PM IAS THE HINDU TOPICS AUG 22

1. Facing govt. action, Huawei to dial down R&D operations

  • Decision comes after IT searches and probes into ‘national security’ aspects
  • Page 1
  • Prelims syllabus: events of national and international importance

2. Can’t declare Satyendar Jain as ‘person with unsound mind’: HC

  • The Aam Aadmi Party leader was arrested by the ED on May 30 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
  • Page 2
  • GS 3: Money-laundering and its prevention; linkages of organised crime with terrorism

3. Spirited battle

  • AAP has a lot to explain of its excise policy, even if the CBI inquiry is motivated
  • Page 6 (Editorial)
  • GS 2: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies.

4. What next on data protection?

  • Page 7 (OpEd)
  • There are two issues – the form that a new law will take, and the nature of protections it will offer
  • GS 3: Basics of cyber security

5. Making bail impossible

  • In upholding the constitutionality of the PMLA, the court has resurrected the ghost of ADM Jabalpur
  • Page 7 (OpEd)
  • GS 3: Money-laundering and its prevention

6. Delhi Police’s use of facial recognition technology

  • Facial recognition is an algorithm based technology which creates a digital map of the face by identifying and mapping an individual’s facial features, which it then matches against the database to which it has access.
  • Page 8
  • GS 3: Science and Technology- Recent developments and their applications and effects in everyday life

7. The OpenSea tale on the future of NFTs

  • NFTs are digital assets whose ownership is verified through transaction records stored on blockchains.
  • Page 9
  • GS 3: Science and Technology- Recent developments and their applications and effects in everyday life

8. Forcible Aadhaar-voter ID linking

  • While the govt. says the process is voluntary, reports of coercion emerge
  • Page 11
  • Prelims syllabus: events of national and international importance

9. ‘India-China ties can’t be a one-way street’

  • External Affairs Minister talks of disregarded pacts and need for respect
  • Page 12
  • GS 2: India and its neighbourhood – International relations

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