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Intermediaries such as Google can face defamation for complaints prior to revised IT law: SC

The Supreme Court's ruling came on a plea by Google India, which sought quashing of a defamation complaint initiated prior to the amendments to the IT Act in 2009.

Ruchir Sharma sees economic & democratic revival, Mihir Sharma on 3 myths of eco downturn

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Google founders got a $2 billion retirement gift for naming Sundar Pichai as Alphabet CEO

The founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, each own about 6% of the internet giant and still control Alphabet through special voting shares.

Sundar Pichai finally has a title fitting his role

Sundar Pichai, the new CEO of Alphabet, has essentially been running the company for several years now.

Sundar Pichai is Google’s answer for now, but raises new questions for Alphabet

It remains to be seen whether Sundar Pichai, as Alphabet CEO, can deal with the social and economic politics as well as the company's current broken structure.

Google boss Sundar Pichai to also become CEO of parent firm Alphabet

Sundar Pichai will now also lead Alphabet’s array of expensive, futuristic endeavours, such as autonomous cars and new health-care technology.

Google fires four employees tied to protests, for ‘violation of data security’

Google staff have been protesting over issues like the company’s work with the military, a censored search service in China, and its handling of executives accused of sexual harassment.

Google to change its policy on data sharing for ads to protect privacy

Google's data has helped advertisers avoid displaying ads alongside content they don’t deem suitable for their brands, drawing criticism for possibly violating user privacy.

Google fires worker, sends 2 on leave as tension over activism grows

Google terminates employee for leaking staffer details to media while the other two have been sent on leave for allegedly violating company policies.

Online travel agencies blame Google’s aggressive ad display for sharp drop in business

Online travel agents paying Google billions of dollars each year to stay high up in search results shows that free traffic could soon be a thing of the past.

On Camera

Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

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?