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The personal data and contact details of students, sought by the Union ministry of education, has not been welcomed by principals and parents.   According to an official, "To ensure there is no duplicity in students' records, the Union ministry of education has asked all private,...

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Every monsoon, in practically every town and city of Maharashtra and perhaps in other states of India as well, the roads develop potholes of all shapes and sizes, threatening the limbs and lives of the commuters. Since 30 years or more, this scenario has not changed. There is no iota of an...

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The national disaster management authority (NDMA) is gearing up to launch cell broadcasts by the end of this year, as the second phase of its common alerting protocol system (CAPS), senior officials said here on Sunday.   Simply put, cell broadcast is a system of delivering messages...

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This weekend was our planned day for weeding out unwanted paper going back over two decades. In space-starved Mumbai, a regular purge is a necessity; moreover,  nine years of ‘Digital India’ have hardly reduced the amount of paper that we are forced to generate even for simple services like...

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The Leaflet 19 July 2023
While admitting that the petitioner’s concern may be too suspicious, the Supreme Court has sought response from the Election Commission of India in a plea seeking to cross-verify electronic voting machines vote count with that of VVPAT.    —   The Supreme Court asked the...

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No, I have nothing against bikers or any two-wheeler rider, for that matter.   My beloved Yezdi was my daily commute in Mumbai for five years. Even after I got a bank car, I retained my bike for another ten years until we had to part because I shifted to Dubai.   I have ridden...

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Raushan Tara Jaswal (The Leaflet) 22 June 2023
The database breach of the government’s digital platforms highlights the vacuum in legislation to adequately deal with such breaches. In the absence of legislation providing redress, attributing liability and adequate punishment— the fundamental right to privacy in India remains a toothless...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 June 2023
Referring to last year's judgement of the Bombay High Court (HC), the Nagpur police have directed all police stations under its jurisdiction not to prohibit citizens from video recording inside the police stations.    In an order issued last week, Dr Ashwini Patil, deputy commissioner...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 June 2023
What is common between RS Sharma, former chairman of TRAI, Meenakshi Lekhi, Union minister of state for external affairs and culture and KC Venugopal, the general secretary of the Congress party? Well, they are among crores of Indians who had registered on the CoWIN portal to receive...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 June 2023
The court of the chief commissioner for persons with disabilities (Divyangjan) has asked Tata SIA Airlines Ltd, operating as Vistara, to comply with the civil aviation requirements (CAR) issued by the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), with regards to accommodation of persons with...

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A Ghaziabad-based farmer has lodged an FIR (first information report) with the central bureau of investigation (CBI) against an agriculture officer of Union Bank, Sikandrabad in Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly demanding a bribe from him in lieu of helping him withdraw money from his Kisan Credit...

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Abrahm Lustgarten (ProPublica) 07 June 2023
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   As conditions that best support life shift toward the poles, more than 600 million people are already living outside of a crucial “climate niche,” facing more extreme heat, rising food scarcity and higher death...

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Urvi Desai (The Leaflet) 06 June 2023
The significance and urgency of informed and nuanced climate education, engagement and action for individuals, communities, and not the least, students, is of profound importance. It is on us to spark in students the joy, curiosity, wonder, beauty and lessons that nature gives us, by asking...

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(This was written ten years ago – but is still relevant at present).   I admire Kiran Karnik for his insightful views on people and affairs. He was the head of NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies), for some years. In a recent article, he suggested that...

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Tushar Kohli (The Leaflet) 26 May 2023
The Bill set to replace the Information Technology Act, 2000, whose first draft is expected to be published in the first week of June, could contain provisions governing digital government, open internet, online safety and trust including user harm, intermediaries, accountability, regulatory...

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Mohammed Afzal 18 May 2023
Recently, in a general body meeting between Maharashtra chief minister (CM) Eknath Shinde, BrihanMumbai Municipal Corp (BMC), civic officials and elected representatives, a new policy for the management of open spaces was discussed and the same is scheduled to be finalised by the end of this...

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Akshay Naik 15 May 2023
Concerned citizens and activists from Mumbai have written to chief minister (CM) Eknath Shinde, opposing a proposed draft of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) new policy on open spaces; they have urged the CM not to hand over civic plots to private parties.    Recently,...

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Norma Alvares (The Leaflet) 05 May 2023
In two judgments delivered in March, the Bombay High Court has relied on the recently notified Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023 to unequivocally hold that stray dogs not only have an inherent right to live and not be subjected to cruelty but, like all other animals, they also have a right to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 May 2023
Highlighting widespread public concerns about the linking of Aadhaar with the electoral rolls, because of reports of the proliferation of fake Aadhaar in several states, EAS Sarma, former secretary to the government of India, reiterated that the election commission of India (ECI) should...

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The Leaflet 02 May 2023
The Bench, however, made it clear that the grant of divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage is not a matter of right, but a discretion which is to be exercised with great care and caution by courts.   —   In a significant judgment, a five-judge...

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