Udbhav Tiwari participated in a panel titled "The New Cold War: Information and Cyber Wars" at the Second India Think Tank Forum organized by ORF, the Think Tank Programme at UPenn and the McKinsey Institute between 19 to 21 June 2017 at Claridges in New Delhi.
Agenda
June 19, 201718.00 – 18.30 – Registration18.30 – 18.40 – Welcome Remarks18.45 – 20.00 – Big Politics: OBOR, India, and the Liberal International Order
Introduction by James S. Fishkin and Jane Mansbridge of Special Issue of Daedalus: “Democracy is under siege. Approval ratings for democratic institutions in most countries around the world are at near-record lows.
Shipping ministry says the GoldenEye ransomware attack at JNPT and Pipavav port may result in bunching of inbound and outbound cargo.
The article by Jyotika Sood and Utpal Bhaskar was published in Livemint on June 28, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
Ashley Murray at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “If you smell something, say something. Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University want Pittsburghers to put their collective noses to the task and report foul smells using a mobile reporting application called Smell PGH.
Wolfie Zhao at Coin Desk: “A city district in southern China is using blockchain to streamline government services for its one million residents.
Gabrielle Berman andKerry Albright at UNICEF: “In an era of increasing dependence on data science and big data, the voices of one set of major stakeholders – the world’s children and those who advocate on their behalf – have been largely absent.
"Die traditionellen Medien haben Trump gross gemacht"
Objetivo é desenvolver princípios para combate à corrupção em estataisProjeto da Transparência Internacional (TI) – Programa Brasil e da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio), a segunda reunião do “Conselho Consultivo da Iniciativa de Integridade para Empresas Estatais Brasileiras” foi realizada no dia 23 de junho. A atividade é ligada a um projeto internacional da TI, cujo objetivo é desenvolver princípios globais para o combate à corrupção em empresas estatais.
Eitan D. Hersh in the New York Times: “…For years, political scientists have studied how people vote, petition, donate, protest, align with parties and take in the news, and have asked what motivates these actions. The typical answers are civic duty and self-interest.
Andrew Frain and Randal Tame in The Conversation: “The Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA) or “nudge unit”, founded in 2015, is using behavioural economics in an effort to improve policy outcomes. The problem? Evidence shows it may be the wrong way to address major problems like inequality.
Parag Khanna in Quartz: “In just one short decade, Facebook has evolved from a fast-growing platform for sharing classmates’ memories and pet photos to being blamed for Donald Trump’s election victory, promoting hate speech, and accelerating ISIS recruitment. Clearly, Facebook has outgrown its original mission.
“We have been cheated,” declared the headline of the blog post making the rounds of social media on April 25.
The blogpost by Chanpreet Khurana was published by Scroll.in on July 4, 2017. Sunil Abraham was quoted.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the governing agency in charge of Aadhaar, has declined multiple requests from all law enforcement agencies, including the Delhi Police, for biometrics of citizens for criminal investigations, according to a report by The Indian Express.
The blog post by Justin Lee was published by Biometric Update on July 4, 2017.
Hasta el Patio Andrés Bello llegaron representantes estamentales y de los organismos colegiados de la U.
Durante esta semana, diez jóvenes músicos compartirán y aprenderán junto al titular de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Chile, culminando con un concierto especial donde los participantes tendrán la posibilidad de dirigir la orquesta frente al público. Tras los cinco días de estudio y aprendizaje se seleccionará a los participantes que serán los encargados de conducir el concierto que la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Chile ofrecerá como cierre de esta iniciativa.
La publicación sobre terremotos, impresa en versión macrotipo y braille, fue diseñada por la Unidad de Transversalidad Educativa de la División de Educación General del Ministerio de Educación (Mineduc), y contó con la colaboración del Centro Sismológico Nacional (CSN) a través de la entrega y revisión de contenidos. El texto está dirigido a niños y niñas con visibilidad reducida y ceguera, y tiene por objetivo apoyar al docente en su labor formativa en el desarrollo de actitudes de autocuidado y prevención de riesgos.
Cada año los pueblos originarios de América del Sur celebran, entre el 21 y el 24 de junio, el We Tripantu, o "nueva salida del sol". Tal como sus antepasados hicieron durante siglos, a lo largo del país los pueblos celebran la renovación de la naturaleza y el inicio de un nuevo ciclo. El profesor Claudio Millacura, coordinador de la Cátedra Indígena de la Universidad de Chile, nos cuenta respecto a su importancia en la cosmovisión mapuche.
Written by: Dwi Aini Bestari
La Universidad recuerda la figura de Joaquín Navarro-Valls
Antiguo alumno de Periodismo, recibió el Premio Luka Brajnovic de Comunicación en 2005
Joaquín Navarro-Valls recogiendo el Premio Luka Brajnovic en el Aula Magna de la Universidad de Navarra en 2005
FOTO: Manuel Castells
06/07/17 12:06
Álvaro Pérez