| Dear Express Explained reader, Eight years after gravitational waves were first detected, scientists have evidence that suggests the constant and permanent presence of a multitude of gravitational waves everywhere in the universe, deforming and reshaping spacetime, and altering the motion and behaviour of heavenly bodies. This "gravitational wave background" was detected by six large radio telescopes located around the world, including the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope operated in Pune by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics. Amitabh Sinha and Alind Chauhan broke down the discovery in layperson's terms, explaining gravitational waves, the concept of spacetime, and the significance of the breakthrough. Separately, Alind wrote about dark patterns, the ways in which websites and apps are constantly trying to make us do things that we do not intend to, and a practice that the government has now decided to go after; and a short history of the US-China 'chip war' that has the small island of Taiwan at its centre. Six years after the Supreme Court declared privacy to be a fundamental right, the Union Cabinet has approved the final revised draft of India's personal data protection law, and the long-delayed Bill is likely in Parliament's Monsoon Session beginning later this month. Soumyarendra Barik analysed what is so far known of the details of the proposed legislation, compared the draft cleared by the Cabinet to an earlier version from November last year, and summarised the core thrust areas of similar laws elsewhere in the world. Almost two-and-a-half months after the eruption of ethnic violence in Manipur, the situation remains volatile, with no reasonable prospect of an early return to normalcy. Zoramthanga, the Chief Minister of Mizoram, has made a public statement in support of the tribal Kuki peoples who have been targeted by the Meiteis of the Imphal valley, referring to them as "my Manipuri Zo ethnic brethren". Esha Roy, The Indian Express's former correspondent in Manipur who has been writing extensively on the ongoing crisis, put Zoramthanga's anguish in context — the deep ties of history, ethnicity, and religion that bind together the Zo, and which transcend the geographical boundaries between the states of the Northeast as well as India's international border with Myanmar. A group of people have been sent to jail on the direction of an Executive Magistrate in Srinagar for allegedly not standing up when the National Anthem was played at an event last month. Khadija Khan examined previous rulings of the Supreme Court on the question of alleged disrespect to the National Anthem. Keep reading The Indian Express Explained. Some of our best content is now behind a paywall, so if you haven’t subscribed to The Indian Express yet, it may be a good idea to do so soon. Click here to subscribe.
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