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judgement by the Supreme Court of India setting timeframes for Governors to respond to Bills passed by Legislative Assemblies. </p></div></div><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/resources/the-state-of-tamil-nadu-versus-the-governor-of-tamil-nadu-and-anr-2023/article69451907.ece"class="more-button" tabindex="0"><div class="resourcesRmTitle down-btn tsmore tssliderReadMore"><a class="btn-read" href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/resources/the-state-of-tamil-nadu-versus-the-governor-of-tamil-nadu-and-anr-2023/article69451907.ece"><span> Read More</span><i class="fa fa-play-circle " aria-hidden="true"></i></a></div></a></div></div></div></article><article class="single-home-slide" style="width:100%"><div class="topstory-wrapp"><div class="row"><div class="col-lg-5 col-xs-12 col-md-5 col-sm-6 horizontal"><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/political-intolerance-and-declining-academic-freedom-in-india/article69333518.ece"><div class="card"><img 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While there were fleeting attempts in the past, the current rightward shift in politics has placed restraints on knowledge creation in India and across other democracies. <br/><br/>In this Essay, <b> Zoya Hasan, Professor Emerita, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi</b>, examines and connects the prevailing political intolerance to the spawning of a culture of anti-intellectualism, which have combined to fetter scholarly pursuits in India. This process has manifested itself in predictable forms – many direct, some indirect. Although such censorious and conformist tendencies are from the right-wing playbook, Professor Hasan also points out that there is pushback from the academia and elsewhere. </p></div></div><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/political-intolerance-and-declining-academic-freedom-in-india/article69333518.ece"class="more-button" tabindex="0"><div class="resourcesRmTitle down-btn tsmore tssliderReadMore"><a class="btn-read" href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/political-intolerance-and-declining-academic-freedom-in-india/article69333518.ece"><span> Read More</span><i class="fa fa-play-circle " aria-hidden="true"></i></a></div></a></div></div></div></article><article class="single-home-slide" style="width:100%"><div class="topstory-wrapp"><div class="row"><div class="col-lg-5 col-xs-12 col-md-5 col-sm-6 horizontal"><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/current-issues/law-the-digital-society-fine-tuning-digital-personal-data-protection-rules-2025-for-effective-implementation/article69284580.ece"><div class="card"><img src="https://www.thehinducentre.com/theme/images/thc-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/the-arena/current-issues/1l8oqd/article69286114.ece/alternates/FREE_660/NATIONAL%20POPULATION%20REGISTER.jpg" data-original="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/the-arena/current-issues/1l8oqd/article69286114.ece/alternates/FREE_660/NATIONAL%20POPULATION%20REGISTER.jpg" alt="NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER.jpg" title="NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER.jpg" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div></a></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-xs-12 col-md-7 col-sm-6 homepage-slider-text"><div class="topstrories-text mt-3"><span class="overline"></span><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/current-issues/law-the-digital-society-fine-tuning-digital-personal-data-protection-rules-2025-for-effective-implementation/article69284580.ece"><h1 class="wkttitle"> Law & the Digital Society: Fine-tuning Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 for Effective Implementation </h1></a><div class="bylinetop mb-3"><h2><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/profile/author/Sarah-Abraham-25589/" class="person-name lnk">Sarah Abraham</a></h2></div><div class="wktleadtext mt-4"><p > One of the many fallouts of societies making the transition to the digital way of life is the porous interplay between personal and public domains. The role of a state as the protector of individual rights requires it to frame laws that directly safeguard its citizens and ensure the integrity of personal data which people have to part with to gain access to services – both in public and private sectors. <br/><br/> India, with the world’s largest biometric data and digital payment users, is a vast depository of ubiquitous details – phone numbers, emails, and so on – which are, in effect, unique identifiers. The manner in which these are safeguarded by the agencies that collect them is a process that is barely transparent. