With Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the government could use the new surveillance order to curb dissent and control the political narrative
The last time intelligence and law enforcement agencies wanted to intercept calls and internet data of a suspect for purposes of national security, they obtained permission from Union home secretary Rajiv Gauba. Armed with the government order, the agencies asked telecom and internet service providers to release relevant data. But, what they got were sets of long, jumbled characters, which they could not decrypt.
Most of the networks use Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), which is an advanced version of IPv4, and the intelligence machinery does not have the ability to decrypt it. Intelligence agencies have not been able to compel telecom and internet service providers and online networks like Google, Twitter and WhatsApp to provide decrypted data. The December 20 order of the Union home ministry has, however, made it mandatory for all such service providers and intermediaries to give decrypted information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer resource to ten government agencies authorised by the government for lawful interception.
These agencies are the Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate, Intelligence Bureau, Research and Analysis Wing, Narcotics Control Bureau, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, National Investigation Agency, Directorate of Signal Intelligence (for service areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast) and the Delhi Police commissioner. In the states, similar powers are available to state law enforcement agencies after approval by the competent authority, which is the state home secretary.
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William Dalrymple goes further back
Indian readers have long known William Dalrymple as the chronicler nonpareil of India in the early years of the British raj. His latest book, The Golden Road, is a striking departure, since it takes him to a period from about the third century BC to the 12th-13th centuries CE.
The bleat from the street
What with all the apps delivering straight to one’s doorstep, the supermarkets, the food halls and even the occasional (super-expensive) pop-up thela (cart) offering the woke from field-to-fork option, the good old veggie-market/mandi has fallen off my regular beat.
Courage and conviction
Justice A.M. Ahmadi's biography by his granddaughter brings out behind-the-scenes tension in the Supreme Court as it dealt with the Babri Masjid demolition case
EPIC ENTERPRISE
Gowri Ramnarayan's translation of Ponniyin Selvan brings a fresh perspective to her grandfather's magnum opus
Upgrade your jeans
If you don’t live in the top four-five northern states of India, winter means little else than a pair of jeans. I live in Mumbai, where only mad people wear jeans throughout the year. High temperatures and extreme levels of humidity ensure we go to work in mulmul salwars, cotton pants, or, if you are lucky like me, wear shorts every day.
Garden by the sea
When Kozhikode beach became a fertile ground for ideas with Manorama Hortus
RECRUITERS SPEAK
Industry requirements and selection criteria of management graduates
MORAL COMPASS
The need to infuse ethics into India's MBA landscape
B-SCHOOLS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT INDIAN ECONOMY IS GOING TO WITNESS A TREMENDOUS GROWTH
INTERVIEW - Prof DEBASHIS CHATTERJEE, director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
COURSE CORRECTION
India's best b-schools are navigating tumultuous times. Hurdles include lower salaries offered to their graduates and students misusing AI
