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Essay on The World Trade Organisation (WTO) and India !It is true that the WTO mostly benefit the developed countries. That does not mean that the developing countries like India are losing but not gaining anything. But the gains of these countries are limited as compared to those of the developed countries.Regarding the Indian Membership in the WTO, wide range apprehensions have been expressed such as: our economic sovereignty has been compromised, our agriculture would be ruined, our farmers would have to buy their seeds every year from multinations, our public distribution system would have to be curtailed, our genetic wealth would be lost, the drug prices would shoot-up, our market would become a heaven for foreigners. But A.V. Ganesan, India’s Chief-negotiator in the Uruguay Round says, “It is only…

Essay on the Offences and Punishment under the Information Technology Act, 2000 !The various offences and the punishment provided for them are contained in Chapters IX and XI of the Act. These offences are briefly stated as follows:— 1. Unauthorized Access (Section 43): The section lays down that any person who accesses or secures access to a computer, computer system or computer network without permission of the owner or any person in charge of such computer, computer system or computer network, shall be liable to pay damages by way of compensation not exceeding one crore rupees to the person who is so affected.The term “access” as defined in Section 2(1)(a) of the I.T. Act, means “gaining entry into, instructing or communicating with the logical, arithmetical or monetary function resources of…

Can you guess the age of Internet? It was considered in the form of computer networking at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962. After incubation period of seven years the first cute little baby of the species appeared on the scene in September in 1969 as APRANET of Department of Defence of Government of USA.APRANET consisted of four major techno­logical breakthrough (1) Interface message processor (2) Network Topology, (3) Network matries, (4) Hretitech rural design. Bernek and Neaman analysis Corporation, University of California at Los angles (UCLA) were the agencies working together to evolve the APRANET; the first public demonstration of the network was organized during the international Computer Communication Conference an 1972 and presented by Bob Kahnm, the designer of APRANET architecture. The number of computers uses connected…

Our age is known as the age of Information Technology. Information Technology with its superhighway has not only revolutionised man’s way of working but also his very existence. IT (Information Technology) revolution is sweeping our civilization bringing about unfathomable changes in our present-day civilization. Twenty first century belongs to the IT world.The term ‘Information Technology’ or simply known as IT is a generic name given to all improvements that are taking place in our world due to the inter-linked advancement in technology, learning, and information. The term refers to recent technological developments that are taking place in our world as a result of better technology, due to better information.It consists of a number of allied modern advancements such as, computer, Internet, websites, surfing, E-mail, E-commerce. E-governance, Video- conference, cellular phones,…

Internet can be reckoned as the latest discovery of man which has revolutionised his style of working and living. It has totally reduced distance, broken all man-made barriers and made our world a small place. It brought information at our doorstep opening before us what is known as ‘Information Superhighway’ at the click of a button.Internet is a network of computer systems that have been connected to each other through satellite, telephone lines and optical cables. Basically Internet is a global electronic community for millions of interconnected computer networks. ADVERTISEMENTS: Real Internet operation began in 1969 when United State’s military used it for the first time. By 1980s it became a tool in the hand of academic researchers and Universities. It was only in the 1990s that Internet was thrown…

Here is your Essay on Information Technology Act, 2000 !The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was found insufficient to cater to the needs of new crimes emerging from Internet expansion. Even some of the traditional crimes such as conspiracy, solicitation, securities, fraud, espionage etc. are now being committed through Internet which necessitates a new law to curb them. It was in this background that the Information Technology Act, 2000 was enacted in India for prevention and control of cyber crimes. image source: 1.bp.blogspot.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Prior to the enactment of this Act, the law applicable to cyber offences was the Indian Penal Code which was enacted long back in 1860 when no one even thought of computer technology or cyber criminality.With the coming into force of Information Technology Act, 2000, it became…