Bridge - Different Truths

May 2, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Sharad Launching Bihar Party with National Agenda

Misrule of Nitish and his betrayal of the secular forces, aligning with communal forces are the key issues that would constitute the core of the Sharad’s attack on Nitish...

April 3, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Cyber Crime, Politics

Cambridge Analytica, Rahul Gandhi on Social Media, NaMo App and Psychographics: The Debate Thickens

In the wake of the statement made by Ravi Shanker Prasad on data leak by Facebook, it is worth debating – where does psychographics take us? Is data privacy...

March 28, 2018
Mahima Sharma
Cyber Security

How to Secure Online Data in the Wake of Facebook Data-Leak Scandal

In the backdrop of the Facebook data leak scandal in the United States during Trump’s election, Mahima tells us how she has been securing her data since a long...

March 27, 2018
IPA Service
Cyber Crime, Politics

Loss of Face of Zuckerberg is a Gain for the Politician: BJP, Cong Propaganda Machines Engaged in Confusing

Cambridge Analytica changed all that. Zuckerberg failed his ‘friends’. The middleman was back in currency, shaping crowd-perception and then passing the altered crowd-information to interested parties. The Homo Digitalis...

March 23, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Data Mining for Poll Started in India: Facebook can Influence, but to Limited Extent

It is possible to use Facebook data to influence Indian elections because India doesn’t have a data protection law. Therefore, anything that Cambridge Analytica does in India will be...

March 23, 2018
IPA Service
People, Potpourri

The Lie That Cambridge Analytica can Sway FB Indians: 90 percent of Personal Data are Fake

FB boasts it can influence more than half the human population. Maybe. But not all the personal data of 2 billion human beings locked in FB is authentic data....

March 10, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
International Relations, Politics, World

What are the Global Ramifications of the Racial Tension in the Kandy District of Sri Lanka?

Ranil Wickremesinghe’s 11-day tenure as the law and order minister was marred by racial tension in the central district of Kandy. Muslim-owned businesses and religious sites came under attack...

February 21, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Politics

Scams Again for Poll Battle as in 2014: Modi Tries pinning all Ills on Congress

The PNB scam could add to uncertainties for the BJP government to return with a comfortable majority in 2019. For the same reason, Modi would be still wavering on...

February 17, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

Nepal to Keep both China and India in Good Humour

While both prime minister of Nepal Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and CPN (Maoist Center) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal repeatedly expressed their eagerness to befriend Beijing more than New Delhi...

February 14, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Are Mani Shankar and Mehbooba Mufti, the two Valentines of Pakistan, Dancing with the Devil?

Mani Shankar Aiyar and Mehbooba Mufti are the two Valentines of Pakistan. Both have been talking way out of the boundaries of India. In Aiyar’s case, literally. Aiyar and...

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