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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicInternet monitoring

Topic: internet monitoring

Modi govt invites bids to monitor online data, 2 years after scrapping controversial tender

The new ‘Expression of Interest’ is a continuation of the 2017 EOI. At the time, the Supreme Court had called the tender an example of a ‘surveillance state’.

Even after privacy verdict, India is easy game for internet monitoring

All the state has to demonstrate is an ongoing investigation for state security, defence and public order, to force open the data lying with intermediaries.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.