Sachin Pilot to Lead The Indian Delegation to Global Cyber Meet in London The Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Shri Sachin Pilot would lead a delegation to attend International Cyber Conference being organised in London on November 1-2, 2011. The Conference will deliberate upon the issues relating to Economic and Social benefits of Cyber Space, anticipating, preventing and tackling Cyber Crime and International implications of actions in Cyber Space. The delegation headed by Shri Pilot would comprise senior officials from the Government of India. The Minister would also hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Conference. India’s participation in this Conference reflects her commitment to encourage international engagement in matters of cyber-security.
Save Dissent to Save Democracy THE rising instances of physical violence and threats against political opponents and the inability to accept dissent must raise huge concerns amongst all of us who see democracy as perhaps the really stellar achievement since Independence. AAP’s attack on BJP headquarters and acts of arson committed under the very noses of their elite leadership; the attacks on Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in Gujarat in the last two days; the recent manhandling of the caretaker of journalist Siddharth Varadarajan’s house by some garden variety thugs; and the violence and threats meted out regularly to their political opponents by political parties is surely deplorable and condemnable. This is a fatally flawed trend which will destroy the very foundations of our democratic institutions if not pushed back with all the strength and condemnation that the civil society can mobilise. Replaying the past To begin with, it must be clarified that we should ...
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