Tatsat Chronicle Magazine

Jan 23 to be observed as Parakram Diwas

August 3, 2021
The Government of India is celebrating the 125th  birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi presided over the inaugural function of 125th birth anniversary of Netaji organized at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata on January 23, 2021.  Commemorative
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From the Editor’s Desk

August 3, 2021
Data has been the bedrock of commerce and human activity since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution a couple of centuries ago. Nation-states have captured and collected data for governance, framing public policies, and establishing the rule of law. Private entities have
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Devil’s In The Data

August 3, 2021
In the 2017 Economic Survey, the official annual statistical Bible of India, the finance ministry indirectly admits that its figures related to GDP (economic) growth may be wonky. In Chapter 3, which focuses on demonetisation, it states: “It is clear that recorded
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Pump Up The Volume

August 2, 2021
In the summer of 2013, when heavy rains lashed Uttarakhand, triggering devastating flash floods, a group of people in a small village in Mukteshwar district huddled around an FM radio receiver, listening intently to a familiar voice. They had tuned in to
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Drop and Crop

August 2, 2021
Agriculture anywhere in the world consumes a great deal of water, but Indian agriculture particularly is a water guzzler. Its usage is among the highest in the world. Satellite data and surveys of deep wells by the Central Groundwater Research Board show
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The Makings of a Digital Panopticon

August 2, 2021
India is on the cusp of becoming a digital society. Decades of investment in the telecommunications and information technology sectors, in conjunction with global factors, have brought us here. The Government of India, over the past decade, has been building information, digital,
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Bits and Bytes of a Class Division

August 2, 2021
Nothing has brought the digital divide into sharper focus than the Covid-19 pandemic. The topic of the divide had been hitherto limited to academic circles, and was sometimes highlighted in the media. Those with access to the internet—the most ubiquitous symbol of
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