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Facing the Atom Bomb: Gandhi, Oppenheimer and the quest for Nonviolence  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iTnknFMC1U Indian Academy of Sciences  Jun 11, 2021 IASc-DBT Gandhi Science lecture series
Talk by Rajni Bakshi, Author and Founder of Ahimsa Conversations as part of the IASc-DBT Gandhi Science Lecture Series on Science and the Future of Humanity. Talk was on 12 April 2021

Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Right to Privacy Summary of Report of Standing Committee on IT https://prsindia.org/policy/report-summaries/cyber-crime-cyber-security-and-right-to-privacy

Key Recommendations:

To protect its 11 critical sectors (power, atomic energy, space, aviation, transportation, etc.),  The Committee recommended establishing a National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre

A single, centralised body to deal with cyber crime. The current setup involves overlapping responsibilities of many departments, agencies and banks

appropriateISO  certification for best practices related to information security.

extensive training programmes to overcome shortage of security experts and auditors, and skilled Information Technology (IT) personnel in the country.

internet servers for critical sectors should be hosted within the country to ensure security. Survey to collet data on breaches

although the IT Act, 2000 may appear adequate, there is a need for periodic review of its provisions.

(i) signing of MoU’s and international treaties to address cross border challenges in cyber security (ii) instituting a legal framework on privacy, which is secure and people friendly, and (iii) setting up of a grievance redressal mechanism by means of Cyber Appellate Tribunal and help line for common public to deal with cyber crime.

Promoting the ILO Home Work Convention (C177) and the Rights of Homeworkers
A Manual for Workers’ Educators and Facilitators

https://www.wiego.org/sites/default/files/resources/files/HNSA_GLI_Promoting_ILO_Convention_C177.pdf

The growth in homeworking is part of today’s economic globalisation, where
more and more of the world’s workers are employed on a casual basis.
Companies seek out workers to make their products at lower cost, by sidestepping their responsibilities as an employer. They do their best to avoid paying
for their workers’ social security such as maternity leave or pensions, for paid
holidays, for health and safety standards, for training, and so on.

C177 is an attempt to make sure that homeworkers across the world are treated
equally with other workers, and have the same rights to:
•Set up, join and take part in workers’ organisations of their own choosing
•Protection against discrimination in employment and occupation
•Occupational safety and health protection
•Pay
•Statutory social security protection
•Maternity protection
•Access to training
•Minimum working age