Today Update

Today's Questions
09 June 2019
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Today's Editorial (Hindi)
09 June 2019
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Today's Editorial
09 June 2019
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Today's Headlines (Hindi)
09 June 2019
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Today's Headlines
09 June 2019
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प्रथम विश्‍व खाद्य सुरक्षा दिवस
केन्‍द्रीय स्‍वास्‍थ्‍य एवं परिवार कल्‍याण मंत्री डॉ. हर्षवर्धन ने प्रथम विश्‍व खाद्य सुरक्षा दिवस (07-जून-2019) के अवसर पर कहा, ‘मैं भारत के सभी नागरिकों से अपील करता हूं ‘सही खाओ’ मुहिम को जन भागीदारी के साथ उसी तरह जन आंदोलन का रूप दें, जिस प्रकार हम सबने एकजुट होकर भारत को पोलिया मुक्‍त बनाया है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20472-2019-06-09-05-22-02
#WorldFoodSafetyDay #DrHarshvardhan #UnionHealth #FSSAI #FoodSafetyMagicBox

स्टेम सेल को बचाएगी नई हाइड्रोजेल
चिकित्सा क्षेत्र में स्टेम कोशिकाओं का प्रत्यारोपण एक चुनौतीपूर्ण काम है क्योंकि इसमें प्रत्यारोपित कोशिकाओं के जीवित रहने से जुड़ी कई समस्याएं सामने आती हैं। स्टेम सेल, जब किसी घाव में प्रत्यारोपित किया जाता है, तो पैराक्रीन फैक्टर नामक रसायन छोड़ता है, जो ऊतक के पुनर्निर्माण के लिए आसपास की अन्य कोशिकाओं को प्रेरित करता है। भारतीय वैज्ञानिकों के एक समूह ने एक इंजेक्टेबल हाइड्रोजेल विकसित की है
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20471-2019-06-09-05-21-14
#Hydrogel #StemCell #MSc #DeepaGhosh #JijyoThoma #AnjanaSharma

टरीजा का इस्तीफा
ब्रिटिश प्रधानमंत्री टरीजा मे को सत्ताधारी कंजर्वेटिव पार्टी की नेता के तौर पर इस्तीफा दे दिया। मे के इस्तीफे ने नए प्रधानमंत्री का नाम तय करने के लिए होने वाले दिलचस्प मुकाबले का रास्ता साफ कर दिया है। नए प्रधानमंत्री के सामने ब्रेग्जिट (यूरोपीय संघ से ब्रिटेन का बाहर निकलना) के बाबत ब्रिटेन और यूरोपीय संघ (ईयू) के बीच बातचीत को मुकाम तक पहुंचाने की चुनौती होगी। अपने ब्रेक्जिट करार की बार-बार की नाकामी को लेकर बढ़ते दबाव के बीच टेरेसा मे ने अपना पद छोड़ने का ऐलान किया था।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20470-2019-06-09-05-20-20
#Tarzanresigns #TarjaMay #EU #PrimeMinister #MPs

Extension of PM-KISAN
The Centre on 8 June 2019 notified a decision to extend the benefit of Rs 6,000 per year under the PM-KISAN scheme to all 14.5 crore farmers, irrespective of the size of their landholding, in the country. A decision in this regard was taken in the first Cabinet meeting of the new NDA government on May 31.
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#PMKISAN #NDA #UnionAgriculture #NaredraModi #government #PSUs #incometax

G20 agrees with digital tax
Group of 20 finance ministers agreed on 8 June 2019 to push ahead on compiling common rules that will close loopholes that global technology giants such as Facebook use to reduce their corporate taxes, a copy of the bloc's draft communique obtained by Reuters showed. Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other large tech companies have come under criticism for cutting their tax bills by booking profits in low-tax countries regardless of the location of the end customer, practices seen by many as unfair.
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#G20 #digitaltax #Facebook #Amazon #France #Google

RBI new NPA framework
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a new framework for resolution of bad loans, replacing the previous norms quashed by the Supreme Court in April, offering a 30-day gap for stress recognition instead of the one-day default earlier.
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#NPA #RBI #SDR #NPA #

