July 19, 2022

Economic Approaches to Promotion of Clean Energy

The uncontrolled exploitation of Earth’s resources has resulted in irreversible changes in the environment generally and the climate in particular. Therefore, a global and immediate policy response is urgently required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change. There is compelling evidence that climate change is the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen. …

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Illegal Trading of Cultural Property by ISIS

THE NEED FOR DEEP WEB MONITORING WITH PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS An extremist organisation, claiming to represent Muslims worldwide, has taken over Syria, with the consuming aim to establish an Islamist ‘Caliphate’. Called the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (‘ISIS’), the group’s emergence into the international media fora was marked by gruesome video-recorded beheadings of journalists, and …

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Targeted Advertisements

This project aims at providing a brief overview of the concept of online targeted advertising, and its possible ramifications on the security, privacy of Internet users. Firstly, it defines ‘targeted advertisements’, and explains their operational methodology. Next, it analyzes if these advertisements are a breach of privacy, and the consequences of sharing of data with …

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Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

Introduction On 25 February 2021, the Central Government, through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) has notified Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“2021 Guidelines”). These guidelines have been framed in exercise of powers under Section 87(2) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“the Act”), which includes rules …

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Regulating DNA Technology in India – Necessity or Legislative Overreach?

Introduction Deoxyribonucleic acid (‘DNA’) is a complex hereditary material present in all living beings. The composition of the human DNA sequence is nearly 99.99% similar in every person. However, that 0.01% DNA remains unique enough to distinguish one individual from another. This unique, miniscule part of our DNA can be used to generate a DNA …

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