Death Toll Reaches 27 in India’s Citizenship Protests
By Vishal Yashoda As of December 27, 2019, at least 27 people have been killed and thousands have been arrested amid demonstrations in India against…
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Protests Banned Across India After All Hell Breaks Loose
By Tyler Durden Tens of thousands of people in at least 15 cities across India Thursday defied a government ban on protests after violent demonstrations…
Internet Blocked as Protests Intensify in Northeast India against the Citizenship Amendment Act
By Subhashish Panigrahi Soon after India finalized the Citizenship (Amendment) Act on 12 December 2019 to allow refugees of six different faiths from the neighbouring…
India Partially Lifts Communications Blackout in Kashmir, Internet Still Down
By Rezwan Indian authorities have partially lifted access to communication networks in Kashmir. Access to the internet, however, remains cut off. On August 5, Srinagar,…
Concerns About 5G Worsening India’s 3 Million Ton E-Waste Mess
By B.N. Frank According to an opinion piece in the Hindu Businessline, India already has 3 million tons of E-Waste and this will more than…
India Facing “Unprecedented” Economic Slowdown, Extraordinary Steps Urged
By Kevin Helms Many signs indicate that the Indian economy is under grave stress, affecting nearly all sectors. “India’s economy is in a deep mess,”…
Indian Government Asks Twitter to Remove Accounts “Spreading Rumours” About Kashmir
By Rezwan On August 5, India’s BJP-led government revoked Article 370 of the Indian constitution that gave special autonomy status to the disputed state of…
Indian Activists Oppose Oil Refinery Project Citing Environmental Concerns, As Protests Flare up
By Vishal M In March 2019, following large protests from farmers and environmental activists, the Indian government moved a planned $44 billion ‘green’ oil refinery…
Food For Trash: India Café To Offer Food For Plastics, Then Use To Build Roads
By Aaron Kesel Next month, the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh in the city of Ambikapur will open the country’s first “garbage café,” where attendants…
The withdrawal of India’s GSP should not put at peril the Indo-US Collaboration and Strategic Partnership
Op-Ed by Amar Maruti Patil, Adithya Anil Variath The decision of Donald Trump’s administration terminating India’s designation as a beneficiary of Generalized System of Preferences…
India Officially Swears in Its First-Ever Robot Police Officer
By Elias Marat As the world increasingly turns toward automation, science fiction is fast becoming a reality as automated solutions spring up both on the…
Changing The Dynamics Of Law In India With The Arrival Of Artificial Intelligence And Robotics
By Adithya Anil Variath Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not an uncommon term, especially to followers of global governance and fintech. The term “Artificial Intelligence” was…
Informational Privacy And The Right To Be Forgotten In India
Op-Ed by Adithya Anil Variath The globe went berserk with the recent Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal, caused due to the breach of vital personal information…
“Historic Judgment” As India’s Nationwide Biometric ID Database Ruled Constitutional
By Nicholas West As the march toward a cashless (and privacy-less) society accelerates forward, a new high watermark has been reached. India first introduced its…