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Facial recognition tech can help trace missing children despite privacy handicap

While data privacy is a contentious issue, face recognition programmes offer an opportunity to trace missing children. The tricky part is to guard against the leak of data related to ethnic profiling...

Judicial Independence or Governance Necessity?

Under the Judges (Protection) Act, judges have protection for decisions rendered in the course of their duty. Yet, quite often, they are made parties to judicial proceedings, though this is neither “...

Alternate reality: India surges ahead in global gaslighting epidemic

By Dilip Bobb The term ‘Gaslighting’ is trending these days as leaders across the globe who are under pressure politically try to create an alternate reality for their citizens. This is achieved m...

Air pollution: Stubble burning will continue to choke Delhi

As the time for stubble burning nears, the small farmer, with neither lobby nor clout, becomes the easy target. The ideal solution would be to give him Rs 100 per quintal for not burning the stubble....

Covid-19 and air-conditioners: Fresh and filtered

The chances of contracting the infection are high in enclosed areas and poorly ventilated spaces. Trapping and killing the virus through pressurisation and filtration are effective in destroying it. ...

Babri Masjid demolition acquittals: Is Section 149 of the IPC applicable only for the common man?

Section 149 of the IPC states: ‘…every person who, at the time of the committing of that offence, is a member of the same assembly, is guilty of that offence.’

Babri Outcome: Alternative Ways Of Viewing India

Shortly after a special CBI court acquitted all the surviving 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case last week, several journalists and academicians reminded me of an essay I had written for India Legal magazine in December 2017 which possibly has more relevance today than the time it was written

Privacy: Covid-19’s greatest casualty

In 2017, the SC fast-delivered one of the most important judgments, asserting that the right to privacy is a fundamental right. Now, amid a raging pandemic, there is a perceptible difference in the way individual privacy is treated by authorities at large, and once again, the matter has gone to court.

Covid-19 Unlock 5.0: Keep faith in masks, preventive measures

India is currently in the midst of Unlock 5.0. While a short lockdown may curtail Covid cases, implementing it without adhering to correct and consistent use of masks would be counter-productive.

National Medical Commission: A shot in the arm for medical education

The NMC Act will bring in much-needed reforms in the medical education sector by ensuring probity, bringing down costs, simplifying procedures and enhancing the number of medical seats in India

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