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The Political Economy of Data

The digital gender divide has become “a matter of life and death,” in the words of the UN Secretary General in J

The Gopalakrishnan Committee set up by the government on developing a governance framework for non-personal data recently put out its draft report for public consultation.

A virus may be apolitical but our response to it reveals biases and inequities in our systems.

Ensuring wide data availability may help India develop its AI industry and avoid external dependence.

Data is almost universally recognised as the most valuable economic resource today. Seven out of the top 10 companies globally by market capitalisation are data-centric.

As employment in India bounces back from the Covid lockdown, platform-mediated work is expected to come into its own.

Disasters are gendered. They play out differently for men, women, and gender non-conforming people.

Recently, governments in France and Australia have introduced measure to make news aggregators such as Google pay for re-use of news.

On March 24, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued an advisory to States, asking them to treat e-commerce as an essential service.