-PTI/ TheWire.in According to the report released on May 31, Facebook detected 53,200 hate speeches in April. There has been a rise of around 37.82% in hate speech on social media platform Facebook and 86% jump in violent and inciting content on Instagram in April, according to a monthly report released by Meta. The majority of the content in the report is based on detection by social media platforms before users reported to...
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FSSAI sides with industry, puts consumers at risk -George Cheriyan
-PolicyCircle.org The role of a food regulator is to encourage the consumption of safe, sanitised, nutritious and wholesome food and to inform consumers about the steps it takes to minimise the risks, set standards and ensure safety. The passage of Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA) in 2006 ushered in an era of food safety in India. The FSSAI is a landmark law because it consolidated all laws related to food...
More »Central team finds excess stock of soyabean, mustard in 3 districts of MP -Prabhudatta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line Seeks taking necessary action as very large hoardings had taken place The Centre has asked Madhya Pradesh government to “step in to take necessary action” under the Essential Commodities Act after its team found “very large hoardings” of soyabean and mustard seeds in Dewas, Shajapur and Guna districts in excess of the stock limit prescribed under the law. Stressing the need for effective Enforcement of the EC Act by...
More »Illegal mining on Pathrala riverbed threat to ecology -Shiv Kumar Sharma
-The Tribune SDO fears damage to bundhs & stone studs may flood residential areas, agri land Yamunanagar: Despite efforts of the district authorities to stop illegal mining, the activity is going on unabated in the Pathrala rivulet in Jaitpur and Nagli villages, close to bundhs and stone studs built by the Irrigation Department to protect residential areas and agricultural land. On the complaint of Vinod Kumar, Sub Divisional Officer (SDO), Water Services Division,...
More »Understanding the Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy, 2022 -Anushka Jain and Apar Gupta
-The Hindu * What are the main provisions of the draft document? Is the Government going to monetise public data? The story so far: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) on February 21, 2022 released a policy proposal titled as, “Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy, 2022”. The policy aims to, “radically transform India’s ability to harness public sector data”. The proposals of the Draft Data Accessibility Policy has...
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