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  • New Delhi already has a regulatory policy in place for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their remote pilots

    India is scrambling to keep its skies safe after the US breached the sovereignty of its “friend” Iraq by carrying out an illegal drone attack which killed, among others, Iran’s top military commander General Qassem Soleimani.

    New Delhi already has a regulatory policy in place for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their remote pilots who require prior permission to be in Indian skies but it’s no safeguard if a foe (Pakistan, for example) or a perceived friend (the United States) comes hissing from above and starts raining mayhem.

    India had begun to put its drone policy in place after Pakistan was caught dropping a cache of arms in Punjab last September but it’s the United States, with its brazen disregard for international norms, as well as its murderous drone background, which has had a chilling effect on India’s strategic boardrooms.

  • Thousands of angry protesters took to the streets to tell India’s leader he was unwelcome in Kolkata on Saturday

    Thousands of angry protesters took to the streets to tell India’s leader he was unwelcome in Kolkata on Saturday, in the latest rally against a citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims.
    Widespread street demonstrations, and occasionally deadly clashes, have gripped the Hindu-majority nation since the law was approved by parliament last month.
    Police said nearly 30,000 protesters took to the streets of Kolkata to denounce Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, with many linking hands to form human chains that spanned miles through the streets of the eastern megacity.
    “What we are fighting for is the future of India,” Surita Roy, a woman who joined the rally

  • India’s top court on Friday ordered the government to review all restrictions, including the suspension of internet service, in Indian-controlled Kashmir

    India’s top court on Friday ordered the government to review all restrictions, including the suspension of internet service, in Indian-controlled Kashmir within a week, saying the measures amounted to abuse of power.
    Defense attorney Vrinda Grover said the Supreme Court also directed the government to make public all orders imposing a lockdown in Kashmir in August after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led government revoked the Muslim-majority region’s semi-autonomous status.

    The court held that the internet shutdown impacted the freedom of press, which is part of freedom of speech and expression.

    Ghulam Nabi Azad, a leader of the opposition Congress party, and Anuradha Bhasin, editor of The Kashmir Times, were the main petitioners in the case.

    The Congress party said the court delivered the “first big jolt of 2020 to illegal activities of Modi’s government by stating the importance of the internet as a fundamental right.”

    The people of Kashmir were waiting for this judgement, said Azad.

    The decision to abolish Kashmir’s special status was accompanied by a extensive lockdown, with New Delhi sending tens of thousands of additional troops to the already heavily militarized region, imposing a sweeping curfew, arresting thousands and cutting virtually all communications.

    Authorities have since eased several restrictions, lifted roadblocks and restored landlines and cellphone services. The internet, however, remains cut off.

    Officials also have encouraged students to return to school and businesses to reopen, but top political leaders from the region continue to be under arrest or detention.

    On Jan. 1, authorities announced that internet service would be allowed in 80 state-run hospitals in the Kashmir valley.

    The Press Trust of India news agency said the Supreme Court on Friday ordered the authorities to restore the internet to essential services like hospitals and educational institutions as they reviewed restrictions in the region.

    Bhasin said the restrictions had crippled media outlets, essential services and even communications between families, bringing untold miseries to people.