-Newsclick.in The Bill and the Joint Parliamentary Committee’s recommendations are riddled with many problems, and some of them are giving rise to serious concerns over enabling the State with surveillance power. The much-awaited Joint Parliamentary Committee’s report on the country's first comprehensive data protection law has been tabled in the Parliament. After two years of intense deliberation and consultation, the report was finalised and adopted. The law, if passed, would regulate data...
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Farm Fatale -Anita Joshua
-The Telegraph The agrarian laws might have been repealed but are we any wiser about what it was that the farmers were so against, what reforms they could do with instead of the ones thrust upon them? Even in retreat over the farm laws, the Modi government adopted the same top-down approach it employed while bringing them in in May 2020. Pleasantly surprised as they were by the Prime Minister’s unexpected announcement,...
More »Wholesale inflation is at a 30-year high. Why is govt not worried? -Vivek Kaul
-National Herald Hindi films have rarely had songs on inflation. But of the few that have, the 1974 flick Roti, Kapda aur Makaan and the 2010 release Peepli Live stand out. Roti, Kapda aur Makaan had the superhit song …bhaaki kuch bachcha to mehangai maar gayi (…whatever was left, inflation took it away). The Peepli Live song went like this, …sakhi saiyan to khub hi kamaat hain, mehangayi daiyan khaaye jaat hai (O,...
More »Farmer Leader Launches Political Party To Contest Punjab Polls
-PTI/ NDTV.com Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni, who was a member of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, said their aim is to "purify" politics and bring good people forward. Chandigarh: Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni on Saturday floated his political party to contest the Punjab Assembly polls next year and batted for opium farming in the state. The farmer leader told reporters in Chandigarh that their aim is to "purify" politics and bring...
More »Omicron: Why A Potential Surge Might Need Hybrid Testing -Nimmy Dominic, Pankaj Jindal, Ashish Sachdeva and Sarang Deo
-IndiaSpend.com Using a combination of RT-PCR tests with Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) helps detect more cases faster during a surge in cases, in remote areas with little access to RT-PCRs and in Covid-19 hotspots. Hyderabad, Mumbai and Mohali: To quickly detect Covid-19 positive cases and slow the virus' spread in case of a possible surge due to the Omicron variant, India must increase its use of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT, which take...
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