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Saturday, November 2, 2024
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Topic: lynchings

Indian heads of social media platforms likely to be punished if fake news not checked

A panel headed by Rajnath Sigh is like to recommend action against social media platforms if they do not remove objectionable content from their site.

Rahul Gandhi says excluded groups may turn to ISIS-like extremism: Realistic or alarmist?

Addressing a gathering at the Bucerius Summer School in Hamburg, Germany, Congress president Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP government of excluding minorities, Dalits and...

Rahul Gandhi blames demonetisation and GST for lynchings

In a speech in Germany, the Congress president alleged PM Modi wasn't doing enough to 'fix' the problem of joblessness.

Unlike American CEOs, India Inc. under BJP is becoming timid & regressive

An excerpt from "Reconciliation" edited by Harsh Mander, Natasha Badhwar and John Dayal, explores the nexus between corporate houses and the Indian government during hate attacks. 

Appoint grievance officer for WhatsApp, think tank urges Supreme Court

The CASC plea says shutting down internet services — as governments have been doing so far — is not a viable option.

Facebook, Twitter blocked more than 700 URLs this year: Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Centre says it had asked companies to prevent the proliferation of rumours and fake news on their platforms.

Special task force and nodal officers to monitor lynchings in states: Centre

If required, government will enact a law to curb lynching incidents, said home minister Rajnath Singh.

Supreme Court upholds power of Arvind Kejriwal govt, and WhatsApp is ‘horrified’

Front Page A victory for Delhi's elected government: The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the lieutenant governor can’t obstruct the functioning of the Delhi government, and...

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.