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP), flows from the 2017 Puttaswamy judgment which brought to focus the right to privacy and effectively established it as a fundamental right under Art. 21-Right to Life and Personal Liberty. The Act “provides for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto”. The framing of the Draft Rules under this Act in January marks an important step in the role of the state pertaining to data and the individual. <br/><br/> In this article, <b>Sarah Abraham, a Partner at a legal firm, Advocate/Mediator, Madras High Court, and a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)</b>, flags key elements of the draft DPDP Rules, such as the role of Consent Managers, the need to strengthen protection of data relating to children, addressing manipulative techniques to obtain consent, and reporting thresholds for data breaches. Ms. Abraham’s suggestions include improvements and modifications to the nature, language, and coverage envisaged in the Draft Rules, to ensure “comprehensive protection to personal data and lend a common ground for Indian businesses in the context of cross border data flow”. </p></div></div><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/current-issues/law-the-digital-society-fine-tuning-digital-personal-data-protection-rules-2025-for-effective-implementation/article69284580.ece"class="more-button" tabindex="0"><div class="resourcesRmTitle down-btn tsmore tssliderReadMore"><a class="btn-read" href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/current-issues/law-the-digital-society-fine-tuning-digital-personal-data-protection-rules-2025-for-effective-implementation/article69284580.ece"><span> Read More</span><i class="fa fa-play-circle " aria-hidden="true"></i></a></div></a></div></div></div></article></div></div></div><div class="row padTB20"><div class="col-lg-3 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-12"><div class=" thumbnail p-0 m-0 border-0 mb-3"><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/current-issues/indian-railways-why-new-pricing-principles-matter/article69127047.ece"><img src="https://www.thehinducentre.com/theme/images/thc-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/the-arena/current-issues/q3u11a/article69127040.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_80/Indian%20Railways-1.jpeg" data-original="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/the-arena/current-issues/q3u11a/article69127040.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_80/Indian%20Railways-1.jpeg" alt="Indian Railways-1.jpeg" title="Indian Railways-1.jpeg" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /><div class="thumb-body"><div class="thumb-title "> Indian Railways: Why New Pricing Principles Matter </div></div></a><div class="byline mb-3"><h4><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/profile/author/Badri-Narayan-25224/" class="person-name lnk">R. 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It has earned for itself the name, “pharmacy of the world” as the third largest producer by volume, after China of generic formulations, and a leading manufacturer of vaccines. In the international market, the low price and high quality of Indian generic formulations make them a good choice worldwide. Yet, at home, millions are pushed into poverty every year owing to expenses on healthcare, of which payment for medicines is a major component. In this article, <b>Dr. Anant Phadke, a member of the All India Drug Action Network</b>, which campaigns for affordable medicines, discusses the dynamics that direct these high prices such as marketing strategies by large pharmaceutical manufacturers, an incorrect price-regulatory framework, the plethora of irrational Fixed Dose Drug Combinations, and improper prescription practices by doctors. 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Though relatively new in India and still in an emerging phase in Maharashtra, these FPCs are being viewed as a possible replacement for the old cooperative model and taken the form of new movement. The formation of FPCs in the districts of Maharashtra began in 2015 under the Maharashtra Agricultural Competitiveness Project (MACP). In Osmanabad and Solapur districts of Maharashtra, FPCs have been in operation for the past three years. As FPCs gained the attention and participation of the farmers it becomes pertinent to study their formation and performance. This Policy Report attempts to look at the FPCs in Solapur and Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra to ascertain the level of inclusiveness and participation of the various categories of farmers in the running of the company. The study points out that caste and family hierarchies continue to hold a grip on ownership patterns, albeit in the early days of the FPCs. 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The aim of the Round Table was to take stock of the extent to which the State’s policies have contributed to and shaped childhood. Covering the ages of 0 to 18 years, the discussions at the Round Table explored the relationship between the state and the child in Tamil Nadu, which is critical for the quality of life for children. Papers were invited from the participants at the Round Table on the following themes: 1. Policy and Fiscal Space in Tamil Nadu 2. Education and Health 3. The Disadvantaged Child, and 4. Social Spaces for the ChildThis Background Note contains the Concept Note and the 10 papers that were presented and discussed at the Round Table. 