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Blog Entry Re: The Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2012
by Bhairav Acharya — published Oct 09, 2013 — last modified Oct 29, 2013 10:00 AM — filed under: , ,
This short note speaks to legal issues arising from the proposed Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2012 ("DBT Bill") that was circulated drafted under the aegis of the Department of Biotechnology of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, which seeks to collect human DNA samples, profile them and store them. These comments are made clause-by-clause against the DBT Bill.
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re:thinking tomorrow
by Prasad Krishna — published May 04, 2015 — last modified Jun 19, 2015 02:12 PM — filed under:
The lightning spread of communication technologies has enabled the dissemination of information and ideas that mainstream media have been unwilling or unable to publish.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Reading a closed book
by Radha Rao — published Sep 30, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:50 PM — filed under:
With the right combination of privacy tweaks and a little prudence, you can maintain privacy online - an article in Livemint by Krish Raghav (29th September, 2009)
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Blog Entry Reclaiming AI Futures: Call for Contributions and Provocations
by Divij Joshi — published Nov 09, 2020 — last modified Nov 18, 2020 09:04 AM — filed under: ,
CIS is pleased to share this call for contributions by Mozilla Fellow Divij Joshi. CIS will be working with Divij to edit, collate, and finalise this publication. This publication will add to Divij’s work as part of the AI observatory. The work is entirely funded by Divij Joshi.
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Blog Entry Reconfiguring Data Governance: Insights from India and the EU
by Swati Punia, Srishti Joshi, Siddharth Peter De Souza, Linnet Taylor, Jhalak M. Kakkar, Isha Suri, Arindrajit Basu, and Anushka Mittal — published Feb 17, 2024 — last modified Feb 20, 2024 12:30 AM — filed under: , , ,
This policy paper is the result of a workshop organised jointly by the Tilburg Institute of Law, Technology and Society, Netherlands, the Centre for Communication Governance at the National Law University Delhi, India and the Centre for Internet & Society, India in January, 2023. The workshop brought together a number of academics, researchers, and industry representatives in Delhi to discuss a range of issues at the core of data governance theory and practice.
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Recruitment Tracker: 21 students placed out of the 49 who sat for recruitment in Christ University’s School of Law, Class of 2012
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 18, 2012 — filed under:
The Class of 2012 at the School of Law, Christ University saw 21 students placed out of the 49 who sat for recruitment. The graduating class has a batch strength of 77 students. The batch saw 8 pre-placement offers, 4 students being accepted for LLM’s abroad and 3 students opting for litigation while 1 student opted to appear for the civil services examination.
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Reddit, Telegram among websites blocked in India, say internet groups
by Sai Sachin Ravikumar — published Apr 15, 2019 — last modified Apr 15, 2019 10:32 AM — filed under:
Discussion board Reddit, messaging service Telegram and comedy site College Humor have been blocked for intermittent periods, say internet groups.
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Blog Entry Registering for Aadhaar in 2019
by Sunil Abraham — published Jan 03, 2019 — last modified Jan 03, 2019 02:59 PM — filed under: , ,
It is a lot less scary registering for Aadhaar in 2019 than it was in 2010, given how the authentication modalities have since evolved.
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Blog Entry Regulating Bitcoin in India
by Vipul Kharbanda — published Apr 20, 2017 — filed under: , , , , ,
The article discusses the possible contours of future bitcoin regulation in India. Bitcoin, often considered a ‘notorious’ virtual currency limited only to techies or speculators, is currently fighting a battle to become a bona fide mainstream means of exchange.
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Blog Entry Regulating Sexist Online Harassment as a Form of Censorship
by Amber Sinha — published May 31, 2021 — filed under: , ,
This paper is part of a series under IT for Change’s project, Recognize, Resist, Remedy: Combating Sexist Hate Speech Online. The series, titled Rethinking Legal-Institutional Approaches to Sexist Hate Speech in India, aims to create a space for civil society actors to proactively engage in the remaking of online governance, bringing together inputs from legal scholars, practitioners, and activists. The papers reflect upon the issue of online sexism and misogyny, proposing recommendations for appropriate legal-institutional responses. The series is funded by EdelGive Foundation, India and International Development Research Centre, Canada.
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