Today Update

चाबहार पोर्ट से जुड़ी परियोजनाओं को लेकर संशय
दुनियाभर में मौजूद हथियारों के जखीरे में भले ही कमी देखी जा रही हो पर बीते 12 महीनों में परमाणु युद्ध का खतरा काफी बढ़ गया है। कुछ हद तक इसके लिए अमेरिका और ईरान के बीच बढ़ते तनाव को भी जिम्मेदार ठहराया जा सकता है। दरअसल, एक नई रिसर्च में दावा किया गया है कि संख्या में भले ही दुनिया के परमाणु हथियारों में कमी आई हो लेकिन तबाही लाने वाले परमाणु युद्ध का खतरा कम होने की बजाय बढ़ गया है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20588-2019-06-19-05-01-48
#ChabaharPort #Afghanistan #Iran #NarendraModi #HassanRouhani #Pakistan

परमाणु जंग का बढ़ा खतरा
पहले अफगानिस्तान को लेकर अनिश्चितता और अब ईरान और अमेरिका के बीच बढ़ता तनाव। इन दोनों वजहों ने ईरान में चाबहार पोर्ट बना कर अफगानिस्तान व मध्य एशिया में रणनीतिक पैठ बनाने की भारत की योजनाओं पर सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं। जानकारों का कहना है कि अब जब तक समूचे क्षेत्र में हालात स्पष्ट नहीं होते हैं तब तक भारत के लिए चाबहार पोर्ट से जुड़ी परियोजनाओं पर सोच समझ कर आगे बढ़ने की नीति अपनानी होगी।
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#nuclearwar #UnitedStates #SIPRI #Israel #Russia #START

World Food India 2019
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal has on 18 June 2019 said that World Food India 2019 will be the biggest gathering of all global and domestic stakeholders in Food Processing Sector. WFI 2019 will be held from 1-4th November 2019 in New Delhi and will position India as Food Processing Destination of the World.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20592-world-food-india-2019
#WorldFoodIndia2019 #HarsimratKaurBadal #CEOs #B2B #NewDelhi #WFI2019

EU questions to double farmers income
Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinised by other World Trade Organization members, questions submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments, and member governments keep a close watch for any competitors who might be cheating.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20591-eu-questions-to-double-farmers-income
#EU #WTO #DonaldTrump #NarendraModi #EuropeanUnion #NewZealand #farmersincome

Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook Inc revealed plans on 18 June 2019 to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, the latest development in its effort to expand beyond social networking and move into e-commerce and global payments. Facebook has linked with 28 partners in a Geneva-based entity called the Libra Association, which will govern its new digital coin set to launch in the first half of 2020.
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#Libra #Facebook #digital #WeChat #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency

Secrets of Sun’s mysterious past
The Moon contains clues to the ancient mysteries of the Sun, which are crucial to understanding the development of life, according to NASA scientists, including one of Indian origin. Around four billion years ago, the Sun went through violent outbursts of intense radiation, spewing scorching, high-energy clouds and particles across the solar system.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20589-secrets-of-sun-s-mysterious-past
#Sun #NASA #EarthPrabalSaxena #solartantrums #atmospheres #Apollo

HDFC बैंक ने शीर्ष पर बनाई जगह
बाजार अनुसंधान संगठन Numr ने हाल ही में भारतीय बैंकों के लिए महानगरों और एनसीसीएस ए1 से संबंधित लोगों के बीच एक एनपीएस सर्वे किया है। इस सर्वे से सामने आई रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, सबसे ज्यादा 36 फीसद लोगों ने एचडीएफसी को अपना प्राथमिक बैंक बताया। इसके बाद दूसरे नंबर पर 33 फीसद के साथ स्टेट बैंक ऑफ इंडिया (SBI) रही। वहीं तीसरे नंबर पर आसीआईसीआई बैंक और चौथे नंबर पर एक्सिस बैंक रही।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20710-hdfc
#NPS #HDFC #SBI #NCC #ICCIBank #India #AxisBank

उत्तर प्रदेश मे 17 अति पिछड़ी जातियों को मिलेगा एससी का दर्जा
उत्तर प्रदेश की योगी सरकार ने निषाद, मल्लाह और राजभर समेत 17 जातियों को अनुसूचित जाति का दर्जा देने का फैसला किया है। सरकार ने इसके लिए आदेश जारी कर दिया है। हालांकि समाज कल्याण विभाग द्वारा जारी किए गए आदेश में कहा गया है कि यह फैसला कोर्ट के अंतिम आदेश के अधीन होगा। यानी अगर कोर्ट का अंतिम निर्णय इन जातियों को अनुसूचित जाति में शामिल न करने का आता है, तो फिर से इन्हें अनुसूचित जाति के दायरे से बाहर कर दिया जाएगा।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20709-17-5
#SC #UttarPradesh #BSP #ScheduledCastes #AkhileshYadav #PIL

