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Was there an Unofficial Internet Shutdown in BHU & NTPC?
- December 19, 2017
Strap: In Varanasi and Raebareli, residents allege internet bans, while govt denies it all.
Read more →How Media beat the Shutdown in Darjeeling
- December 19, 2017
Strap:Journalists did what the state was expected to do: fight rumours.
Read more →Internet and the Police: Tool to Some, Trash to Others
- December 19, 2017
Strap: Disconnection with colleagues discomforts one part of the administration, but the other quips, what’s the big deal?
Read more →Business Woes from Saharanpur's Internet Ban
- December 19, 2017
Strap: Three businessmen reveal the price they paid
Read more →Online or Offline, Protest Goes On
- December 19, 2017
Strap: Kashmiris say internet blockades have no effect on uprisings
Read more →Amid Unrest in the Valley, Students See a Dark Wall
- December 19, 2017
Strap: Frequent, prolonged restrictions on internet have kept many from using the learning resource.
Read more →Digital Banking Dreams: Interrupted
- December 19, 2017
Strap: Internet shutdowns drag banks in J&K far behind.
Read more →It Hurts Them Too
- December 19, 2017
Strap: Internet shutdown robs security forces' social media lifeline in J&K.
Read more →Should Aadhaar be mandatory?
- December 18, 2017
This week, a constitutional bench of the Supreme Court will adjudicate on limited questions of stay orders in the Aadhaar case. After numerous attempts by the petitioners in the Aadhaar case, the court has agreed to hear this matter, just shy of the looming deadline of December 31 for the linking of Aadhaar numbers to avail government services and benefits.
Read more →Artificial Intelligence - Literature Review
- December 16, 2017
With origins dating back to the 1950s Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not necessarily new. However, interest in AI has been rekindled over the last few years, in no small measure due to the rapid advancement of the technology and its applications to real- world scenarios. In order to create policy in the field, understanding the literature regarding existing legal and regulatory parameters is necessary. This Literature Review is the first in a series of reports that seeks to map the development of AI, both generally and in specific sectors, culminating in a stakeholder analysis and contributions to policy-making. This Review analyses literature on the historical development of the technology, its compositional makeup, sector- specific impacts and solutions and finally, overarching regulatory solutions.
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