INTERNET FREEDOM in India:a report

A report by a USA based NGO called freedom house which is dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world. They release report on the freedom in various context i.e. freedom in the world, freedom on the net and freedom of the press of the respective country.They recently issued their report of the current year regarding freedom in India.

Here is an experct from that report:-

Despite the Partly Free rating, India was ranked 20^th worldwide, ahead of most Asian countries.

pdf version of the report

The Freedom on the Internet report scored countries on a point scale of 0 to 100 to quantify the freedom enjoyed on online and digital media. Lower scores between 0-30 signified most freedom, 31-60 implied partial freedom while 61-100 implied lack of freedom on the internet. Points were given on the basis of how the government of a country imposed obstacles to internet access, limited or filtered online content or violated user rights by surveillance or other forms of harassment.

The score of 39 attributed to India was driven by 13 points in Obstacles to Access, 9 points on Limits on Content and 17 points for Violation of User Rights. The deterioration from a slightly better score of 36 in 2011 was being driven by a nominal uptick in all the 3 categories.

With more than 100 million people in India finding their way online, India has the 3^rd highest online audience in the whole world after US and China.

link to the pdf version of the report:-http://bit.ly/QOnDox

Internet connection in India among the worst in the world

Akamai technologies Inc a company which manages Internet content delivery system, publishes a quartely report of the state of internet connection. this quarter's report revealed an awful information about the internet connection speed of India. But apart from slow internet connection speed there was one very interesting information to be sought after in India, it was about the voice traffic in the cellular Networks, in this reign India was one of the best countries in the world to have the highest voice traffic in the cellular traffic.


Summary of the report:-

The report reveals that despite 3G rollout in India in 2011, the overall state of internet connections in India continues to be poor with average speed of just 0.9mbps. This puts India at 114th position in the list prepared by Akamai on the basis of average internet speed in quarter 4, 2011.

In India all 3G connections are sold with a promise of an internet connection with a speed of at least several mbps. But it seems the reality is different. And with the growth in wired internet connections lagging behind, the average internet speed in the country remains poor.

In comparison, China is 86th on the list with the average speed of 1.5mbps. Brazil has an average speed of 1.8mbps. For Asia-Pacific, Akamai said "India remained the only surveyed country within the region that has an average connection speed below 1mbps".

The report says that South Korea has world's best internet infrastructure with average speed of over 17mbps.

For India, the Akamai report reveals the speed has gone up by 13% in the last one year. But at the same time, the country has just 8.4% internet connections with speed of over 2mbps. In comparison, over 20% internet connections in china offer actual speed of over 2mbps.

The number of internet connections that have less than 256kbps speed is even more alarming. Akamai report states that nearly 27% connections in India have less than 256kbps speed. Only four other countries in the world - Libya, Nigeria, Nepal and Iran - fare worse than India on this parameter.

Incidentally, many internet service providers (ISPs) in India continue to define a connection with a minimum speed of 256kbps as broadband connection. The number is abysmally low and web activists and users argue that at a time when services like YouTube are part of life on the web, the minimum speed should be improved.

After consulting with various ISPs, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had raised the minimum internet speed to 512kbps from January 1, 2011. But ISPs in India continue to sell connections with a minimum speed of 256kbps as broadband internet. Also most of the ISPs sell the broadband plans where only a limited amount of data can be downloaded at higher speed. Once the limit is reached, which in many cases is as low as 3GB per month, the speed is reduced to 256kbps.

In its report Akamai also listed 100 cities with fastest internet connections in the world. None of the Indian cities are on the list.

Copy of the report issued by Akamai:-http://bit.ly/R2EXGH

Incredible India-really it is!

Incredible India is the name of an international marketing campaign by the Government of India to promote tourism in India in 2002 to a global audience. but is India really Incredible well yes it is - in sense of spirit and stature, in expanse and economy, in geography and history, in nature's beauty and technological knowledge.

The inception of India was with one of the world's Oldest civilizations. India is the seventh largest country by area, the sixth nuclear power house and one of the world's fastest growing economy. India is undoubtedly the world's largest democracy. India houses world's second largest population. Since the freedom of India in 1947 from the British government India has been a democratic country.More than 30 percent population in India is young(between the age group of 18-24, this makes 400 million young people in India of total 2.41 billion Indian population)

India has been an non-violent country and this could seen proven by the great Mahatma Gandhi.The Indian Army is the Third largest in the World in terms of military personnel, Yet India has the distinction of not invading any country in the last 100,000 years of history.

