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Privacy violation risk higher in Pakistan, China after Covid-related surveillance

Right to Privacy Index report also notes compulsory requirements for employees in India to download a govt virus tracking app before returning to work as a warning for businesses elsewhere in Asia.

Delhi Police’s Gandhi ‘moment’, & the Rhea-Kangana-Sushant ‘media circus’ in times of Covid

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Wish-list of Army Corps in J&K — grenade launchers, drones, surveillance equipment

The 15 Corps in Kashmir and 16 Corps in Jammu, along with the 14 Corps in Ladakh, have asked the Northern Command to make some urgent purchases.

GPS, watch out. Here comes China with a better satellite navigation system

China has launched the final leg of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite system, or BDS, completing the build-out of a network that competes with US’ GPS and Europe’s Galileo.

Under Hong Kong’s new security law, police swab protesters for DNA & search their homes

Hong Kong police have had the authority to collect DNA samples for more than a decade, but it was typically only used in assault or drug cases.

Warrant-less search, net surveillance, property seizure – Hong Kong cops get sweeping powers

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam said people will not regularly fall afoul of the law, but affirmed that much of its implementation would be managed in secret.

Hong Kong could come up against China’s Great firewall under the new national security law

A firewall similar to that in mainland China would cut Hong Kong's access to most foreign news outlets, websites and messaging apps.

Monopoly in the name of privacy: How Google is slowly closing its advertising ecosystem

By encrypting domain naming system data, Google would prevent third parties from tracking users while they explore the web.

WhatsApp surveillance: Are Supreme Court guidelines on tapping outdated & need strengthening?

Facebook-owned WhatsApp confirmed that Indian journalists and human rights activists were under surveillance until May 2019 via Israeli spyware Pegasus.

Modi govt seeks to adopt China-style facial recognition in policing

Modi govt will open bids next month to build a system to centralise facial recognition data captured through surveillance cameras across India.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.