-The Hindu Second offence may attract imprisonment up to seven years The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared a proposal to broaden the scope of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986, and make the punishment harsher. The penalty may be enhanced to a maximum of three years of imprisonment and a fine between Rs. 50, 000 and Rs. 1 lakh for the first conviction. An offender convicted for the second time can be...

-The Hindu Internet’s contribution to GDP will grow from $30 billion to $100 billion by 2015 The Internet has established its role as a powerful economic force multiplier with a new study projecting that its contribution to India’s GDP will explode to $100 billion (Rs. 5 lakh crore) by 2015 from $30 billion (Rs.1.5 lakh crore) at present. The study on the “Impact of Internet on the Indian Economy” by McKinsey, which is...

-The Hindu While the Internet growth story in India seems promising, individual users are yet to play their rightful role. Individual consumption is placed at 29 per cent — much lower than the international figure of 45 per cent, which means the Internet economy in India continues to be driven by large companies. By 2015, the Internet sector is projected to become bigger than the education sector, and equal to the...

-Al Jazeera New report from UN's telecommunications agency breaks down international Internet usage statistics. About one-third of the world's population now has access to the Internet, but more needs to be done in order to achieve Internet penetration targets as set out in the Millennium Development Goals, the International Telecommunications Union has said in a new report. Currently, 20.5 per cent of households in developing countries have access to the Internet, which the...

-The Hindu Icann, the global authority dealing with domain names, is hastening the threat of monopolisation on the Internet through its new scheme to sell generic words L’Oréal has applied for the top level domain (TLD) .beauty to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the global authority dealing with domain names on the Internet. TLDs are what we see on the right side of the dot in domain names...