Lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan is facing two contempt of court cases in the Supreme Court. They are likely to come up for hearing on August 4 and 5 respectively. The first relates to a 2009 case and the second to social media posts by Prashant Bhushan. The contempt of court cases against Prashant Bhushan have set … Read more
Angela Lang/CNET Spotify‘s paying subscribers climbed 27% to hit 138 million at the end of June, the music streaming service said Wednesday in its second-quarter earnings report, as the number of people listening to the service overall — including those who listen free with advertising — closed in on a worldwide milestone. The latest figures … Read more
Image copyright Getty Images Grime artist Wiley has been permanently suspended from Twitter, five days after posting anti-Semitic remarks. The ban follows a 48-hour boycott of Twitter by many users over what they said had been an unacceptable delay in dealing with the offending tweets. “We are sorry we did not move faster,” Twitter said … Read more
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Governor Kalraj Mishra after he returned for the third time the state government’s proposal to convene an assembly session. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot (File | PTI) Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Wednesday rejected the state government’s proposal to convene an assembly session for the third time. The state … Read more
Turkish lawmakers passed legislation on Wednesday that would give the government sweeping new powers to regulate social media content, raising concerns that one of the few remaining spaces for free public debate in the country could fall under greater government control. The bill orders social media platforms with over one million daily users — such … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the first batch of Rafale aircraft that landed in Ambala today with a tweet in Sanskrit outlining the importance of national security. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has welcomed the first batch of Rafale aircraft that landed in Ambala today with a tweet in Sanskrit … Read more
NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju Wednesday underlined the importance of integration for empowerment of people from the northeast, and said respecting and accepting those from other regions are key to national integrity. Addressing a National Commission for Women webinar on ‘Issues and Challenges faced by North-Eastern Women in Metropolitan Cities & Empowering Them’, Rijiju … Read more
With schools closed since March and April — as coronavirus cases soared to more than 4.3 million and deaths climbed to 149,258, according to data from Johns Hopkins University — a knowledge gap has persisted around how young children experience and spread the virus, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and … Read more
Image copyright EPA Image caption Children are disinfected in Sanaa to combat coronavirus before receiving food rations Separatists in southern Yemen have reached an agreement aimed at healing a rift within the Saudi-led coalition fighting northern Houthi rebels. The Southern Transitional Council (STC) said it had abandoned the self-rule it declared in April. The accord … Read more
Image copyright PA Media Image caption PC Harper married his childhood sweetheart Lissie four weeks before his death PC Andrew Harper’s widow has written to the prime minister to ask for a retrial after her husband’s killers were acquitted of murder. The officer died when he was dragged behind a car for more than a … Read more