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India must be careful in picking up best practices from elsewhere in drafting a data protection law

Apar Gupta   While the Americans and Europeans both call a sport football, they play a very different game. This difference is rooted not only in culture but in the rules of the game that provide rewards for goals, and… Continue Reading →

TN CM justifies #TuticorinKillings as ‘natural’ reaction, asks internet providers to cut data services in 3 districts #WTFnews

TNM Staff Under immense criticism following the death of at least 12 people in police firing in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappaddi Palaniswami addressed the media for the first time following Tuesday’s protests. Justifying the police firing on unarmed… Continue Reading →

Ravish Kumar – Speaking up for frustrations of ordinary people #mustshare

BY JYOTI PUNWANI| Ravish Kumar chooses issues that affect large numbers of ordinary people in small towns. And the authorities are taking note. JYOTI PUNWANI reports NDTV India   HERE’S LOOKING AT  US Jyoti  Punwani   The authorities in India rarely… Continue Reading →

India -Rooftop solar power’s massive job potential untapped

Rajit Sengupta,   Kiran Pandey   India has only met 9.5 per cent of the target for roof-top solar power, which has the maximum job potential   Rooftop solar power is more labour intensive than other renewables, with potential to provide 24.72… Continue Reading →

India – The blurring line between corporate and national interests

JEAN DRÈZE Picture courtesy: Social media File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with billionaire businessman Gautam Adani Today, corporate power has not only grown to unprecedented levels, its muscular arms also reach far and wide. Representatives of private businesses… Continue Reading →

Usha Ramanathan – ‘Difficult to believe #Aadhaar was so ill thought out’

NH photo by Pramod Pushkarna People wait for their turn at Aadhar Enrollment Centre From the start there were serious concerns that we knew so little about the project: we were just instructed to give our personal information, to a… Continue Reading →

India – Why it is important to junk Aadhaar

TATHAGATA BHATTACHARYA The goalpost has changed; it is no more a tool to ensure the poor get their rights and dues; it has become an enabler of corporate interests It has come to rule our lives. It has come to… Continue Reading →

Jean Drèze-Aadhaar-Enabled Savings Are Nothing But Government-Sponsored Propaganda

  On Social-Welfare Programmes Under The NDA Government By SAGAR |    The economist Jean Drèze’s book, Sense and Solidarity, published in late 2017, deals with the impact of Aadhaar on social-welfare programmes, such as the National Food Security Act and the Mahatma Gandhi… Continue Reading →

India – Clinical trials by Pharmaceutical companies breaching norms

TRIALS AND ERRORS For a business that has seen a whole lot of action of late, clinical trials by pharmaceutical companies are still gasping for transparency and posing as-yet-unanswered questions Vikas Dandekar On April 29, S Eswara Reddy, Drug Controller… Continue Reading →

Aadhaar Act not compliant with first five words of the Constitution, ‘We the People of India’- Shyam Divan

Aadhaar hearing: India Asheeta Regidi On Day 37 of the Aadhaar hearings, senior counsel Shyam Divan concluded his rejoinder for the petitioners, discussing various issues with Aadhaar and arguing that Aadhaar increases the coercive power of the State. Thereafter, senior counsel Gopal… Continue Reading →

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