Word SPY SNEAKERHEAD NOSEWORM PAGE A person who collects, trades, or is An odour that a person continues to smell even in the Oped 9 passionate about running shoes absence of the original odorant DECCAN CHRONICLE THURSDAY | 12 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD The ‘scientific’ view? Islamophobia birthed CAB growing among a large number of If the bill is imple- the Raman Research Institute (RRI) Mr Sethi believes that the consider- legislative history, but it seems like- Indian scientists for some time that in Bengaluru, said there is worry ations behind the CAB are political ly that this bill is without precedent the bill is meant to single out mented in combina- among a big part of the scientific and aimed at helping the BJP in the in Independent India's history,” Mr Govind Muslims. If the bill is implemented tion with the NRC, community that the CAB will be elections. “The bill is part of some- Minwalla said. in combination with the NRC, reli- religion will become used to target migrant Muslims, thing larger. Since 2009, given the Some scientists who were spoken Krishnan V. gion will become the criterion for cit- the criterion for citizen- especially the poor and socially vul- kind of statements their leaders have to for this story, refused to comment izenship, except for Islam. The bur- nerable. “The government plans to made and the way the migrant issue on record fearing retaliation from den of proof will be on Muslims to ship, except for Islam. The implement NRC across the country. was brought up in the March elec- the government. They said more sci- prove their citizenship. The CAB burden of proof will be on The CAB talks only of migrants from tions, the onus is upon the govern- entists would speak out against the and NRC both deal with citizenship Muslims to prove their certain countries, but it can affect ment to prove that this is not being CAB, but were afraid of possible per- and are driven by Islamophobia. The citizenship. Muslim migrants in any part of done for electoral gains.” secution. “Funds for research pro- everal prominent sci- present government has enacted sev- India. There is widespread fear. We Shiraz Minwalla, a physicist who is jects come from the central govern- entists, who were sig- eral policies that seem to reflect a — Suvrat Raju, physicist have seen that a large part of those internationally recognised for his ment and the present government natories to a recent hatred or dislike of a particular com- left out of the citizenship registry in work on Einstein’s general theory of has targeted those who criticise it. statement demanding munity.” Mr Raju, who received the religion.” Assam are Muslims. BJP politicians relativity, said that the CAB was Nonetheless, the petition against the the withdrawal of the 2019 Italian government-supported The statement, which was issued have said that we intend to get rid of deeply unconstitutional. Mr CAB garnered close to a thousand Citizenship (Amend- ICTP prize for his work on quantum against the CAB, was signed by all illegal migrants from India. In the Minwalla, who works at the Tata signatures in just 48 hours. That is a ment) Bill (CAB), has gravity and black holes, said that almost 1,000 scientists, hundreds of name of illegal migration, Muslim Institute of Fundamental Research mark of how deeply uneasy so many called the Bill while discrimination against them working at India’s premier migrants will be harassed. The (TIFR) has been awarded the highest people are with this Bill,” one of the SIslamophobic and have accused the Muslims has been growing in recent research institutes. Around 200 sci- impact of the CAB is that migrants science award in India, the Shanti scientists said. government of targeting Muslims for years, the CAB posed a new level of entists from the Indian Institute of from other countries will be accept- Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. He is also a electoral gain. They expressed fear danger. “While incidents like cow- Science, Bengaluru, and Tata ed for citizenship, but Muslims will recipient of the Infosys Prize, and Govind Krishnan V. is a freelance that the CAB would be combined related lynchings have happened in Institute of Fundamental Research, not be included. It will be the poor prizes from the Fundamental journalist based in Bengaluru. He with the National Register of the past, this Bill makes religious Mumbai, the two most prestigious who will bear the brunt since they Physics Prize Foundation and the has previously worked for Fountain Citizens to harass Muslims. discrimination official policy. If this science research institutes in India, will not have documents to prove World Academy of Sciences. “The Ink, the Sunday Guardian and the Suvrat Raju, a theoretical physicist bill is passed by the Rajya Sabha and signed the