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The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Union government on a petition challenging some provisions of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act and the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act. Issues raised by the petition Currently, the laws does not allow single men to have child through surrogacy. Married women can only avail surrogacy services ifRead more

Data localisation simply means restricting the flow of data from one country to another. The Personal Data Protection Bill requires companies to store a copy of certain sensitive personal data within India. Localisation will make it mandatory for companies collecting critical consumer data to store and process it in data centres present within India’s borders.Read more

Genesis of shortage: After reaching its peak in 2011, the laptop market growth slowed down with the rise of alternatives such as smartphones and tablets. Then, the pandemic hit. People switched to work from home, children connected to schools through laptops, and get-togethers happened over video calls. This shift led to a surge in demandRead more

In a significant order recognising sex work as a “profession”, the Supreme Court has directed that police should neither interfere nor take criminal action against adult and consenting sex workers. What did the Supreme Court say? Sex Work is a profession whose practitioners are entitled to dignity and equal protection under law. It is clearRead more

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that the decisions taken by the GST Council are merely recommendations with “persuasive value” and are not binding. GST as an advisory body: The court has rejected the Centre’s contention that the entire structure of GST would crumble if the Council’s decisions were not treated as enforceable. In some ways, theRead more

Recently, a statement by the United States President suggested that any attempt by China to invade Taiwan would attract American military intervention. Historical background: Taiwan, earlier known as Formosa, a tiny island off the east coast of China. It is where Chinese republicans of the Kuomintang government retreated after the 1949 victory of the communistsRead more

India is negotiating and signing several free trade agreements (FTAs) with countries like Australia, the UK, Israel, and the EU. While the economic benefits of these FTAs have been studied, there is very little discussion on the lack of parliamentary scrutiny of these treaties. Provisions in the Constitution In the Constitution, entry 14 of theRead more

AI chips are built with specific architecture and have integrated AI acceleration to support deep learning-based applications. AI chips help turn data into information and then into knowledge. The Worldwide AI chip industry accounted for $8.02 billion in 2020 Difference from Traditional Chips: When traditional chips, containing processor cores and memory, perform computational tasks, theyRead more

Recently, over eight dust storms have hit Iraq, turning the skies orange and disrupting lives. The storms are usually driven by Shamal or northwesterly winds. The winds lift dust from the Tigris-Euphrates basin of Syria and Iraq and transport it to the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula. Iraq, which sits at the top of the Persian Gulf,Read more

One of the most influential social and religious reformers of the 19th century, Ram Mohan Roy, born on May 22, 1772, in what was then Bengal Presidency’s Radhanagar in Hooghly district, would have turned 250 years today. Born into a prosperous upper-caste Brahmin family, Roy grew up within the framework of orthodox caste practices ofRead more