Parliamentary democracy holds back India

Justice Markandey Katju   theprint.in has published Kumar Ketkar’s article ‘In Modi era intellectuals confess they are confused. My response is, one, almost all Indian ‘intellectuals,’ including professors in universities, mediapersons, writers, etc are pseudo-intellectuals who are puffed up with arrogance and bookish, sterile knowledge, which is no knowledge at all. No wonder they are confused. Two, there is no confusion […]

Trump warns illegal immigrants, vouches for merit-based US entry

indica Washington Bureau   Taking a tough line on illegal immigration, US President Donald Trump has reiterated there will be serious consequences for entering the country illegally. Stressing that the current immigration laws have become a “laughing stock” globally, he said people with merit like technology professionals from countries such as India must only enter […]

Top US Senators warn India on data localization policy

indica Washington Bureau    Two top American Senators John Cornyn and have warned that India’s data localization policy, which took off on October 15, will adversely affect American businesses in the country. “Data localization requirements, such as those contained in the draft data protection bill and draft national e-commerce policy framework, will have negative impacts […]

Deciphering Open Data Initiative

Nidhi Modh   In late September 2018, Microsoft, Adobe and SAP announced a partnership to remove data silos and give a unified customer experience. This alliance, which is a clear attack against Salesforce, aims to create a single data model for consumer data that is then portable between platforms. This Open Data Initiative(ODI) is very […]

Finally, Justice Kavanaugh

Justice Markandey Katju   Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination has been confirmed by the US Senate, October 6, and within hours he was sworn in by Chief Justice John Robert, making him ‘Justice Kavanaugh’. Why was there such a hue and cry over his nomination? There were two reasons: 1) He had allegedly committed sexual molestations when […]

Pak Foreign Minister fails to convince Trump Administration on terrorism and India

The new Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi appears to have returned empty handed   indica Washington Bureau     During his nearly 10-days of shuffling between New York and Washington, the foreign minister apparently failed to convince the Trump Administration of the need to pressurize India to resume talks with India. The administration […]

Creating the right safeguards for data in India

India’s internet market has huge potential for growth, especially with new government-mandated protections in place   Subhasish Chakraborty   Data is the oil of the 21st century. A few years ago, Exxon Mobil (XOM) used to be the most valued publicly listed company in the world in terms of market cap. Microsoft, Apple and Google used to be its closest competitors but lagged significantly behind. […]