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Quote of the Day by George Orwell: "How men, when given power over other men, start to behave like pigs"— Inspiring quote on power, corruption, authority, inequality and why power can distort human behavior by the English novelist known for Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four- California dares U.S. as Newsom-Trump feud turns ugly - Governor challenges border czar Tom Homan to arrest him
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- 'Policing towards Orwellian': On Meerut Police's passport cancellation warning for Namaz violators, NDA minister takes a digMeerut Police have restricted Eid namaz to designated sites, prohibiting street prayers, and warned of legal action against violators. The ...28 Mar, 2025, 11.05 AM IST
- Secularism, the best thing since hot rotiThe ongoing debate on secularism in India has been reignited by Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi. He traces secularism to the French principle ...24 Sep, 2024, 10.47 PM IST
- China's 'One Person, One File': Road to digital totalitarianismThe Shanghai authorities have proposed the "One Person, One File" (OPOF) mass surveillance program, which aims to triple the deployment of ...28 May, 2024, 10.00 PM IST
- Should Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas resign over 'whipping scandal'?Video footage and photos of an incident made it appear that US agents were whipping migrants, leading to a furore among advocacy groups and...13 Oct, 2022, 10.32 PM IST
- China’s focus on personality cult is a reminder of Mao eraTechnological advancements allow for mass surveillance and extreme censorship, which have resulted in a dystopian police state where blind ...18 Mar, 2021, 03.54 PM IST
- View: New agriculture laws need reformatting to win back farmersGoI’s proposal to supplement the state-run mandis with a two-tier system by which farmers can opt for any buyer of their choice, or continu...11 Dec, 2020, 11.17 PM IST
- Questions for 2020: Personal data gets legal protection?The Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB) 2019 is expected to become a law in 2020 once it is reviewed by the joint parliamentary committee ...30 Dec, 2019, 09.34 AM IST
- Personal Data Protection Bill can turn India into ‘Orwellian State’: Justice BN SrikrishnaThe man who led the committee says Data Protection Bill could potentially ensure no oversight on govt agencies.12 Dec, 2019, 11.34 AM IST
- Would busting of IS module have been possible without interception, asks Jaitley"Well done NIA for cracking the dangerous terrorist module," he tweeted. "Would this crackdown of the terrorist module by NIA have been pos...27 Dec, 2018, 03.50 PM IST
- Ill-informed campaign, no general snooping order: Arun JaitleyThe Congress talks first and thinks later, Jaitley said and emphasised that there is "no general snooping order".21 Dec, 2018, 08.25 PM IST
- Snooping row: P Chidambaram says Orwellian state round the cornerThe move created a political storm with the opposition parties decrying it as unconstitutional, undemocratic and an assault on fundamental ...21 Dec, 2018, 07.50 PM IST
- Aadhaar tech, source code are with foreign entities: Opponents in Supreme CourtDetractors argued against the creation of an electronic architecture that would allow the state to carry out real-time surveillance of citi...25 Jan, 2018, 11.48 AM IST
- Need to maintain balance between citizens’ right to privacy and national interest: Supreme Court on AadhaarA Constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan said the real i...25 Jan, 2018, 09.44 AM IST
- Constitution bench to hear petitions on Aadhaar from July 18A five-judge Supreme Court bench will hear a slew of petitions challenging the legality of the Aadhaar scheme from July 17, Chief Justice o...13 Jul, 2017, 07.12 PM IST
- Government objects to use of ‘Orwellian’ for Aadhaar, says it’s must for plugging leaksAttorney General took “strong exception” to the use of terminology such as concentration camp and totalitarian state in court to describe t...08 Jul, 2017, 12.20 AM IST
- Pakistan tries to proscribe text messages with offensive contentThe surprise is that list of proscribed words is longer in English than in Urdu, but containing much Punjabiisms, & even Kashmiri tidbits.22 Nov, 2011, 05.28 AM IST
- 3 Cabinets to nurture Karnataka CongressManmohan Singh greased the Congress’ squeaking wheel in Karnataka with two more ministerial berths, leading the lumbering outfit in the sta...28 May, 2009, 06.25 AM IST
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