Existing data privacy protections in India no longer enough: experts

 They call for expediting the process of making a data protection law

How data science in and for Africa can blaze new trails

Data science, led by Africa-based scientists, could play a key role in addressing issues like improving access and equity in health care, …

Wave of big data and the swaying ship of public health in India

Big data can be a game-changer, only if adequate measures for capacity building, technological advancement, data privacy, logistics and …

Early warning system to predict dengue possible by mining data

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, attempted to estimate how weather conditions can lead to a more severe …

Psychographics: the behavioural analysis that helped Cambridge Analytica know voters' minds

How the Cambridge academic Michal Kosinski’s model is able to predict someone’s personality profile just on the basis of 300 likes

Only 11% low-income countries make their data open: World Bank report

Gaps in data on women and girls particularly severe; countries do not invest enough in public intent data systems, the report said

A Hippocratic Oath for data science? We’ll settle for a little more data literacy

Part of the issue is the ease with which machine learning algorithms can be applied, making data literacy no longer particular to mathematical …

Half of Earth's satellites restrict use of climate data

Satellite data can contribute to a wide range of areas–climate change, weather, natural disasters, agricultural development and more–…

Why fixing Africa's data gaps will lead to better health policies

Commitment may be the first step towards affordable health care, but more needs to be done to harness the power of data for public health

Supreme Court to hear writ petition to ban Whatsapp

Petitioner says that Whatsapp has adopted end-to-end encryption which compromises national security

Only 10% deaths in Africa are registered: Here’s why it is a global concern

Cause of nearly 92% reported deaths in low-income countries, including the African nations, is not known 

Facebook is restricting search results – is this taking transparency seriously?

Facebook is deliberately limiting the number of archived public messages anyone can see: hiding many messages sent by all manner of Facebook pages

Poor data affects Africa's ability to make the right policy decisions

The truth is that data in Africa are not produced on time, not frequently enough, are of poor quality and aren't accurate. This makes it …

Silicon Valley wants to read your mind. Here's why you should be worried

Mind-reading systems — such as Facebook's brainwave-reading device and Neuralink’s brain implants — can affect our privacy, …

SC dismisses petition seeking ban on WhatsApp

An RTI activist had filed the petition saying that encryption in WhatsApp could threaten national security 

‘Africa’s COVID-19 tool will also help improve food security, livelihoods’

Information and data are important for evidence-based strategic planning to fight off COVID-19, says Oliver Chinganya, director, Africa …

Experts demand ethical framework and standards for AI systems

Two-day international colloquium on ‘Ethics and Governance of Autonomous Al Systems for a Better World’

150 years of global temperature data now on Google Earth

Database uses information from 6,000 stations and is expected to make climate-change data more accessible and transparent

China’s ‘surveillance creep’: How big data COVID-19 monitoring could be used to control people post-pandemic

A more robust system was constructed to collect and monitor big data related to pandemic control

Antibiotic resistance: The magic bullet’s toll

What if a saviour turns into a killer? After 80 years of use, overuse and abuse of antibiotics — termed magic bullets — microbes have …

Yashpal: a people’s scientist

Instead of going in for easy option like importing equipment, Yashpal pushed the envelope and developed indigenously the technology for satellite …

How green is the country? Check out our State of India's Environment Report 2019 In Figures

Centre for Science and Environment to launch latest edition on June 5, World Environment Day

Dubai Declaration adopted to measure progress of SDGs

Launched at the UN World Data forum, it details measures to boost funds for data and statistical analysis for monitoring progress towards …

‘People share more personal information with health apps than with doctor’

Smartphone apps are changing the way people manage health. They help people monitor symptoms and tailor treatment accordingly. But the data …

MGNREGA’s information system flawed, misguiding

The scheme's Management Information System destroys local accountability, promotes centralisation and administrative control and gives out wrong data