petition. The petition also their citizenship. Harassment can Bill violates the basic principle on New Indian Express. He received the at the International Centre for upheld by the courts, it will set a received the support of 140 scientists take several forms and if the police which the Constitution is built. That Red Ink Award in 2014 for his work Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), precedent for other policies that pro- working at the IITs. gets involved, it can be very severe,” people of different faiths are legally on bonded labour in Tamil Nadu’s Bengaluru, said: “Concern has been mote discrimination on the basis of Shiv Sethi, a research scientist at he said. equal. I am not an expert on India's garments industry. 2020 cybersecurity policy has As Britain votes, Tories are right to be nervous to enable global collaboration The big Tory James Forsyth concern is that the Remain vote “secure computing environment There is an urgent need basic standards for security and is beginning to and adequate trust and confidence to set into place hygiene were met. When it comes in electronic transactions, soft- to the private sector, it repeatedly coalesce around Rohan ware, services, devices and net- domestic frameworks, used words such as “encourage”, espite their con- points on the question of the Labour Party. works”. Since then, certain steps say for instance with “enable” and “promote”, being sistent poll lead, who would make the bet- To date, Remain is Seth have been taken to operationalise regard to data careful to not make anything the Conservative ter PM. A focus on split. That, they the policy. These include the estab- protection, which will mandatory. Even when it did man- DParty is clearly Corbyn is particularly lishment of the National Cyber date something, say global best anxious. Election day is useful for the Tories as he fear, might change. Security Coordination Centre and enable broader global practices for cybersecurity to crit- here, and in many seats is unpopular with both Cyber Swachhta Kendra along collaboration and partici- ical infrastructure, it is hard to the race is far too tight Labour Leavers and Tory the election. With a with announcements to set up sec- pation in rule setting say how it planned to declare the for comfort. Because they Remainers, helping to majority, we can expect When it comes to the toral and state CERTs and expand mandate a success or a failure. have no potential part- stick together Johnson’s him to continue to push private sector, it repeat- the number of standardisation, from then and see if they exceeded This is again a pitfall that the 2020 ners in a hung electoral coalition. The his new Toryism. As he testing and quality certification or fell short of expectations. And policy must avoid. The policy Parliament, if the Tories Tories’ closing argument set out in his interview edly used words such as testing facilities. However, much the data in this regard is sobering. must establish or identify stan- win, it will be by the will be, as it has been with this magazine ‘encourage’, ‘enable’ and more needs to be done and that too For instance, in 2018, IBM estimat- dards that the industry should “skin of their teeth”, I’m throughout this cam- recently, he doesn’t want ‘promote’, being careful at a faster pace. ed that India was home to nearly adopt within a fixed timeframe. told. “There’s quite a lot paign, “get Brexit done”. his government to be a to not make anything While it is no one’s argument 100,000 trained cybersecurity pro- Also, there is a need for the gov- of nervousness at They believe this is their continuation of the past that state capacity can be aug- fessionals. What’s further alarm- ernment to engage with the pri- CCHQ,” says one Cabinet most potent message as it nine years, but to offer a mandatory... This is mented overnight, setting clear ing is that it estimated the total vate sector, particularly when it minister sounding decid- appeals to both Leavers different agenda. The again a pitfall that the targets can help drive action number needed at nearly three comes to sharing skills and exper- edly nervous. and those Remainers Tories will simultaneous- 2020 policy must avoid. towards an identified goal. million. The 2020 policy must, tise. The big Tory concern is who are just weary of the ly spend more money on Moreover, the lack of these in the therefore, not just identify clear Finally, when it comes to inter- that the Remain vote is whole debate and have no the National Health 2013 policy means that it is targets but also identify the ways national collaboration, the 2013 beginning to coalesce desire for a second refer- Service and take a he rapid expansion of extremely difficult today to assess and means through which that policy argued for developing bilat- around the Labour Party.