Report by tech magazine Wired, quoting US cybersecurity researchers, alleges that email accounts of three accused — Rona Wilson, Varavara Rao and Hany Babu — were compromised.
Swamy’s lawyer alleged that this was a result of ‘criminal negligence’ by Taloja prison authorities, who failed to provide adequate care to inmates & conduct timely RT-PCR tests.
Swamy, who suffers from multiple ailments, had earlier refused to get admitted to the state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai, saying he had been there twice but found no relief.
The 83-year-old, a Jesuit priest and activist, was arrested from Ranchi in October 2020, and has since been lodged at the Taloja Central Jail in Navi Mumbai.
The case relates to inciting people and giving provocative speeches during an Elgar Parishad event organised by the Kabir Kala Manch at Shaniwarwada in Pune.
The Supreme Court questioned why the state had not interrogated Gautam Navlakha, charged in the Koregaon Bhima case, for over a year when it objected his protection.
Maharashtra Police booked Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferriera and Vernon Gonsalves for alleged links with Maoists and triggering violence in Koregaon Bhima near Pune in January 2018.
Civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha had appealed against a Bombay High Court order that refused to quash an FIR against him in the 2017 Koregaon-Bhima case.
News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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