Over several millennial India has absorbed and preserved customs, traditions and Ideas from both immigrants and invader's. Not surprisingly, India is the birthplace of four religions. The land of Hinduism is also the site for the world's largest mosque, the Jama masjid. The santhome basilica- considered one of the only three tombs of Apostles to be located and preserved - is also in India.India is also one of the most diverse nation in the world in every aspect.India is also home to many cuisines in the world and is said to have a new cuisine every 100 miles of travel.
In the terms of Geographical area, India occupies only 2.4% of the world's total land area, Yet it is home to 60%-70% of the world's biodiversity. There are about 500 species of mammals in India,out of which 21 species are not found anywhere else in the world. India is home to world's largest population of tigers. In the world', tigers and lions are not found together in any one country -except in India.More than 2000 species of birds can be seen in India.

Some amazing facts:-

• The world's highest cricket ground is in chail, Himachal Pradesh,India.Built in 1893,this pitch is 2444 meters above sea-level.
• India has the largest number of post offices in the world
• The Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world.It employs over a million people.
• Until 1896,India was the only source of diamonds in the world.
• The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the ladakh valley.

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India'n medal tally at London Olympics 2012

London Olympics Ended on the 12th of Aug 2012. India was able to gain just 6 medals(2 silver and 4 bronze) this year which is even lesser than the total medal of of an Olympic player like Michael Philips.
But this medal tally is by far the best medal tally by Indian contingent ever in a single Olympic game

Gagan Narang won the country's first medal at the Games (By order of winning numbers according the first date of winning), a bronze in the 10 metre air rifle event.

Vijay Kumar won a silver medal in men's 25 m rapid fire pistol event and became the third man ever representing India to win an individual silver medal after Norman Pritchard (2) and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.

Adding to that, Saina Nehwal, won a bronze medal in women's singles in badminton. She has become the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics. She is also the second Indian woman to win an individual medal after Karnam Malleswari's bronze medal in Weightlifting in 2000.

Mary Kom won India its fourth medal at the games by winning a Bronze in the Women's flyweight category in Boxing. She is the third Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics.

Yogeshwar Dutt by winning a bronze in the 60 kg Freestyle Wrestling event, won India the fourth bronze and the fifth medal overall. This is the third individual medal in wrestling after bronze medals by Sushil Kumar in 2008 and K D Jadhav in 1952.

Sushil Kumar won the Silver medal in 66 kg Freestyle wrestling. Sushil Kumar is the first Indian to win an individual medal in back to back Olympics. He had won a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the same category.

India Ranked 55th among the all participant countries.

According to the Internal scale this is a very low medal tally for such a Huge country like India which is the second most populous country in the World. This medal tally 

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India ranks 14th in global PC security: study conducted by Mcafee

A study conducted by Mcafee software solution's reveal some interesting facts.

A study conducted by security software maker McAfee suggests Indians are more aware about basic PC protection than the Americans, Chinese and even Japanese! The study reveals the percentage of PCs equipped with basic security software in India is higher than in countries such as China and Singapore, despite the fact the country has a low penetration of computers.

According to the McAfee survey, Finland has the highest number of PCs with a basic security software solution, 90.3 percent, followed by Italy (86.2 percent) and Germany (85.55 percent). India ranks 14th with 82.67 percent, while neighbouring country China is at 17th position with 82 percent. Japan and super power the U.S. at the 19th spot (80.65 percent) and Singapore at 22nd position (78.25 percent). The global average is around 83 percent.

India ranked 14th on the list with 82.67%, while China ranked 17th (82%), followed by Japan and US at the 19th spot (80.65%) and Singapore at 22nd position (78.25%). The global average stood at 83%. According to estimates, India had a total installed base of over 60 million PCs at the end of 2011. "Its gratifying to see that the majority of consumers have gotten the message that at the very least they need to have basic security protection installed," McAfee Co-President Todd Gebhart said.

Basic security protection includes anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall technologies. The study covers 24 countries and is based on data from voluntary scans of an average of 27-28 million PCs. The study estimates India had a total installed base of more than 60 million PCs by the end of 2011.

"Its gratifying to see that the majority of consumers have gotten the message that at the very least they need to have basic security protection installed," says McAfee Co-President Todd Gebhart. "Protecting digital devices against cybercrime from malware not only benefits each of us personally, but also serves to discourage illicit activity and preserve the integrity of the Internet.”

Spain (16.3%) topped the list of countries where the PCs scanned did not have a security solution in place, followed by Japan (13.2%) and China (12.9%). About 10.9% of the PCs scanned in India did not have a security solution, placing India at the 8th spot. The study suggests often people do not understand that once the trial subscription expires (which came pre-installed with the PC), they are no longer protected. Some consumers may disable their security protection on purpose, for example to play online games, while some PC users believe they do not need protection if they simply adhere to safe surfing best practices.

The study also points out that cyber-attacks against technology firms, banks, government agencies were increasing and have so far led to the loss of millions of dollars.

MCAfee says 17 percent of the total PCs scanned either had no anti-virus or the software was installed but disabled. The study says several users disable security purposely for various reasons, such as for playing online games,  or in some cases, users believe protection is not required if they are browsing safe sites.

"Security software is consumers' first and, in many cases, only defence against cybercrime," the study concludes.

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