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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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High drama at Delhi’s FCC ahead of big convention. Club president, V-P ‘voted out in emergency meet’

Certain members of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia, who were not at the meeting, have called the removal of the president, vice president & general secretary ‘illegal’.

2 months after lease ends, govt tightens noose around Delhi women’s press club, flags ‘violations’

Notice issued by Directorate of Estates says Indian Women’s Press Corps 'rents out its premises to pvt parties' for several events. IWPC president says 'club followed all rules'.

Expansion of 5G networks in US could interfere with flying, cause plane crash, experts warn

US FCC says there’s enough of a buffer between the spectrum used by 5G and the altimeters aboard aircraft for them to safely co-exist.

Regulator FCC acts as Trump intensifies call to weaken US law that shields Twitter, Facebook

The declaration looks for an easy way out by taking the best alternatives for fighting Covid off the table, and pretending a normal state of affairs is also an optimum one.

Telecom regulator chief says US net neutrality rules won’t impact India, but activists wary

Activists say that India has strong norms on net neutrality, but some worry the change in US norms could have an effect. 

Doing away with net-neutrality may be easier said than done

Considering the behemoths that Alphabet Inc, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon and Snap Inc are today, it may be imprudent to expect the repeal of net neutrality to be a smooth sail.

On Camera

Read the Kashmir verdict. It’s time to stop treating it like a national security crisis

Election after election has seen Kashmir’s people demonstrate that, like other Indians, they seek a future shaped by democratic rights and norms

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Massive in size & capable of heavyweight strikes. Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik is unlike any other drone

No clarity on whether it was shot down intentionally or accidentally.Some reports suggest that it was purposely brought down to prevent Ukrainians getting their hands on the drone.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?