Wikipedia Blackout : Reasons and access tips

The accesses to Wikipedia will find a black page today, this blackout is in protest against the SOPA and PIPA bills that are in the US parliament waiting to be passed. The move is to prevent copyright infringement but as wikipedia observes this, it is an axes the right of common man to access information freely on the internet. And Wikipedia finds future troubles associated with the bills and also mentions this as ill prepared set of bills. The details are listed here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

But if you will like to get information through wikipedia today, you will have to try the mobile version of the site, it is still available on the android phone apps and ipad browsers. PC users can also get the contents if they are to visit : http://en.m.wikipedia.org/

This does help as a temporary solution and do support Wikipedia for the cause they are fighting for.

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Yashwant Sinha, Shathrughan Sinha Against BJP

New Delhi: The Member of Parliament and veteran leader of BJP, Yashwant Sinha was strong on his attitude towards the party which did not seem to take the issue of corruption seriously. Three BJP leaders offered to quit the parliament if the party continued to remain silent on the uproar against corruption.

Besides Yashwant Sinha, Shathrughan Sinha and Uday Singh were the other two MP's who sprung at the party in BJP Parliamentary Party meeting held to discuss the strategy for the ongoing session and towards the All-Party meeting organized by the Government of India. 

Yashwant Sinha did mention that the party was weak in its stance and due to its lack of a strong stance, the issue was not taken forward to the state where it should have been. The former finance minister and Hazaribagh MP made the surprise move at the meeting chaired by L K Advani here, which expressed concern over the health of Anna Hazare and made an appeal to the Gandhian to end his fast. 

Shatrughan Sinha also found the same opinion and mentioned that the party was keeping mum on required ocassions and was using the Congress party as Boxing bags.

Senior BJP leader SS Ahluwalia, however, sought to downplay questions about Yashwant's offer to resign saying different voices are heard in such meetings and it is the final resolution that actually matters.

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