-The Indian Express The research shows that India’s mobile phone gender gap - 33 per cent - is among the highest in the world, surpassing several countries with comparable incomes, development levels, and mobile phone costs. New Delhi:  Apart from economic constraints, social barriers like the level of education, marital status and the lack of empowerment prevent women’s access to mobile technology in India, suggests a study by the Harvard Kennedy School. The...

-Newsclick.in The apex court has rapped state governments for not filing compliance Reports. On Friday, the Supreme Court directed the state governments to file compliance Reports within a week on the measures taken to tackle mob lynching in furtherance of its July 17 judgement. In the judgement, the Supreme Court had directed the state governments to file their compliance Reports with the Court Registry within four weeks. The matter was listed for...

-TheWire.in Family members of slain Kedar Singh Jindan, along with several locals and activists, have demanded a CBI probe into the matter. New Delhi: Even as the Centre dithers on implementing the Whistleblowers Protection Act, which was passed four years ago to protect anyone who exposes alleged wrongdoing in government bodies, another name has been added to the growing list of RTI activists who have been killed for raising disturbing questions. The...

-Hindustan Times The court noted that only 11 states had filed compliance Reports. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked all states to comply with its directions to deal with incidents of cow vigilantism and mob lynching, reported news agency PTI. Noting that only 11 states had filed compliance Reports following its July 17 verdict on cow vigilantism, the court asked the remaining states to file their Reports within one week. “If Reports...

-Livemint.com Ecologist Madhav Gadgil, whose report on Western Ghats was rejected by the Kerala government, on what caused the Kerala floods and how the rebuilding process should be carried out Ernakulam (Kerala): Submitted seven years ago on 31 August 2011, ecologist Madhav Gadgil’s report on the biodiverse Western Ghats—a portion of which falls in Kerala—had warned that the combination of massive ecological destruction and extreme weather events trigger disaster. His words proved...