Recently, citizens of Goa came out to assist the Covid relief operations – collaborating with the Government procedures.
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Recently, citizens of Goa came out to assist the Covid relief operations – collaborating with the Government procedures.
Read MoreThe legal background of website blocking in India
Different techniques used by Indian ISPs to censor websites | Empirical data on whether ISPs are blocking the same websites. | The talk will also explore the legal and policy implications on online freedom of expression and net neutrality in India.
A slew of mobile apps were released by different government bodies in India as a response to the Covid-19 outbreak. State and UT governments released apps for the purposes of quarantine management, ensuring compliance to quarantine rules, providing healthcare information and updates, and so on. Public health being a subject on the State List, the…
Read More“Migrants (and refugees) are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity”, quoth Pope Francis. Yet very often, they are. Globally, migrations fulfil different needs: economic, social, or political, and allow societies to assimiliate and forge heterogenous identities. A plural society needs to be mature, responsible, and should legislate mechanisms to avoid the neglect and demonisation…
Read MoreHuman Rights in a Pandemic.
Read MoreThe use of mass scale as well as individuated surveillance to respond to Covid-19 pandemic has been a serious cause of concern. It has also exposed the underlying fault lines within the debate on surveillance and privacy. Unlike conventional cases of political surveillance of citizens, the deployment of surveillance for the purposes of public health…
Read MoreOnline platforms, particularly social media, operate as the new ‘public squares’. They play an increasingly critical role in shaping the public sphere and redefining democratic participation, through the enforcement of privatized content censorship, filtration and other forms of content moderation practices. This talk looks at the role of platforms in mediating online speech, and how…
Read MoreMigrations are a social need across the world. Social integration and inclusive growth contributes to the development of a society /state /nation. Asif Hussain, Secretary, Centre for Study of Philosophy and Humanities, Goa, will tell us about this inclusive society. He mentions that a plural society needs to be mature and responsible and formulate mechanisms…
Read MoreActivist Rama Kankonkar, of Tiswadi Taluka will speak on issues of reservations for Scheduled Tribes, Tribal Advisory council and atrocities on tribals. Please arrive early. Requested contribution 200/- | Poster by Pale Blue Dot, Goa, powered by Communiti Craft. https://facebook.com/events/s/tribal-rights-with-rama-kankon/554858031777511/?ti=icl
Read MoreMr Shriniwas Khalap, Advocate for Union of India, State of Maharashtra and State of Goa in Supreme Court of India, will speak about the implications of CAA, NRC, NPR issues and it’s implications on local Goans. Part I A mischief in law called Amendment to the Citizenship Act. Part II upcoming duel disasters of National…
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