India’s AI Safety Institute Should Tap into Parallel International Initiatives

AI SAFETY & GOVERNANCE, TECH

India’s proposed AI Safety Institute can position the country as a global leader in evidence-based, human-centric AI governance.

Tech’s comfort trap may be making our cities unliveable

CLIMATE CHANGE, URBAN PLANNING

As urban heatwaves worsen, convenience-driven living insulates the privileged, leaving marginalized communities to face the consequences of poor planning...

Analysing the Gender Budget of 2024-25 | Explained

GENDER, BUDGET, LABOUR FORCE

Transparent reporting and regular gender audits is the way forward to ensure effective and targeted spending for women's development.

New Broadcasting Bill can do with a Social Media Detox

BROADCASTING, TECH

The draft Broadcasting Services Bill could negatively impact India's growing content creation economy, which has given millions of social...

Big Brother is binge-watching: How proposed law may censor online content

BROADCASTING, TECH

The Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2024 could significantly undermine creative independence and stymie online freedom of expression in India

PwDs pay for Puja Khedkar’s actions: New rules complicate certification

DISABILITY, INCLUSION

Proposed amendments may worsen the challenges faced by PwDs in obtaining necessary certificates for education and employment

Women’s leadership in corporate India

GENDER, LABOUR

Insights from LinkedIn’s Economic Graph to examine the current state of women's representation in corporate India

Snooping isn’t a good way to ensure child safety online

TECH, CHILDREN, PRIVACY

An app called 'SafeNet' is being tested to allow parents access & control of their children's devices. Is this...

How to future-proof AI regulation

AI, REGULATION, TECH

The recent back and forth on AI advisories holds structural lessons for AI regulation in India

Analysing India’s progress towards the elimination of child marriages

CHILD MARRIAGE, GENDER

While India has made remarkable strides in the decline of child marriages, data suggests that more still needs to...

Don’t go overboard on ‘fact checking’

FACT CHECKING, MISINFORMATION, TECH

Proposals to set up fact check units (FCU) by both central and state governments need to be critically analyzed...

Leaving No One Behind: Did Budget 2024 fulfil its promise for Persons with Disabilities?

DISABILITY, BUDGET, INCLUSION

India's 2024 budget once again neglected the needs of Persons with Disabilities, allocating only 0.02% of the total budget...