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The case in Delhi High Court against Sci-Hub and LibGen, which give students and researchers access to papers for free, is against public interest.
Documents obtained under RTI show the govt is planning to use Aadhaar to automatically track every single Indian – from who they marry, address changes, financial status – through the National Social Registry.
India is aiming to gradually reopen the economy, while limiting the spread of COVID-19. But its Aarogya Setu contact-tracing app has raised concerns.
Banning re-identification discourages researchers from finding weaknesses, and encourages criminals to exploit them.
Claimants are given a 12-digit number linked to their data, and if something goes wrong they can be refused food
The messaging app owned by Facebook has become a major channel for hate speech and false stories in India. The government is demanding changes.
India’s biometric ID system is a cautionary tale.
Exclusive: The data leak affects potentially every Indian citizen subscribed to the database.
‘Big Brother’ in India Requires Fingerprint Scans for Food, Phones and Finances - The New York Times
The government requires its people to submit finger, eye and facial images. The ID is mandatory for many services, but opponents say it infringes privacy.
“Shut the f**k up” “Feminism sucks” View the story Top Not so open Meet the dozen The crusade Meet India’s ...
India's Aadhaar implementation is the largest biometric system in the world, holding about 1.2 billion locals' data. It's operating in an era of increasingly large repositories of personal data held by both private companies and governments alike. It's also an era where this sort of information is constantly leaked
In trying to thwart predators, the government is penalizing researchers who publish in genuine open-access journals.
A new ruling could jeopardize India’s controversial collection of citizens’ fingerprints, photographs, and iris scans.
In a stunning development, OUP, CUP and Taylor & Francis just withdrew their copyright law suit filed against Delhi University (and its photocopier, Ram
With no new investments, players, or scale, the business suffers from lack of innovation, says a bestselling writer.
Reprographics business battles with CUP and OUP over course texts after court victory last month
The Delhi high court dismissed on Friday suits by three international publishers against the sale of photocopied books and pages in Delhi University, a landmark verdict likely to have a wide-reaching impact on copyright laws in India.