NEW DELHI – WhatsApp has filed a legal complaint in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel the California-based Facebook unit to break privacy protections, sources said. The lawsuit, described to Reuters by people familiar with it, asks the Delhi High Court to […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – Narrating the situations in Lakshadweep, a native of the island has expressed concerns that apart from anti-people measures, administrator Praful K Patel is also implementing unscientific decisions as if he wanted to force people to leave the island. A contract worker, the youth preferred to maintain anonymity fearing vindictive measures from the administration […]
The new administrator of Muslim-majority Lakshadweep has been accused of moving to ban beef-eating and cattle transport, cracking down on protests and destroying the fishing infrastructure, with politicians alleging he wants to turn the Union Territory into “another Kashmir” and MPs writing to the President against him. Praful Khoda Patel, formerly Gujarat home minister under […]
NEW DELHI – At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last evening to select the new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Chief Justice of India NV Ramana reportedly emphasised a rule that eliminated at least two key candidates shortlisted by the government, sources say. After a 90-minute meeting, the high-powered […]
NEW DELHI – After two police teams descended on Twitter’s offices in Delhi and Gurgaon, the Congress on Monday alleged that the “cowardly raid” on the microblogging site’s offices by the Delhi Police “exposes lameduck attempts” to hide a “fraudulent toolkit” by BJP leaders. The Delhi Police’s Special Cell on Monday sent a notice to […]
NEW DELHI – Twitter India’s offices in Delhi’s Lado Sarai and in Gurugram were raided by a special team of Delhi Police on Monday (May 24) evening, according to news agency ANI. Media reports say that the raid was related to an alleged toolkit prepared by the Indian National Congress to amplify the support given […]
NEW DELHI – Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of All India Institue of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi on Monday said that people with low immunity are the ones affected by mucormycosis (black fungus) adding that maintenance of hygiene is the major safeguard against fungal infections. Dr Guleria says it is better not to use the term […]
NEW DELHI – The Union health ministry on Monday reviewed the Covid-19 situation and vaccination programme in the country, adding that daily recoveries from novel coronavirus cases were more than the new cases reported in 27 states (out of 29 states and 7 union territories in the country). Speaking at a routine briefing, Lav Agarwal, […]
NEW DELHI – More than 1.80 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs and they will receive over 48 lakh doses in the next three days, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The Centre has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state […]
NEW DELHI – India’s death toll due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has reached 303,720 after 4,454 people succumbed to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) dashboard showed on Monday morning. This makes India only the third country after the United States and Brazil, respectively, to […]