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The non-politics of outrage- उल्लंघन

 Facebook (FB) and a British political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica (CA), regarding the use
of personal data for political messaging during the U.S. presidential elections
 Micro – targeted political messaging
 CA’s parent company also offers data – intelligence services to militaries
 Global digital companies such as Microsoft and Google are known to cooperate closely with
theAmerican establishment
 Developing countries like India must realise that they do not have kind of leverage that the U.S. or even the European Union (EU) have over global data
 All data collected in India and transported abroad (data laws being nearly non-existent), on the other hand, remain largely out of our control or influence
 This data gets converted into digitally-intelligent services in all sectors from transport,commerce and tourism, to education and health, to agriculture and manufacturing
 Influence and control our elections, or economics, or culture, or internal and external security
Srikrishna Committee on data protection seems centred entirely on personal data rights,
which is insufficient
The problem is, even from a security point of view
Data of consumer behaviour (which provides much detailed psychometric
information with cross – sectoral application)
Platform companies such as FB, Amazon and Uber are key sites of data collection
and expropriation, and its conversion into digital intelligence (to influence elections,
or whatever else they wish to do)
A data – based digital society and economy are a completely new reality.
The question is, are we as a nation ready to develop the needed political response to it?

A perfect storm in the cotton field

Why India is the only Bt cotton-growing country facing the problem of pink
bollworm infestation
Bollgard 2, or BG-2, Monsanto’s second generation insecticidal technology for cotton,
was supposed to protect crops against pink bollworm, pest has grown resistant to the
toxins produced by this trait.
As a result, farmers now spend more on pesticides to control infestations.
This,along with the high cost of Bt seeds, is driving farmers to indigence.
None of the other 14 Bt cotton-growing countries have seen this resistance.
China still successfully controls pink bollworm with first-generation Bt cotton.
U.S. and Australia are moving on to third-generation BG-3 without having
faced this problem.
Why did India suffer this unique misfortune?

South Asia, a fertile ground

Islamic State has weakened, but it continues to expand
Continues to inspire Muslim youth from different parts of the world, including India.

PreFlims ocus AnalysisFacts

Page-1- U.S. expels 60 Russians, shuts consulate in Seattle.
Officials and their families have been given seven days to leave the country.