चौथे भारत समुद्री पुरस्‍कार 2019
जवाहरलाल नेहरू पोर्ट ट्रस्‍ट (जेएनपीटी) को चौथे भारत समुद्री पुरस्‍कार 2019 के अंतर्गत वर्ष के सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ पोर्ट (कंटेनर) पुरस्‍कार से सम्‍मानित किया गया। देश के सबसे अच्‍छे पोर्टों को इस श्रेणी में नामांकित किया गया था। समुद्री क्षेत्र में 30 वर्षों की अपनी स्‍वर्णिम सेवाओं के लिए जेएनपीटी को एक विशेष सम्‍मान भी दिया गया।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20708-2019-36
#IndiaMarineAward2019 #JNPT #TEUs #JawaharlalNehru


EQUIP finalised and released
World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 June 2019 put forward a five-point approach to address common challenges facing the world, including protectionism, unilateralism at global financial organisations like the WTO and terrorism.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20713-equip-finalised-and-released
#EQUIP #HRD #PrimeMinister #GER #India #EFC

India's approach in G20
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) is back at it - endorsing commercial products. Except, this time they aren’t calling it endorsement. The new name is “certifying a claim that is health friendly”. And the IMA is refusing to divulge how much money has been given for this certification citing “non-disclosure agreements” with the companies whose products they have certified.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20712-india-s-approach-in-g20
#India #G20 #NarendraModi #WTO #German #EU

IMA finds a new way to mint money
World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 June 2019 put forward a five-point approach to address common challenges facing the world, including protectionism, unilateralism at global financial organisations like the WTO and terrorism.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20711-ima-finds-a-new-way-to-mint-money
#IMA #LED #NABH #MedicalEthics #Regulations2002 #MCI

Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary
Mahatma Gandhi’s life and legacy were remembered by people across the world on his 150th birth anniversary (2 October 2019) with several countries, including France and Sri Lanka, releasing commemorative postage stamps and organising events to mark the day.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21615-gandhi-s-150th-birth-anniversary.html
#Gandhis #birthanniversary #AntonioGuterres #TempleTrees


Station Cleanliness Survey 2019
Piyush Goyal-led Railway Ministry has released the latest 2019 survey that ranks the cleanest railway stations in India.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21614-station-cleanliness-survey-2019.html
#StationCleanliness #CleanlinessSurvey #PiyushGoyal #ledRailwayMinistry


‘Final Brexit offer’ to EU
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 2 October 2019 unveil his final Brexit offer to the European Union and say that, if Brussels does not engage with it, Britain will stop talking and leave on Oct 31 regardless.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21613-final-brexit-offer-to-eu.html
#FinalBrexitoffer #EU #BorisJohnson #EuropeanUnion #WorldWarTwo

EU nations agree Brexit delay
The European Union on 28 October 2019 agreed a 3-month flexible delay to Britain’s departure from the bloc as Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushes for an election after opponents forced him to request an extension he had vowed never to ask for.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21823-eu-nations-agree-brexit-delay.html
#EU #Brexit #BorisJohnson #Britain #DonaldTusk

Scheme to save groundwater
Aimed at checking depletion of groundwater in the country, the World Bank-funded Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY) is still waiting for the Union Cabinet’s approval for more than a year after the World Bank board approved it in June 2018.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21822-scheme-to-save-groundwater.html
#groundwater #ABHY #Protection #CGWA #JalShaktiMinistry

AI model to solve engineering problems
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) on 28 October 2019 said its researchers have developed algorithms that enable novel applications for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and deep learning to solve engineering problems.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21821-ai-model-to-solve-engineering-problems.html
#AI #IITM #AISoft #GPU #CFD #CNN #Madras

China expands footprint in Nepal, Myanmar
China is expanding its air links with South and Southeast Asia, focusing on Nepal and Myanmar, to help enlarge its regional footprint. On 27 October 2019, Himalaya Airlines — a China-Nepal joint venture — landed on its maiden flight from Kathmandu to Beijing’s brand new Daxing International airport.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21820-china-expands-footprint-in-nepal-myanmar.html
#LDC #Myanmar #XiJinping #footprint #RuiliAirlines

National Broadband Mission
The government promised broadband access in all villages by 2022, as it launched the ambitious National Broadband Mission entailing stakeholder investment of Rs 7 lakh crore in the coming years.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22369-national-broadband-mission.html
#NBM #RaviShankarPrasad #USOF #RoW #MoU #NDCP

