Category Science and Technology

Digital Data Protection Bill, 2023 – Balancing Privacy and Progress

Policy Update, Economy and Infrastructure, Science and Technology

On August 3, 2023, the Central Government presented the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP), 2023, before the Lok Sabha. This legislative proposal delineates stipulations applicable to enterprises engaged in data management and processing, along with safeguarding individual entitlements. The principal objective of this bill is to disallow the transfer of data across international borders, impose penalties on corporations for breaches of data security, and furnish a structured groundwork for the establishment of a data protection authority, entrusted with the oversight of adherence to these regulations.

IMPRI
August 31, 2023

Resending, on Chandrayaan

Insights, Economy and Infrastructure, Science and Technology

The Chandrayaan 3 mission takes forward India's longstanding quest for strategic autonomy. Chandrayaan 3 has landed on the moon. India joins the select club of nations that have landed a craft on the Moon, comprising the US, Russia and China, so far. And India’s would be the first exploration of the Moon’s south pole.

Samprikta Banerjee
August 26, 2023

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Social Media, Flawed Realities and Resurge of Magic

Insights, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Science and Technology, Society, Literature, Arts, Sports and Culture

TK Arun Social media accentuates the flaws in our conception of modernity to distort realityModernity is supposed to have ushered in the end of magic, with the help of rational thinking and scientific advance. Till recently, we saw magic as…

Chaitanya Vivek Deshpande
August 14, 2023

Focus on New-Age Crimes Requires Expansion of G20’s Ambit

Insights, Center for ICT for Development, Science and Technology

While the G20 has looked at cybersecurity issues from the digital economy viewpoint, cybersecurity and its linkages to law enforcement cannot be overlooked.

Samprikta Banerjee
July 24, 2023

GST Council’s Decision Could Kill India’s Online Gaming Industry

Insights, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Science and Technology

The decision of the GST Council to levy a GST of 28 percent on the entire turnover of online gaming is plain wrong. It is bad in principle, against settled jurisprudence, harms a burgeoning industry with enormous potential for jobs and innovation, and, most perversely, carries an inbuilt algorithm to depress overall tax collections. It should not stand.

IMPRI
July 15, 2023

Asymmetric technology accord with US: What it implies for India’s R&D

Insights, Science and Technology

The willingness of the US to provide India some technology without expecting reciprocity is gratifying. But is it not one-sided, with India getting technologies it has not been able to develop by itself?

Harshaa Kawatra
June 29, 2023

Deciphering Diplomacy: Prospects for the Indian Ocean’s Future

Insights, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Governance and Law, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Science and Technology

Recently, I happened to attend the 6th Indian Ocean conference ,2023 in Dhaka which was organized by the India Foundation in collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs of India and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh among others.

IMPRI
June 20, 2023