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Journal Article August 14, 2021

How Can We Rethink Police Accountability in India?

By Priya Vedavalli & Tvesha Sippy

In this journal article, the authors undertake a temporal examination of police accountability measures in India.

Blog August 13, 2021

Vaccine uptake, equity and implications

By Anushka Bhansali, Sridhar Ganapathy & Pia Mahajan

Seven months into the launch of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, this post analyses vaccination patterns in the city of Mumbai

Policy Brief July 22, 2021

DGN Policy Brief 13: Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) in Law Enforcement in India: Concerns and Solutions

By Priya Vedavalli, Prakhar Misra, Tvesha Sippy, Avanti Durani, Neha Sinha & Vikram Sinha

This policy brief highlights many of the issues present in current Facial Recognition Technology (FRT).

Paper July 22, 2021

IDFC Institute’s response to proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020

By Sharmadha Srinivasan & Vikram Sinha

A regulatory framework, therefore, must carefully balance the gains from e-commerce’s efficiency and the need to protect consumers and prevent market distortions.

Blog July 20, 2021

Facial Recognition Technologies in Policing – A Balancing Act?

By Priya Vedavalli & Tvesha Sippy

The executive arm of the European Union has proposed a bill limiting police use of facial recognition in public.

Blog July 19, 2021

How well did bed capacity respond to patient needs in Mumbai?

By Nikita Kwatra & Rajeswari Parasa

This post analyses data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to map the trends in total COVID-19 bed capacity and bed occupancy in Mumbai from June 2020 to May 2021

Op-ed July 11, 2021

Opinion | Why linking Aadhaar with voter ID is a dangerous idea

By Vibhav Mariwala & Prakhar Misra

The absence of robust data protection standards, increased scope for fraud and the fractured experience of previous integrations show why government must not rush this move

Op-ed July 4, 2021

Opinion | COVID-19: trauma from India’s second wave may have lingering effects on its frontline workers

By Nikita Kwatra & Sofia Imad

About a fourth of Accredited Social Health Activist workers on Covid duty were not provided masks.

Policy Brief June 30, 2021

Lessons from India’s Second Wave of COVID-19

By Dr. Reuben Abraham & Sofia Imad

India witnessed a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths during the second wave that took place between March and June 2021. This brief calls for the adoption of an evidence-based strategy to effectively tackle the pandemic.

Blog June 24, 2021

COVID-19 mortality and morbidity in Mumbai

By Sofia Imad & Manvi Mehta

This post breaks down COVID-19 morbidity and mortality data in Mumbai to understand gender-wise and age-wise trends.

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