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Prashant Reddy
Prashant Reddy is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Sci-Hub case: What India should do to ensure that academic journals are available at fair prices
The country must push for amendments to the Berne Convention that allows member states to introduce a registration requirement for publishers under their laws.
Prashant Reddy & Vishal Rakhecha
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The Jan Soochana Portal: A test case for balancing privacy and transparency
Anybody can access the ration records, pension records and public health insurance records for any citizen in Rajasthan who has availed of these programmes.
Prashant Reddy
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Fine print: Indian law does not allow Census machinery to be used to build NRC
Section 15 of the Census Act prohibits any data collected by Census officials from being made public.
Prashant Reddy
Trending
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CWG 2022: Here’s the full list of 61 medals won by India at Birmingham Commonwealth Games
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Punished without trial: How India’s political prisoners are being denied basic rights in jail
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Nitish Kumar quits NDA alliance, marches to Raj Bhawan with Tejashwi Yadav
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Kapil Sibal’s remarks that he has ‘no hope left in SC’ are contemptuous, says Bar Association
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Podcast: What explains rising global authoritarianism? The history of constitutions has some answers
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The Indian judiciary has declared war on the RTI Act – and that’s hampering judicial reform
This isn’t expected to improve despite the Supreme Court bringing the office of the Chief Justice under the act earlier this month.
Prashant Reddy & Chitrakshi Jain
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Delhi HC judgment on oxytocin calls out government on its arbitrary order
A close look shows that the judgment relied on several file notings saying that was no data to support the allegation of oxytocin misuse.
Prashant Reddy
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Data protection bill: The problem isn’t just the proposed law – it is also who will enforce it
Some provisions delegating legislative powers to the government and proposed Data Protection Authority need a relook.
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Video
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Watch: Bus loses control in busy Chinese street, police officer gets in while it’s moving to stop it
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Watch: Pharma students celebrate a birthday with party in Lucknow civil hospital, enquiry ordered
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Watch: Young men caught on camera firing shots in the air in Madhya Pradesh
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Watch this Muharram procession in boats on Kashmir’s Dal Lake
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Caught on camera: Landslide hits National Highway 5 in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh
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Data protection: Can India overcome the spy-security state and big tech to enact a strong law?
The Justice BN Srikrishna committee, tasked with drafting this legislation, faces an unenviable task.
Prashant Reddy
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Trademark tangle: Will the Indian Medical Association be able to adopt a new ‘red cross’ logo?
The Geneva Convention prevents the use of any symbol similar to the Red Cross emblem of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Prashant Reddy
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Counterpoint: The President of India’s power to pardon is not an anachronism
Virtually every modern country allows for institutions other than the judiciary to pardon people convicted of crimes.
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The Reel
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‘Delhi Crime’ season 2 trailer: Vartika Chaturvedi and her team are back on the crime trail
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‘Thiruchitrambalam’ trailer: Dhanush plays a food delivery worker in Mithran Jawahar’s film
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Start the week with a film: ‘Confidentially Yours’ is a delightful goodbye to cinema
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‘The Great Weddings of Munnes’ review: Knot happening
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‘Victim – Who is Next?’ review: The films by Pa Ranjith and Chimbudevan stand out
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Has the government signed the death warrant for the judicial independence of 19 tribunals?
Rules notified on Thursday give the Centre powers over appointment, removal and service conditions of judges of 19 tribunals.
Prashant Reddy
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India makes a long overdue move to ensure better drug safety
The health ministry has made bioequivalence studies compulsory for some generic drugs.
Prashant Reddy
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Aadhaar: Amid the debate about privacy, the more pressing issue of exclusion has been forgotten
Exclusion due to authentication errors and deactivation have an immediate impact on millions of people across India.
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The Field
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Birmingham diaries: From cricket to hockey and the little things in between, my week at CWG 2022
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Watch: Roger Federer fulfils promise and plays a match with young fan
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Chess Olympiad: Koneru Humpy, Tania Sachdev & Bhakti Kulkarni give India A women’s team sole lead
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Canadian Open: Serena Williams makes a winning return to hard courts
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Watch: CWG 2022 – Sharath and Sathiyan bag gold and bronze in the men’s singles table tennis event