"Every citizen should have the right to internet. Government wants to sell even the internet to big Corporates. One million people have registered to fight for net neutrality. Youth have voted, they are asking on twitter, facebook and all other platforms. They are fighting for net neutrality and this government wants to carve out the net and hand it over to some Corporates. I request the government to please stop the TRAI consultation and to look into changing the law or writing a law for net neutrality"- Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha.#RGforNetNeutrality
Rouhani wins Iran's Presidential election Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need of a second round run-off.Interior minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on state television that Rouhani secured just over 50 percent of the ballot based on a 72 percent turnout of 50 million eligible voters. Mr Hassan Rouhani ... got the absolute majority of votes and was elected as president," Najjar said. Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, a hard-line conservative, lagged behind with about 16 percent of the votes. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, he too a hard-line conservative, earned 11 percent. The voter turnout was 72.7 percent. President-elect Hassan Rohani, sixty four years old, is known as a moderate conservative. He has been stressing the need to improve ties with Western nations, and is back...

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