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Topic: Data

Facebook counters Mukesh Ambani’s claim that ‘data is the new oil’

PTI -
Facebook said the value of data does't come from 'hoarding' or trading it, and pitched for a structure that respected an individual's rights over their information.

Modi govt needs to stop claiming it lacks data on the informal sector, it doesn’t

Rukmini S -
Every problem in the labour market can’t be attributed to the lack of data. It’s become a predictable and false diversion.

India, the biggest open data market, has a chance to lead the world on data arbitration

Rudra Chaudhuri -
No other country enjoys the structural advantages that India possesses. So, it can create a multilateral platform for inter-governmental data mediation.

Aadhaar to e-commerce: Data needs to ensure ease of living, not be a burden on Indians

P.C. Mohanan -
The government’s administrative architecture must be designed in such a way that the burden on Indians to provide data to multiple agencies is reduced.

India’s policy on data must focus on access, not physical location

Nitin Pai -
To address strategic concerns, Narendra Modi government can create a whitelist of countries that can be trusted to store and process Indian data.

Modi govt should harness data, make it a public good for better governance: Eco Survey

Srijan Shukla -
Economic Survey dismisses privacy concerns, says government not collecting new data but integrating already existing data.

Indian policies must enable new technology, not impede it

Ananth Padmanabhan -
When regulating unfamiliar territory like technology, tendency to entirely ban an activity or create restrictive licensing models is high.

Better data can improve public education in India – draft National Education Policy says it too

Kiran Bhatty -
The new draft education policy has called for ‘a major effort’ in data collection, analysis and organisation.

As US-China tech cold war on Huawei heats up, India is the ground zero

Shashank Reddy -
India has the world’s largest potential digital market but lacks national tech champions who can adequately exploit it.

Several tech brands besides Facebook and Google are tracking us

Leonid Bershidsky -
Facebook and Google would be able to buy data from other ad market players even if they were banned from gathering information about users’ browsing.
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Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

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Economy

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

Tejas Bhatotia -
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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