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TIK TOK Ban – Privacy, Truth and more

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Tanya Mittal 0 Comments adjuncts, app, authoritarianism, ban, BeautyPlus, boycotting, COVID-19, Crime, cyber war, cyberspace, Dance, data mining, data nationalism, dialogues, digital authoritarianism, domestic, endangered, Entertainment, foreign, Government, Indo-Chinese, influencer, integrity, livelihood, Music, pandemic, phishing, platform, policy, political, privacy, privacy-breach, propaganda, purge, risk, safety, security, Shein, socioeconomic, sovereignty, spy, spyware, swadeshi, techno-nationalism, techno-politics, threat, TikTok, trade-off, trend, unemployment, vulnerability, We-Chat, Xi Jinping

The entertainment app of Tik Tok was banned amidst the ongoing pandemic as it was said to be a national threat and sharing personal data of its users. Millions of people suffered due to the same and Indian Tik Tok users are still facing the reality of living without it.

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The Water Man of India

March 22, 2020March 30, 2020 Editor 0 Comments Arvari, Awareness, citizens, Government, groundwater, international, Jal Purush, johad, levels, livelihood, method, movement, national, parliament, private entity, rainwater harvesting, resource, river, traditional, villagers, Water, water conservation, water crisis, water man, water management, water management index, water rejuvenation

With people as young as Greta Thunberg fighting globally against the climate change, one might be surprised to find people like Dr. Rajendra Singh (‘The Water Man of India’) who had in the past contributed a lot towards reviving Arvari River in Rajasthan. Let’s find out his contribution not just to the Indian rivers but also towards initiating a global water conservation movement.