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As a Public Policy Scholar, her research will be on &quot;Rehabilitation Technology and Assistive Technology Research – Clinical Trials Ethics Perspective&quot;. </div></div></a></div></div></div><div class="item" style="width:100%"><div class="col-md-12 col-lg-12 p-1"><div class="p-2 thumbnail three-sec"><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/scholars/mohd-osama/article64936013.ece"><div class="CimgHt team-img mrgTop15"><img src="https://www.thehinducentre.com/theme/images/thc-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/migration_catalog/vcinq8-Mohd-Osamaprofilecropped/alternates/SQUARE_230/Mohd%20Osamaprofilecropped" data-original="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/migration_catalog/vcinq8-Mohd-Osamaprofilecropped/alternates/SQUARE_230/Mohd%20Osamaprofilecropped" data-device-variant= "SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="caption"><h3 class="Font18-Bold-zero"> Mohd Osama - Report Published </h3><div class="Font14-Reg-zero aln-right nine-line">Mohd Osama's research interests cover electoral politics, voting behaviour, and political anthropology. 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As a Public Policy Scholar, he will study the Indian state’s response to the recent Rohingya crisis </div></div></a></div></div></div><div class="item" style="width:100%"><div class="col-md-12 col-lg-12 p-1"><div class="p-2 thumbnail three-sec"><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/scholars/kanika-sharma/article64936015.ece"><div class="CimgHt team-img mrgTop15"><img src="https://www.thehinducentre.com/theme/images/thc-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/migration_catalog/2dlkmm-kanikaprofilephoto/alternates/SQUARE_230/kanikaprofilephoto" data-original="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/migration_catalog/2dlkmm-kanikaprofilephoto/alternates/SQUARE_230/kanikaprofilephoto" data-device-variant= "SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="caption"><h3 class="Font18-Bold-zero"> Kanika Sharma - Report Published </h3><div class="Font14-Reg-zero aln-right nine-line">Kanika Sharma’s research interests are in gender, social inequality, and health. She has an M.A. in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and an M.Phil in Social Sciences in Health from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her M.Phil dissertation focused on the theme of gender and pain from an interdisciplinary public health perspective. As a Public Policy Scholar, she will be studying women’s lived experiences of physical pain, the social and health system support available to them, and th </div></div></a></div></div></div><div class="item" style="width:100%"><div class="col-md-12 col-lg-12 p-1"><div class="p-2 thumbnail three-sec"><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/scholars/o-grace-ngullie/article64936016.ece"><div class="CimgHt team-img mrgTop15"><img src="https://www.thehinducentre.com/theme/images/thc-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/migration_catalog/r0y5ae-Photo-Graceprofile/alternates/SQUARE_230/Photo%20Graceprofile" data-original="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/migration_catalog/r0y5ae-Photo-Graceprofile/alternates/SQUARE_230/Photo%20Graceprofile" data-device-variant= "SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="caption"><h3 class="Font18-Bold-zero"> O. 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As a Public Policy Scholar, she will broadly analyse the politics and governance of social security schemes in India and examine how differently Cash Transfers and in-kind transfers affect h </div></div></a></div></div></div><div class="item" style="width:100%"><div class="col-md-12 col-lg-12 p-1"><div class="p-2 thumbnail three-sec"><a href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/scholars/alamu-report-not-submitted/article64936017.ece"><div class="CimgHt team-img mrgTop15"><img src="https://www.thehinducentre.com/theme/images/thc-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/migration_catalog/8mfxun-AlamuPhotocropped/alternates/SQUARE_230/AlamuPhotocropped" data-original="https://thc-i.thgim.com/public/migration_catalog/8mfxun-AlamuPhotocropped/alternates/SQUARE_230/AlamuPhotocropped" data-device-variant= "SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="caption"><h3 class="Font18-Bold-zero"> Alamu - Report not Submitted </h3><div class="Font14-Reg-zero aln-right nine-line">Alamu is a Doctoral candidate in Political Science at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 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