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1Nov

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The essential skill of ‘media and information literacy’

‘Raising awareness is the first line of defence against digital deception, misinformation and disinformation’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Media and information literacy (MIL) has become an essential skill in the 21st century as we navigate digital landscapes where the production, dissemination, and consumption of public-interest information is rapidly changing. Not long ago, COVID-19, the first pandemic in the age of social media, highlighted the dangers of unverified or outrightly incorrect information. This ‘infodemic’ became a greater threat than the virus itself, resulting in real consequences such as racial discrimination, social boycotts, and attacks on health-care workers. More recently,...

1Oct

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Politics

Sridhar Babu criticises BRS leaders for trying to politicise Musi riverfront development

Industries and IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu has criticised the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders for trying to provoke the people against the Musi riverfront development project for their political gains.The riverfront development project was in fact started during the previous BRS government way back in 2016 and the then government had constituted the Musi Riverfront Development Corporation Limited in 2017. It was the BRS government that released GO Ms. 7 demarcating 50 m abutting riverbed at the buffer zone and it went on to constitute teams of the Revenue and Irrigation departments to identify illegal structures that came up on the riverbed and buffer zone.The then government constituted an expert committee to identify the maximum flood level discharge of Musi river based o...

27Sep

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California apologizes for slavery, its effects on Black Americans – Times of India

People listen during a rally in support of reparations for African Americans outside City Hall in San Francisco. (Picture credit: AP) California governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Thursday, formally apologizing for slavery and its effects on Black Americans in the state. As per the news agency AP, this law is part of a series of reparations bills aimed at addressing racial disparities that have persisted for decades."The State of California accepts responsibility for the role we played in promoting, facilitating, and permitting the institution of slavery, as well as its enduring legacy of persistent racial disparities," Governor Newsom said in a statement.Earlier, Newsom vetoed a bill that would have helped Black families reclaim or receive compensation for property taken through em...

14Sep

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Culture

Madhabi Puri Buch | Trial by fire

It’s not as if Madhabi Puri Buch has not faced challenges before: a three-and-a-half-decade career in the rapidly evolving world of finance would guarantee that enough came her way. In the late ’90s, while working at ICICI Bank, her manager admonished her for being technologically illiterate. “I was told that unless I made friends with technology, I wouldn’t be going anywhere in the firm,” she told india today in an interview last November. The message fired her determination to master technology, so much so that in a matter of months, the same boss entrusted her with the responsibility of launching icicidirect.com, one of India’s earliest online trading platforms.Source link

30Aug

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To attract private investment, a robust arbitration system is a must: SC | India News – Times of India

Can Railway, NBFCs and PSUs appoint arbitrators unilaterally?NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said at a time when private investment in India is crucial to the country’s economy, the need of the hour is a robust, transparent and independent arbitration system to infuse confidence in the domestic and international investors.This observation came from a five-judge bench comprising CJI D Y Chandrachud, and Justices Hrishikesh Roy, P S Narasimha, J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra during the adjudication of a question that is of vital importance to investors’ confidence – can the railways, PSUs and NBFCs create a panel of arbitrators from which the opposite party is to choose from for adjudication of disputes arising from alleged contractual breaches.Many private parties had questioned the ...