SC refuses to stay CAA
The Supreme Court on 18 December 2019 refused to stay the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, which fast-tracks citizenship by naturalisation process for “illegal” migrants from six religious communities, other than Muslims, who have fled persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22368-sc-refuses-to-stay-caa.html
#SC #CAA #CJI #NGOs #NRC #Muslims #AKUpadhyay #illegal

World's third largest producer of scientific articles
With over 1.35 lakh scientific papers published, India has become the world's third largest publisher of science and engineering articles, according to a US government agency data, topped by China.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22367-world-s-third-largest-producer-of-scientific-articles.html
#NSF #China #US #scientificarticles #SouthKorea #EU

Cyclone on Jupiter’s south pole
A recent flyby of Jupiter by NASA’s Juno spacecraft has led to the discovery of a new cyclone on the south pole of the planet. The 22nd flyby took place on November 3 soaring 3,500 kilometres above the cloud top of the gas giant.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22366-cyclone-on-jupiter-s-south-pole.html
#Cyclone #Jupiter #NASA #spacecraft #JIRAM

Gulf's first female finance minister
Kuwait appointed Mariam Al-Aqeel as finance minister, the first female in the Gulf region to hold the post. Khaled Al-Fadhel retained his posts as minister overseeing oil, electricity and water in Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah’s first cabinet, which includes three women and eight new faces, according to state-run KUNA news agency.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22365-gulf-s-first-female-finance-minister.html
#Gulf #Kuwait #KUNA #KIA #OPEC #GFFFM

Draft roadmap for population stabilisation
Government think tank Niti Aayog on 20 December 2019 will hold a consultative meeting to discuss a roadmap for population stabilisation and come out with a working paper to address key gaps in India's family planning programmes.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22380-draft-roadmap-for-population-stabilisation.html
#NitiAayog #PFI #NarendraModi #India

‘Operation Twist’ in desi avatar
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has commenced something that is akin to the famous “Operation Twist” conducted by the US Federal Reserve by deciding to buy the long-tenor 10-year benchmark bonds worth Rs. 10,000 crore and selling four short-dated securities worth the same amount under open market operations (OMOs).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22379-operation-twist-in-desi-avatar.html
#OperationTwist #RBI #OMOs #acknowledgement #US

Ethiopia launches first satellite
Ethiopia launched its first satellite into space on 20 December 2019, as more sub-Saharan African nations strive to develop space programs to advance their development goals and encourage scientific innovation.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22378-ethiopia-launches-first-satellite.html
#Ethiopia #satellite #China #AddisAbaba #space

Satellite to monitor Amazon rainforest
An Earth observation satellite jointly developed by China and Brazillaunched into space on 20 December 2019 under a bilateral programme seen as a template for broader cooperation among BRICS nations.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22377-satellite-to-monitor-amazon-rainforest.html
#Satellite #Amazon #rainforest #BRICS #CBERS #Earth

Votes for Brexit deal
Britain's freshly-elected parliament prepared on 20 December 2019 to move past years of partisan wrangling and initially approve Prime Minister Boris Johnson's divorce deal with the EU.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22376-votes-for-brexit-deal.html
#Votes #EU #Johnson #Brexit #London #EuropeanUnion

G-20 finance chiefs meet
Finance chiefs and central bankers from the world’s 20 largest economies say they see downside risks to global economic growth persisting and have agreed on a “menu of policy options” amid a viral outbreak that’s disrupted supply chains worldwide.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22944-g-20-finance-chiefs-meet.html
#G20 #finance #OECD #COVID19 #Riyadh #IMF

India to block EU’s WTO panel request
India will block the European Union’s request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against New Delhi’s customs duties on imports of certain information and communications technology (ICT) products.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22943-india-to-block-eu-s-wto-panel-request.html
#India #WTO #ICT #EU #NewDelhi #EuropeanUnion

Mystery even scientists can’t crack
The amount of water in the atmosphere of Jupiter has been a mystery scientists have been unable to crack. U.S space agency NASA recently had sent a mission to the planet which has found results contrary to the findings of an earlier mission sent by NASA in 1995.
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Archaeological discovery in Haryana
Sirsa, a district in Haryana, houses a mound which is believed to unravel some clues about the ancient city ‘Sarishika’. In order to study the ancient ruins, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has to relocate nearly 50,000 people residing on around 82 acres of land.
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India-Europe Summit
A high-level ministerial dialogue to boost trade and investment relations, commitment to remove trade hurdles and expand market access, and beef up security cooperation are part of the new broad-based strategic partnership adopted between India and the European Union (EU) on 15 July 2020.
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KSG Podcast - What is SWIFT and of it means | best daily editorial analysis for upsc
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Today's Headlines - 19 July 2023
The Black Sea grain deal expired
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The last ship carrying grain from Ukraine, under a UN-brokered deal that guarantees its safe passage, left the port of Odesa. This deal expired, and Russia has still not agreed to extend it.

