Topic: Personal Data Protection Bill
Shashi Tharoor: Aarogya Setu fits right in with Modi govt’s push for greater state control
The Aarogya Setu app became the Modi government’s weapon of choice overnight to fight Covid-19. But it can very well outlive the crisis.
Surveillance power, diluting privacy: Why Modi govt’s data bill needs urgent modification
The framework of Personal Data Protection Bill will have deleterious consequences for innovation in data economy while leaving informational privacy unprotected.
How India’s data bill falls short of offering solutions for regulating digital competition
The bill’s brute force approach to giving users control over their digital selves through data portability provision runs roughshod over market dynamics.
BJP promised Northeast development, but citizenship bill could push Assam towards insurgency
ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.
ABP’s Rubika lauds Amit Shah’s ‘shandaar goal’, Sardesai spars with Tharoor on CAB
Your daily news capsule.
Union cabinet approves Personal Data Protection bill
The data privacy bill is likely to contain guidelines on collection, storage and processing of personal data, consent of individuals, penalties and compensation.
The era of data-globalism is over. Where does this leave India?
India is the world’s largest open data market. Yet, Indian organisations figure nowhere among the top data-based technology companies in the world.
Smart city technologies can tackle India’s urban explosion. But key questions must be asked
Modern cities have come to produce tremendous quantities of data. Understanding this data will give India a new level of understanding of the urban ecology.
Modi govt was handed weak data institutions by Congress, but it ruined them further
The BJP’s 2014 manifesto promised ‘real-time data’. Now, the Modi government has no data on migrant workers’ deaths during Covid pandemic.
Are people holding on to cash after lockdown? New RBI data seems to suggest so
Data shows a sharp increase in cash holding after the lockdown was imposed in March. The demand for Rs 2,000 notes has surged, say bankers.
Defence
China, India signal each other on might in Indian Ocean Region, amid tensions on land
A PLA Navy task force is understood to have entered Indian Ocean Region as China seeks to project its dominance. India is keeping a close watch on waters around the country.
Why India’s triple crisis needs Modi to de-escalate & disengage from divisive politics at home
Covid, China and economy are intense, intertwined crises that need political space and confidence. Responsibility to create them doesn’t lie with opposition.