It did rattle all of us on a hot afternoon on May 20. There was a loud sound, like a thunder, and the doors rattled. I was waiting it to repeat, but nothing happened after the first boom.
On checking, there were messages galore on Twitter. I was sceptical of posting a tweet, but then I retweeted one of them that reported the mysterious boom 16-20 km away.
It was later confirmed by IAF that there was a sonic boom. It was caused by a routine IAF Test Flight involving a supersonic aircarft, said NDTV. "The sonic boom was probably heard while the aircraft was decelerating from supersonic to subsonic speed between 36,000 and 40000 feet altitude", said the NDTV report.
After months of political row, Kerala government cancelled the agreement with US-based firm Sprinklr for collection and analytics of Covid-19 patient data, including those quarantined in the state. According to a report, the state government, through an affidavit submitted to the Kerala high court, said that the state-run Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) would now manage the Covid-19 patient data. The state also said that data would be collected after obtaining the informed consent of citizens.
Meanwhile the affidavit did not quite answer many allegations the opposition had raised including the selection process, the privacy of the data already shared, and what exactly was the benefit of sharing this data with the company and in Covid-19 management. Later, the company informed the court that all 'backup data' has been destroyed, as per a report in The Hindu.
Another controversy erupted in the state when an app to buy liquor was yet to be released by the state government fuelling speculation. The New Indian Express reported the opposition had "alleged major corruption in developing the app, named BevQ, for sale of liquor, citing the contract was awarded to a CPM sympathiser."
The Left in India had always questioned violations of privacy and data sharing by various apps. But it looks like the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing.
On checking, there were messages galore on Twitter. I was sceptical of posting a tweet, but then I retweeted one of them that reported the mysterious boom 16-20 km away.
After months of political row, Kerala government cancelled the agreement with US-based firm Sprinklr for collection and analytics of Covid-19 patient data, including those quarantined in the state. According to a report, the state government, through an affidavit submitted to the Kerala high court, said that the state-run Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) would now manage the Covid-19 patient data. The state also said that data would be collected after obtaining the informed consent of citizens.
Meanwhile the affidavit did not quite answer many allegations the opposition had raised including the selection process, the privacy of the data already shared, and what exactly was the benefit of sharing this data with the company and in Covid-19 management. Later, the company informed the court that all 'backup data' has been destroyed, as per a report in The Hindu.
Another controversy erupted in the state when an app to buy liquor was yet to be released by the state government fuelling speculation. The New Indian Express reported the opposition had "alleged major corruption in developing the app, named BevQ, for sale of liquor, citing the contract was awarded to a CPM sympathiser."
The Left in India had always questioned violations of privacy and data sharing by various apps. But it looks like the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing.
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