Date: 9/9/2018

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09-Sep-2018 FISH FARMS TO PRODUCE NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF INDIA'S FISH SUPPLY BY 2030 Read More Where do you think most of the fish we eat come from? The ocean. Wrong. Rivers and lakes? Wrong again. It’s from fish farms. Like Y Nagendranath’s green ponds at Konduru, a village in Krishna district in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Located 90 km east of Vijayawada, Konduru is near Pothumarru, which is credited with spawning commercial aquaculture in the state in 1980 Nagendranath took to it two years later, catching young fish from a nearby lake to breed in his ponds. The region was filled with paddy fields, he reminisces at his home on a warm afternoon. Now there isn’t even a paddy stalk to be seen for miles. Instead, in and around Konduru, fish ponds of varying sizes glimmer on both sides of the road, with a row of palm trees marking every two ponds. In Andhra, which accounts for a fourth of India’s fish production, Krishna, West Godavari and East Godavari districts are the hub of aquaculture.
09-Sep-2018 FREE CROSS-BORDER DATA FLOW TO HELP STARTUPS, GLOBAL COMPANIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO INDIA’S ECONOMY: GOOGLE CEO Read More Batting for free flow of data across borders, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has written to IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying such a step will encourage global companies to contribute to India’s digital economy as well as benefit Indian startups that are looking at expanding globally. In a letter dated September 5, Mr. Pichai said Google shares the vision of creating a truly ‘Digital India’ and that the company remains firmly committed to being part of India’s growth story. He also thanked Mr. Prasad for his visit to Google’s Mountain View campus last month. “Free flow of data across borders - with a focus on user privacy and security - will encourage startups to innovate and expand globally and encourage global companies to contribute to India’s digital economy,” he said. He further said the company’s team in India will be in touch with his office to follow up on some of the specific topics that were discussed during their meeting. Google did not respond to e-mailed queries on the matter.The development comes at a time when the government is working on a data protection framework for the country. In July, a high-level panel headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna had submitted its recommendations and the draft bill on data protection to Prasad. It had suggested steps for safeguarding personal information, defining obligations of data processors as also rights of individuals, and mooting penalties for violation. The government has sought public feedback on the contours of the draft Bill by September 30.

09-Sep-2018

FISH FARMS TO PRODUCE NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF INDIA'S FISH SUPPLY BY 2030

Where do you think most of the fish we eat come from? The ocean. Wrong. Rivers and lakes? Wrong again. It’s from fish farms. Like Y Nagendranath’s green ponds at Konduru, a village in Krishna district in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Located 90 km east of Vijayawada, Konduru is near Pothumarru, which is credited with spawning commercial aquaculture in the state in 1980
Nagendranath took to it two years later, catching young fish from a nearby lake to breed in his ponds. The region was filled with paddy fields, he reminisces at his home on a warm afternoon.
Now there isn’t even a paddy stalk to be seen for miles. Instead, in and around Konduru, fish ponds of varying sizes glimmer on both sides of the road, with a row of palm trees marking every two ponds.
In Andhra, which accounts for a fourth of India’s fish production, Krishna, West Godavari and East Godavari districts are the hub of aquaculture.

09-Sep-2018

FREE CROSS-BORDER DATA FLOW TO HELP STARTUPS, GLOBAL COMPANIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO INDIA’S ECONOMY: GOOGLE CEO

Batting for free flow of data across borders, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has written to IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying such a step will encourage global companies to contribute to India’s digital economy as well as benefit Indian startups that are looking at expanding globally.
In a letter dated September 5, Mr. Pichai said Google shares the vision of creating a truly ‘Digital India’ and that the company remains firmly committed to being part of India’s growth story. He also thanked Mr. Prasad for his visit to Google’s Mountain View campus last month.
“Free flow of data across borders - with a focus on user privacy and security - will encourage startups to innovate and expand globally and encourage global companies to contribute to India’s digital economy,” he said.
He further said the company’s team in India will be in touch with his office to follow up on some of the specific topics that were discussed during their meeting.
Google did not respond to e-mailed queries on the matter.The development comes at a time when the government is working on a data protection framework for the country.
In July, a high-level panel headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna had submitted its recommendations and the draft bill on data protection to Prasad.
It had suggested steps for safeguarding personal information, defining obligations of data processors as also rights of individuals, and mooting penalties for violation. The government has sought public feedback on the contours of the draft Bill by September 30.