What is the Black Sea grain deal?

Ukraine is among the world’s biggest exporter of foodgrains, such as wheat and corn, and a major contributor to the UN’s food aid programmes.
When Russia invaded the country and blockaded its ports, it sent food prices soaring and raised fears of food security in the poorer nations of the world. Pakistan, for instance, saw wheat prices skyrocket to crisis levels.
On 22 July 2022, the UN and Turkey got Russia to agree to the Black Sea Grain Initiative, under which cargo ships would be allowed to travel from and to three Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi (Yuzhny), after inspection that they weren’t carrying arms.
The safe passage in the Black Sea was 310 nautical miles long and three nautical miles wide. The deal has been extended twice, and expires.
According to a report from June, nearly 32 million tonnes of mostly corn and wheat have been exported by Ukraine under the deal.
Why has Russia not agreed to renew it?

Russia claims that the promises made to it under the deal have not been met, and it is still facing trouble exporting its own agricultural products and fertilisers because of the many sanctions the West has slapped on it.
While there is no direct restriction on Russia’s agricultural products, the country says barriers on payment platforms, insurance, shipping and other logistics are hampering its exports.
Russia has also said that it had agreed to the grain deal in order to help ensure global food security, but Ukraine has since exported mainly to high-and middle-income countries. The UN says while this is true, poorer countries have been helped by food prices cooling down.
The European Union (EU) is now considering connecting a subsidiary of the Russian Agricultural Bank (Rosselkhozbank) to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT), from which it was cut off due to the war, to allow grain and fertiliser transactions.

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Today's Headlines - 08 August 2023
Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 cleared
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The Lok Sabha on 7 August 2023 passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, a first-ever legislation dedicated for digital privacy amid concerns of MPs regarding the removal of the data localisation mandate and increased government control.

More about the Bill

The Bill was passed with an amendment to a minor drafting error. Once the Bill comes into effect, all digital platforms will be required to obtain unconditional, free, specific, and informed consent from users for processing their data.
They will also need to issue a notice explaining the purpose of data processing and the rights of the users.
The government will appoint a data protection board, an independent body that will examine personal data breaches and impose penalties.
The latest version of the Bill does not mandate local storage of personal data, providing a major relief to big tech firms like Google, Meta, and Amazon.
The government may, however, notify a list of countries in future, where data cannot be transferred.
The Bill prescribes penalties of up to Rs 250 crore for each instance of a data breach arising from a lack of reasonable safeguards on platforms.
The government may block the operations of entities not complying with the law even after two instances of penalties. The draft Bill of the final version was released for public consultation in November 2022.
Models for data protection laws

The EU model:

The GDPR focuses on a comprehensive data protection law for the processing of personal data.
It has been criticised for being excessively stringent, and imposing many obligations on organisations processing data, but is the template for most of the legislation drafted around the world.
In the EU, the right to privacy is enshrined as a fundamental right that seeks to protect an individual’s dignity and her right over the data that she generates.

The US model:

Privacy protection is largely defined as a “liberty protection” — focused on the protection of the individual’s personal space from the government, and, therefore, is viewed as being somewhat narrow in focus by virtue of enabling the collection of personal information as long as the individual is informed of such collection and use. The US template has been viewed as inadequate in key respects of regulation.
Unlike the EU’s GDPR, there is no comprehensive set of privacy rights or principles that collectively address the use, collection and disclosure of data in the US. Instead, there is limited sector-specific regulation. The approach towards data protection in the US is different for the public and private sectors.

The China model:

New Chinese laws issued over the last 15 months on data privacy and security includes the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which came into effect in November 2021. It gives Chinese data principal’s new rights as it seeks to prevent the misuse of personal data.
The Data Security Law (DSL), which came into force in September 2021, requires business data to be categorised by different levels of importance and puts new restrictions on cross-border transfers.
These regulations will have a significant impact on how companies collect, store, use and transfer data, but are essentially focused on giving the government overreaching powers to both collect data and regulate private companies that collect and process information.

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