are likely to be blocked by the authorities to ensure peace in the region. Highly placed sources said that during the past two months, intelligence agencies in J&K have been studying reasons for radicalisation of youth in the Valley. While analysing social media messages and posts, it…
Read MoreHow smartphones are shaping Kashmir’s insurgency
It is all too easy to dismiss the upsurge in violence in Indian-administered Kashmir this weekend as just another cycle in a conflict that has ebbed and flowed ever since the country received independence in 1947. But that would be to ignore a new factor that is transforming the nature of protest in the region. There’s a clue to what is happening in the government’s response to the threat of disorder. Burhan Wani, the young militant leader whose death sparked the latest explosion of violence, was killed in a gun…
Read MoreModi’s ‘Digital India’ initiative comes crashing down in Kashmir
At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Digital India’ is hogging headlines across India, the much hyped initiative is coming crashing in Kashmir. Kashmir Post carries out a random survey and tried to look into the massive programme. While the government is trying to digitise its data and trying to promote Digital India to ensure that government services are made available to all the citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing internet connectivity, it is neglecting the computer education at the primary level. In government-run schools there…
Read MoreHajj pilgrims to get e-bracelets for safety
Muslim pilgrims joining this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia will have to wear an electronic safety bracelet, newspapers reported on Friday, after more than 2,000 died in a stampede last year. The high-tech safety measure will help authorities provide care “and identify people”, the Arab News and Saudi Gazette reported. At least 2,297 pilgrims died during the stampede on September 24 during last year’s hajj, according to data from foreign officials, some of whom expressed concerns about difficulty in identifying the victims. Saudi Arabia issued a death toll of 769.…
Read MoreApple iOS 10: 10 new features announced at WWDC 2016
At its twenty seventh annual Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has officially taken the wraps off iOS 10. The tenth version of iOS is, according to Apple , the biggest release of iOS ever. It brings in a variety of new features and an overall improved user experience. Here are the ten biggest features of the brand new iOS 10: 1. Redesigned lockscreen with interactive notifications iOS 10 comes with a redesigned lockscreen. The OS is now capable of waking up the iPhone the moment you pick it up. Lockscreen notifications…
Read MoreWorld’s smallest engine developed
Scientists have developed the world’s tiniest engine – just a few billionths of a metre in size – which is powered by light and may help develop nano-machines that can navigate in water, sense the environment around them, or even enter living cells to fight disease. The prototype device is made of tiny charged particles of gold, bound together with temperature-responsive polymers in the form of a gel. When the ‘nano-engine’ is heated to a certain temperature with a laser, it stores large amounts of elastic energy in a fraction…
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