Twitter's statements designed to impede lawful probe by private enterprise: Delhi Police

New Delhi (IANS) Hours after Twitter said that it is concerned by the recent events regarding its employees in India, Delhi Police on Thursday rubbished its claims and termed the statements of the microblogging giant as not only "mendacious", but…

Covid vax trials on children in India to begin soon: Govt

New Delhi (IANS) The Central government on Thursday announced that Covid-19 vaccine trials on children in the country would begin soon.

Member (Health) in NITI Aayog and the chair of National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19…

R&AW chief, IB director get one-year extension

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre on Thursday extended the tenures of Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) Chief, Samant Kumar Goel, and Intelligence Bureau Director, Arvind Kumar, by oner year.

Both Goel and Kumar are 1984-batch Indian Police Service…

Twitter asks IT Ministry for 3-month extension on new rules

New Delhi (IANS) With WhatsApp suing the Indian government over the new IT rules for social media platforms, Twitter on Thursday requested the IT Ministry to consider a minimum of three-month extension in order for the company to implement the new…

Deporting Choksi to India directly may not be easy

New Delhi (IANS) Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was captured in Dominica after going missing for three days "needs to return to India" where he can face the criminal charges levelled…

Impact & duration of Covid2.0 biggest risks to growth estimates: RBI

New Delhi (IANS) As India battles the pandemic and states undergo lockdowns, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that the impact and the duration of the second wave of Covid-19 are the biggest threats to its growth estimates for the country for…

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi captured in Dominica: Report

New Delhi (IANS) Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who is wanted by the CBI and the ED in connection with the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case, has reportedly been taken into custody in Dominica, media reports said.

In 2019, SC suggested regime to find originators of messages, citing cases of violence, drugs

New Delhi (IANS) The Facebook-owned instant messenger, WhatsApp in the Delhi High Court has challenged the new IT rule over traceability of messages and termed it unconstitutional, as it breaches basic privacy of citizens. However in September 2019,…

Committed to right to privacy, but need to maintain law & order: IT Minister counters WhatsApp

New Delhi (IANS) As WhatsApp moves the Delhi High Court against the new rules for intermediaries saying they would violate privacy, Electronics & IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government is committed to the right to privacy, but simultaneously…

Identifying first originator of info undermines privacy, free speech: WhatsApp in HC

New Delhi (IANS) Facebook-owned instant messenger WhatsApp, in a petition in Delhi High Court, said that enabling identification of the first originator of information on its platform in India puts end-to-end encryption and its benefits at risk, as…