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Competition in Telecom Sector: The Jurisdictional Tussle between Competition Commission of India and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

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From enjoying natural monopolies to witnessing tough competition for services, the telecom sector in India has come a long way. It is now characterized by one of the fastest-growing sectors of deploying the latest technology and driving the economic growth in India. With the rapid intervention of innovation and competition redefining the sector dynamics, there are new emerging challenges that force the telecom and competition authorities to rethink their role and function and adopt a collaborative approach in deciding intersecting issues. In 2017, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), a new entrant in the telecommunications market approached Competition Commission of India (CCI) against the incumbents for forming a cartel to deny market entry. Prior to that, it approached the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) against the incumbents for denying adequate points of interconnection. CCI passed an order in favour of the informant, which was challenged in the Bombay High Court

Cybersecurity: Mental health and Ethos

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Mental health may not be the first thing you think of when discussing cyber threats or innovation in cybersecurity. However, "AuraLawgic" had the privilege of sitting in on a captivating and very important panel discussion earlier this week at a cyber-security conference which highlighted the importance of mental health. Some stories were told by the panellist with the purpose; to highlight how important it is for senior leaders to support their workforce (and themselves) both in maintaining good mental health and in providing support when needed. The factors that accompany poor mental health, stress, anxiety, depression, have a deleterious effect on physical health, which can compound the tangible impact for corporates in the form of poor productivity and increased levels of absence from work altogether. In other words, mental health is good for the bottom line. Moving from understanding to action is important. Those in leadership roles need to help drive a healthy and

COVID 19 Vis-a-Vis Revival of a Pre-Independence Law

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Introduction The Indian Government, during the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, took relevant steps to avoid the mass spread of the highly communicable disease and invoked The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897[1]. The preamble of the act itself specifies the same[2]. This pre-independence law, which goes way back 123 years, has once again come to our rescue. The Act[3] was put in place due to the mass spread of the bubonic plague outbreak in Mumbai. The plague was said to have spread through rats[4] and it killed hundreds of people in Mumbai. Though the British Government was said to have cleverly used the Act to imprison freedom fighters, the Indian Government is using the Act as a weapon to fight the novel coronavirus. While the Central Government’s powers are limited under the Act, it is the unity of various states in the country that has brought the Act to the forefront. Many states like Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, Kerala, and Gujarat have issued safety guidelines and brought cer

Protection of Privacy in Cyberspace: A Comparative Analysis Between India and USA.

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In recent years, these concerns have escalated in India, USA and other economies, particularly due to the rapid commercialization of the Internet and the development of new and more powerful information technologies. Cyberspace is shorthand for the web of consumer electronics, computers, and communication networks that interconnects the world. Privacy is the need of people to choose freely under what conditions and to what extent they will expose themselves, their approach and their conduct to others. There are certain laws in force, which ensures protection to the right to privacy in cyberspace. The present research paper, therefore, aims at exploring the status of Privacy in Cyber Space in India. India needs to work more for enduring effective and concrete legislation for data protection. However, while creating the laws, the legislature has to be well aware of maintaining a balance between the interests of the common people along with amicably handling the increasing rate of cyb

Coronavirus and Indian Politics

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The World Health Organization WHO has declared the coronavirus to be an epidemic. Coronavirus is a very subtle 1000 * small but very effective virus of a straw. Coronavirus outbreak in India is becoming more to deal with. War is working at the level but as soon as the effect of the corona is visible on the health sector and economy. As soon as possible, it may not be on politics, but late in the day, it will definitely have an impact on politics as well. In India, about 100 years ago, this kind of epidemic has had an impact on politics. In 1918 there was a pandemic named Spanish Flu, in which an estimated 18 million people were killed, even if it was compared to the Spanish flu. If you go, then the figures of death of both of them are seen as normal, although it can also be said that since then the world has changed a lot, the loss will probably not happen now and due to this loss, the people of India will not be affected by the British rule. Confidence arose after this, the people

Protecting Privacy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

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Abstract Artificial Intelligence has emerged with real-time challenges as It has brought along with it both pros-cons, and the cons are needed to be fixed from the outset. As AI has a direct cohesion with data protection issues. If we are to cite an example that can be of an individual’s personal information which is hugely scrapped from almost all the platforms which have a colossal database. Now having cited this example invokes security issues in regard to the personal data of individuals. Whenever in recent scenarios of technological advancement any major challenges occur then we tend to be concerned for remedial measures which ultimately is the privacy of data principals. However, these same technological innovations raise important issues, including a dilemma regarding the relation between AI and data protection laws that how can they supplement each other in sorting data related deformities. Now, this is the high time where we have both an opportunity and the obligat

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