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Govt tells Twitter to ‘stop beating around the bush’ and comply with laws

28 May 2021

A day after WhatsApp moved the Delhi High Court against the Centre’s recent IT rules, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Communication and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said the Central government fully recognises and respects the right of privacy, adding that ordinary WhatsApp users have nothing...

R-Day violence a plot to make Red Fort new farmer protest site: Delhi Police

28 May 2021

According to sources, the Delhi Police has made a big disclosure in the chargesheet regarding the violence at the Red Fort complex on the Republic Day. The police filed the chargesheet against 16 people at a Delhi court on 17 May and stated that the violence and storming of the...

SECOND WAVE EBBING, 24 STATES REPORT DECLINE IN COVID CASES: GOVT

28 May 2021

With India reporting 211,298 new Covid-19 cases and 3,847 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Centre on Thursday said that the country is seeing a stabilisation of the second wave of Covid-19 in India. “It is reassuring that we are on the downswing of the second wave, and it...

GOVT SAYS IT RESPECTS RIGHT TO PRIVACY, CALLS WHATSAPP LAWSUIT ‘ACT OF DEFIANCE’

27 May 2021

A day after WhatsApp filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court against new IT rules, the government on Wednesday said that “no Fundamental Right, including the Right to Privacy, is absolute”. Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “The Government of India is committed to ensure the Right of Privacy...

Cyclone Yaas ravages Odisha and Bengal; 4 dead, 50k homeless

27 May 2021

At least four people were killed as several coastal towns of north Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal were ravaged by Cyclone Yaas after it made landfall in Odisha on Wednesday morning. While three died in Odisha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that a person, who was initially rescued,...

BLACK FUNGUS CASES RISE, POOR FAMILIES HELPLESS AS TREATMENT COSTS A BOMB

27 May 2021

v Soon after the battle for Covid-19 is over, recovered patients are falling prey to mucormycosis in huge numbers, which leads to fungal infection. The Centre declared it as a notifiable disease, while 11 states have already declared it as an epidemic. Owing to the cost of the treatment of...

NO REASON TO BELIEVE CORONA WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT KIDS: CENTRAL COVID PANEL CHIEF

26 May 2021

National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) Chairman Dr Narendra Kumar Arora on Tuesday said in an exclusive interview with The Sunday Guardian that India’s vaccine-related decisions are based on scientific evidence. “We use scientific evidence and make the best use of vaccines which we are using at the moment....

Yet to comply with new govt rules, will Facebook, Twitter be blocked today?

26 May 2021

With the deadline to comply with the new legal rules issued by the government for big social media platforms ending on Tuesday, there’s a buzz that the operations of the likes of Twitter and Facebook may stop in India. According to top official sources, social media platforms such as Twitter,...

Yaas landfall in Odisha today, to intensify into ‘very severe cyclonic storm’

26 May 2021

With Cyclone Yaas all set to make landfall between Dhamra Port and Balasore on the Odisha coast on Wednesday, more than 11 lakh people have been evacuated from vulnerable areas in Odisha and West Bengal While West Bengal has evacuated over nine lakh people, Odisha has moved over 2 lakh...

COVID CASES DIP BUT STATES SCRAMBLE TO FIND VACCINES

26 May 2021

India’s daily new coronavirus cases remained below the 2-lakh mark for the first time after 40 days, with 196,427 fresh infections, and 3,741 deaths being recorded in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Tuesday. The country crossed the grim milestone of recording over 2 lakh cases...

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