OPINION
India needs clearer personal data protection law to tame Twitter, others
Unlike the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), and tougher cyber laws in countries like Singapore, South Korea and Australia, the Indian government is using several agencies to tame social media platforms in the absence of a nodal cyber regulator that separately deals with Big Tech. In India, Twitter is in the eye of storm for not complying often with the new IT (intermediary) Rules, 2021.
Could ED have avoided grilling Rahul Gandhi for 50-plus hours?
The former Congress President was quizzed for more than 50 hours spread over five days in the National Herald case and during that period his party vociferously protested on the streets of the national capital. Every day, hundreds of Congress workers, including Parliamentarians and legislators, were detained by the police.
Are current Indian laws sufficient to tame Twitter in changed digital landscape?
When the IT Act, 2000 was passed, there was no social media presence. Today, platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are dictating the public discourse and being used for disseminating fake news and trolls from across the spectrum. The Information Technology Act, 2000, which got amended only in 2008, is neither a data privacy law nor a data protection law.
The Ukraine war shapes a new world order - unipolarity crumbles to give way to multipolarity-Part 2
As noted above, for most Russian security thinkers and practitioners, the West is intent on weakening Russia through regime-change initiatives at its borders and even by seeking to subvert the country from within through a 'colour revolution.' It is in this background that Russia has shaped a strategic approach that would safeguard its security.
Stubborn Taliban
While the nearly one-year old Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government trundles on in the absence of international recognition, financial support and faces international backlash on its mostly anti-women and minorities decisions, reminding one of its earlier harsh tenure, the IEA government has not given up on efforts to cajole the international community whilst trying to engage
Losing opportunities: Opposition needs to get its act together
It is not that the government at the Centre is perfect and leaves no scope for opposition, but the knee-jerk reactions of the opposition make it look non-serious. The country is confronting a multitude of problems, which the opposition could have taken up constructively and offered relevant alternative plans. It is here where the opposition fails and lays bare its weakness, narrow- mindedness, and business-as-usual attitude.
Why is India enhancing its engagement with Indonesia and Vietnam?
The overall effort was aimed at boosting cooperation in regional maritime security. The coordinated patrols between India and Indonesia have been taking place since 2002 and have resulted in building "understanding and interoperability between both the Navies and has facilitated measures to prevent and suppress Illegal Unreported Unregulated (IUU) fishing, drug trafficking, maritime terrorism, armed robbery, and piracy, etc."
G7 Meet: India should cooperate but avoid co-option in the pro-west club
While the BRICS faces an elusive unified position on issues with both subtle and stark differences between member countries on various issues including counterterrorism, the G7 has diminishing influence in the global south. These trends have intensified in the face of lingering pandemic-induced disruptions and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Was fact-checker Zubair arrested for being evasive, uncooperative?
Zubair came into major limelight after he posted BJP's now suspended spokesperson Nupur Sharma's controversial comment on Prophet Mohammed. He was arrested on Monday for his objectionable tweets which he posted in 2018. After his arrest, the police said he was not cooperating with the investigation. "We had served him a notice under section 41 A of the CrPc.
Kazakhstan, Central Asia's core, strikes fine balance between Russia and the West over Ukraine
On February 21, Russia had recognised the breakaway regions, governed by Moscow-backed militias, as sovereign republics. President Vladimir Putin had announced recognition and signed a decree to that effect. More recently, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reiterated his country's stand vis-a-vis these breakaway republics at a discussion at St. Petersburg where he was attending the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
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