-The Indian Express These rules come even as a Joint Parliamentary Committee is in the final stages of discussion of a privacy Bill that covers aspects such as the role of social media intermediaries and the reach of Big Tech companies, and the privacy accorded to the users on such platforms. The notification of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, the Government’s first move to regulate...
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The importance of caste census and its political implications -Chetan Chauhan
-Hindustan Times There have been growing demands for a caste census with the general census in 2022 since Justice G Rohini-led commission submitted a draft proposal recommending a sub-categorisation of the reservation for the OBC There have been growing demands for a caste census with the general census in 2022 since Justice G Rohini-led commission submitted a draft proposal recommending a sub-categorisation of the reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC). The...
More »How Can India’s Judiciary be More Economically Responsible? -Pradeep S Mehta
-TheWire.in There is no reason for courts to not take expert assistance in complex matters and it should resort to this route more often. In India, and indeed many countries around the world, development work is seen at a crossroads with protecting the world’s natural environment. Agriculture is the oldest and biggest intrusion into nature, which has historically upset our ecological equilibrium. Besides this, forests have to be cut down; rivers have to...
More »The limits to India’s privatization push -Arjun Srinivas
-Livemint.com * Privatizing more PSUs is once again the flavour of the season. But data reveals govt is ignoring some hard truths * There are only a handful of sectors where a disproportionate market share and the nature of business gives government firms a case to command a premium About 10 days after the central government iterated on the floor of Parliament its resolve to privatize businesses owned by it on a scale...
More »Doyen Woman Farmer: Centenarian pioneer woman farmer honored with Padma Shri -George Rajasekaran
-VillageSquare.in A hands-on farmer from a young age, unlettered Pappammal has been at equal ease in her farm and in scientific discussions, and a proponent of sustainable and modern farm practices. On January 26, media people descended on the idyllic village Thekkampatti located in the western periphery of Coimbatore district. They had come to interview 105-year-old Pappammal, Thekkampatti’s well-known woman farmer. Pappammal was one of the recipients of Padma Shri, the civilian award,...
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